State roster

Top names in Indiana

The names most likely to appear on 1928 Indiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 50,839 Indiana births in 1928 across 790 distinct names.

Distinctively Indiana

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Indiana more than they say America.

#79Joannoutside the national top 200
#25Max#125 nationally
#88Lowell#188 nationally
#87Jo#179 nationally
#99Ivan#189 nationally
#56Wilbur#127 nationally
#74Keith#139 nationally
#85Phillip#149 nationally
#27Rosemary#88 nationally
#95Alberta#151 nationally
#98Delbert#154 nationally
#39Delores#94 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,051US #1
#2Betty1,640US #2
#3Dorothy695US #3
#4Barbara693US #8
#5Norma581US #23
#6Helen566US #4
#7Patricia527US #11
#8Ruth505US #6
#9Phyllis469US #26
#10Margaret457US #5
#11Virginia444US #9
#12Doris419US #7
#13Martha388US #22
#14Joan339US #27
#15Marjorie327US #29
#16Lois286US #18
#17Shirley262US #10
#18Alice242US #19
#19Jean240US #12
#20Anna239US #16
#21Evelyn237US #17
#22Mildred235US #15
#23Wilma227US #69
#24Frances226US #13
#25Marilyn225US #38
#26Donna204US #61
#27Rosemary199US #88
#28Elizabeth194US #14
#29Dolores189US #20
#30Wanda180US #63
#31Joyce175US #30
#32Beverly163US #46
#33Juanita163US #58
#34Thelma163US #40
#35Rose159US #24
#36June146US #44
#37Bonnie136US #89
#38Carolyn136US #91
#39Delores131US #94
#40Esther131US #66
#41Catherine130US #33
#42Edna121US #45
#43Irene120US #28
#44Jane117US #62
#45Nancy117US #43
#46Ruby115US #34
#47Clara112US #65
#48Charlotte111US #72
#49Maxine110US #84
#50Marie108US #21
#51Pauline106US #48
#52Carol99US #77
#53Lillian99US #35
#54Geraldine98US #50
#55Gloria97US #25
#56Peggy97US #76
#57Florence95US #32
#58Edith94US #56
#59Hazel94US #59
#60Gladys93US #41
#61Louise93US #31
#62Vivian92US #78
#63Marian91US #71
#64Eleanor90US #36
#65Josephine90US #42
#66Kathryn90US #99
#67Lucille90US #51
#68Velma88US #114
#69Rita87US #57
#70Ethel85US #55
#71Vera85US #92
#72Emma84US #67
#73Julia83US #80
#74Katherine83US #75
#75Jacqueline82US #97
#76Roberta79US #127
#77Violet78US #113
#78Janet77US #95
#79Joann76
#80Kathleen74US #82
#81Sarah73US #64
#82Theresa71US #49
#83Audrey69US #60
#84Ellen69US #98
#85Loretta69US #123
#86Eileen64US #102
#87Jo64US #179
#88Laura63US #83
#89Naomi63US #141
#90Eva62US #79
#91Ann61US #54
#92Margie61US #108
#93Bernice60US #53
#94Lorraine60US #39
#95Alberta59US #151
#96Elsie59US #73
#97Grace59US #52
#98Jeanne58US #90
#99Georgia55US #115
#100Gertrude55US #86

Boys

#1Robert2,214US #1
#2James1,318US #3
#3William1,265US #4
#4John1,223US #2
#5Richard1,067US #6
#6Donald1,052US #7
#7Charles1,003US #5
#8Paul547US #13
#9Jack521US #15
#10George495US #8
#11Harold441US #14
#12Kenneth387US #17
#13Joseph375US #9
#14Thomas359US #11
#15Edward311US #10
#16Ralph295US #24
#17Carl277US #28
#18Eugene260US #20
#19David258US #19
#20Raymond256US #16
#21Walter238US #18
#22Billy237US #27
#23Harry232US #26
#24Frank212US #12
#25Max176US #125
#26Norman174US #39
#27Howard173US #31
#28Arthur171US #22
#29Herbert165US #25
#30Clarence156US #35
#31Earl156US #37
#32Wayne153US #69
#33Albert148US #23
#34Gene146US #62
#35Gerald146US #41
#36Dale138US #75
#37Don138US #84
#38Roy128US #34
#39Fred126US #36
#40Joe126US #30
#41Melvin126US #48
#42Russell125US #55
#43Marvin124US #46
#44Alfred117US #33
#45Ronald117US #50
#46Louis116US #32
#47Lawrence115US #38
#48Bill104US #64
#49Henry103US #21
#50Floyd101US #54
#51Bob99US #95
#52Lloyd95US #59
#53Chester91US #88
#54Ernest90US #43
#55Francis89US #40
#56Wilbur89US #127
#57Glenn87US #76
#58Leonard86US #42
#59Leroy86US #51
#60Stanley86US #45
#61Edwin82US #58
#62Bobby78US #65
#63Elmer78US #63
#64Ray77US #57
#65Clifford76US #68
#66Maurice75US #119
#67Daniel72US #47
#68Frederick70US #67
#69Philip70US #73
#70Jerry69US #79
#71Lester67US #89
#72Marion64US #118
#73Everett62US #123
#74Keith62US #139
#75Leo62US #61
#76Bernard61US #49
#77Lewis61US #86
#78Samuel61US #52
#79Glen60US #115
#80Theodore56US #66
#81Roger55US #71
#82Vernon55US #70
#83Virgil55US #126
#84Cecil54US #97
#85Phillip54US #149
#86Warren54US #85
#87Alvin52US #72
#88Lowell52US #188
#89Hubert50US #121
#90Clyde49US #74
#91Morris49US #144
#92Allen48US #93
#93Gordon48US #77
#94Gilbert45US #96
#95Edgar44US #114
#96Victor44US #99
#97Dean43US #136
#98Delbert43US #154
#99Ivan43US #189
#100Junior42US #120

On the move since 1927

Rising

↑38Alfred#44
↑27Delores#39
↑25Velma#68
↑24Peggy#56
↑22Wilbur#56
↑20Marian#63
↑20Herbert#29
↑17Jerry#70

Falling

↓30Bernard#76
↓27Elsie#96
↓23Georgia#99
↓23Virgil#83
↓22Eva#90
↓19Lucille#67
↓18Sarah#81
↓17Gloria#55

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1927 rankings.