State roster

Top names in Indiana

The names most likely to appear on 1929 Indiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 49,721 Indiana births in 1929 across 771 distinct names.

Distinctively Indiana

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

#81Pattyoutside the national top 200
#62Jackie#179 nationally
#92Rexoutside the national top 200
#91Lowell#193 nationally
#100Delorisoutside the national top 200
#49Joann#144 nationally
#36Max#128 nationally
#58Jo#140 nationally
#90Dick#168 nationally
#63Keith#138 nationally
#85Delbert#157 nationally
#79Alberta#143 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,794US #1
#2Betty1,513US #2
#3Barbara770US #7
#4Dorothy668US #3
#5Patricia623US #10
#6Phyllis535US #24
#7Norma482US #25
#8Helen481US #4
#9Doris462US #6
#10Ruth445US #8
#11Joan427US #13
#12Margaret409US #5
#13Virginia401US #11
#14Lois366US #17
#15Martha329US #27
#16Marilyn312US #33
#17Marjorie294US #30
#18Shirley286US #9
#19Dolores257US #14
#20Evelyn244US #19
#21Jean242US #12
#22Anna234US #20
#23Wilma231US #66
#24Joyce230US #23
#25Alice226US #21
#26Donna221US #47
#27Mildred219US #18
#28Elizabeth215US #15
#29Rosemary197US #80
#30Frances196US #16
#31Wanda195US #61
#32Beverly192US #39
#33Carol167US #63
#34Rose165US #26
#35Juanita163US #60
#36Nancy163US #32
#37Carolyn157US #77
#38Bonnie153US #86
#39Delores148US #74
#40Peggy139US #70
#41Thelma138US #41
#42Maxine123US #85
#43Charlotte116US #73
#44Irene112US #29
#45June111US #48
#46Rita106US #52
#47Catherine103US #34
#48Esther102US #71
#49Joann100US #144
#50Marie100US #22
#51Gloria99US #28
#52Kathryn99US #104
#53Edith98US #59
#54Jacqueline97US #87
#55Clara96US #65
#56Jane96US #62
#57Pauline93US #50
#58Jo91US #140
#59Geraldine90US #43
#60Lillian90US #40
#61Louise89US #31
#62Edna88US #51
#63Florence88US #35
#64Ruby88US #36
#65Lucille86US #57
#66Vera84US #99
#67Janet83US #82
#68Marian82US #75
#69Emma81US #69
#70Vivian81US #81
#71Ann79US #46
#72Ethel78US #56
#73Roberta78US #126
#74Eleanor77US #38
#75Laura74US #90
#76Patsy70US #118
#77Sarah70US #68
#78Violet69US #111
#79Alberta68US #143
#80Janice67US #136
#81Patty67
#82Theresa66US #49
#83Gladys64US #44
#84Hazel64US #64
#85Kathleen64US #89
#86Audrey62US #58
#87Elsie61US #78
#88Eva61US #83
#89Josephine61US #45
#90Grace59US #54
#91Julia59US #88
#92Loretta59US #127
#93Ramona59US #120
#94Joanne56US #101
#95Ellen54US #97
#96Georgia54US #115
#97Katherine54US #84
#98Alma53US #106
#99Nellie53US #113
#100Deloris52

Boys

#1Robert2,205US #1
#2James1,334US #2
#3William1,224US #4
#4John1,171US #3
#5Richard1,145US #6
#6Charles1,047US #5
#7Donald1,013US #7
#8Jack555US #14
#9Paul507US #13
#10George488US #8
#11Harold416US #16
#12Joseph349US #9
#13Thomas348US #11
#14Kenneth336US #18
#15David313US #17
#16Edward297US #10
#17Eugene274US #20
#18Ralph271US #26
#19Raymond265US #15
#20Carl242US #28
#21Billy230US #23
#22Walter194US #19
#23Frank186US #12
#24Norman181US #40
#25Harry178US #27
#26Earl171US #36
#27Gerald163US #33
#28Arthur161US #22
#29Howard159US #31
#30Gene158US #68
#31Herbert158US #25
#32Wayne141US #69
#33Dale139US #73
#34Albert138US #24
#35Fred137US #34
#36Max132US #128
#37Ronald131US #45
#38Roy126US #35
#39Russell125US #56
#40Lawrence121US #38
#41Clarence120US #37
#42Don120US #78
#43Jerry118US #61
#44Bill117US #63
#45Marvin117US #46
#46Joe114US #30
#47Henry109US #21
#48Louis106US #32
#49Lloyd103US #62
#50Floyd100US #58
#51Melvin98US #49
#52Stanley95US #48
#53Ernest93US #43
#54Francis93US #39
#55Bobby91US #50
#56Leonard82US #42
#57Ray82US #57
#58Bob80US #89
#59Edwin79US #66
#60Daniel78US #47
#61Elmer78US #70
#62Jackie77US #179
#63Keith77US #138
#64Alfred75US #41
#65Glenn75US #80
#66Bernard74US #52
#67Chester70US #96
#68Leroy70US #51
#69Roger69US #64
#70Theodore69US #65
#71Philip67US #76
#72Clifford66US #72
#73Glen66US #123
#74Herman65US #75
#75Wilbur65US #131
#76Clyde64US #74
#77Marion64US #118
#78Frederick62US #67
#79Gordon62US #79
#80Leo62US #60
#81Samuel62US #53
#82Lewis60US #84
#83Maurice60US #125
#84Everett58US #130
#85Delbert54US #157
#86Virgil53US #127
#87Edgar51US #116
#88Cecil50US #101
#89Dean48US #133
#90Dick48US #168
#91Lowell48US #193
#92Rex48
#93Vernon48US #71
#94Hubert47US #124
#95Jesse46US #93
#96Warren44US #92
#97Allen43US #86
#98Gilbert42US #91
#99Jerome42US #110
#100Willard41US #114

On the move since 1928

Rising

↑30Joann#49
↑29Jo#58
↑27Jerry#43
↑23Rita#46
↑21Jacqueline#54
↑20Ann#71
↑19Carol#33
↑16Peggy#40

Falling

↓25Hazel#84
↓24Josephine#89
↓23Gladys#83
↓23Katherine#97
↓20Edna#62
↓20Alfred#64
↓19Wilbur#75
↓18Ruby#64

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1928 rankings.