State roster

Top names in Indiana

The names most likely to appear on 1930 Indiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 50,656 Indiana births in 1930 across 761 distinct names.

Distinctively Indiana

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

#62Pattyoutside the national top 200
#97Delorisoutside the national top 200
#97Rexoutside the national top 200
#56Jackie#157 nationally
#44Max#143 nationally
#95Lowell#191 nationally
#84Sue#167 nationally
#65Phillip#144 nationally
#43Joann#118 nationally
#59Jo#131 nationally
#60Keith#130 nationally
#100Dick#161 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,885US #1
#2Betty1,433US #2
#3Barbara880US #6
#4Patricia754US #7
#5Dorothy644US #3
#6Phyllis529US #28
#7Norma512US #25
#8Joan466US #8
#9Helen464US #4
#10Marilyn438US #22
#11Margaret410US #5
#12Virginia400US #12
#13Doris390US #9
#14Ruth377US #10
#15Martha348US #27
#16Shirley333US #11
#17Lois314US #17
#18Wilma274US #68
#19Marjorie273US #32
#20Anna251US #23
#21Dolores249US #13
#22Nancy247US #24
#23Beverly238US #34
#24Evelyn237US #19
#25Donna228US #37
#26Jean226US #14
#27Alice216US #20
#28Joyce206US #18
#29Wanda204US #56
#30Frances196US #16
#31Carolyn190US #72
#32Carol183US #54
#33Elizabeth180US #15
#34Mildred178US #21
#35Rosemary175US #82
#36Janet164US #53
#37Delores152US #66
#38Bonnie148US #78
#39Rose141US #29
#40Thelma131US #45
#41Charlotte130US #75
#42Jane128US #55
#43Joann125US #118
#44Juanita124US #57
#45Jacqueline120US #74
#46Rita119US #42
#47Ruby117US #36
#48Gloria115US #30
#49June106US #47
#50Peggy106US #67
#51Catherine105US #35
#52Geraldine105US #43
#53Irene103US #33
#54Esther102US #77
#55Maxine102US #93
#56Pauline96US #52
#57Edna95US #51
#58Clara94US #64
#59Jo94US #131
#60Eleanor93US #39
#61Patsy92US #97
#62Patty88
#63Kathryn86US #101
#64Louise85US #31
#65Marie85US #26
#66Ann84US #41
#67Florence84US #38
#68Emma81US #73
#69Marian81US #80
#70Lillian80US #44
#71Vera78US #104
#72Joanne77US #81
#73Vivian75US #91
#74Gladys74US #48
#75Roberta74US #125
#76Lucille72US #59
#77Josephine69US #49
#78Edith68US #61
#79Loretta68US #105
#80Hazel66US #71
#81Katherine66US #85
#82Violet66US #120
#83Ethel64US #65
#84Sue64US #167
#85Julia63US #90
#86Lorraine62US #46
#87Alma61US #109
#88Ellen61US #100
#89Anita60US #115
#90Audrey59US #63
#91Georgia59US #117
#92Laura57US #89
#93Sally57US #98
#94Sarah57US #70
#95Jeanne56US #92
#96Velma55US #127
#97Deloris54
#98Kathleen54US #84
#99Naomi54US #139
#100Theresa54US #50

Boys

#1Robert2,287US #1
#2James1,365US #2
#3John1,265US #3
#4William1,230US #4
#5Richard1,170US #5
#6Donald1,139US #7
#7Charles1,012US #6
#8Jack612US #14
#9Paul505US #12
#10George495US #8
#11Harold390US #18
#12Thomas374US #11
#13David367US #15
#14Kenneth348US #17
#15Joseph330US #9
#16Raymond296US #16
#17Edward286US #10
#18Eugene263US #21
#19Ralph252US #25
#20Carl230US #26
#21Billy228US #20
#22Walter205US #19
#23Norman195US #40
#24Harry190US #28
#25Frank182US #13
#26Gerald161US #30
#27Howard152US #31
#28Ronald152US #37
#29Wayne149US #65
#30Arthur148US #23
#31Don148US #68
#32Earl144US #38
#33Herbert143US #35
#34Jerry141US #51
#35Roy139US #33
#36Dale137US #64
#37Russell136US #60
#38Clarence133US #39
#39Marvin133US #48
#40Gene132US #70
#41Albert122US #24
#42Fred122US #32
#43Joe119US #27
#44Max117US #143
#45Bob111US #88
#46Henry105US #22
#47Louis105US #34
#48Floyd103US #61
#49Lawrence103US #36
#50Bobby101US #41
#51Bill98US #59
#52Lloyd98US #69
#53Melvin98US #50
#54Daniel96US #47
#55Francis90US #42
#56Jackie89US #157
#57Leonard87US #45
#58Ernest86US #43
#59Glenn85US #71
#60Keith82US #130
#61Clifford78US #73
#62Ray78US #57
#63Bernard71US #52
#64Gordon69US #77
#65Phillip69US #144
#66Roger69US #58
#67Alfred67US #46
#68Virgil67US #128
#69Elmer66US #80
#70Glen66US #114
#71Samuel66US #55
#72Leroy65US #53
#73Maurice65US #116
#74Lewis64US #87
#75Marion64US #126
#76Stanley64US #49
#77Edwin63US #66
#78Philip63US #75
#79Vernon63US #72
#80Leo61US #63
#81Lester61US #95
#82Clyde60US #76
#83Wilbur60US #141
#84Herman59US #78
#85Allen58US #85
#86Frederick58US #74
#87Jim58US #125
#88Larry58US #108
#89Chester55US #103
#90Edgar53US #119
#91Lee52US #82
#92Theodore52US #67
#93Everett51US #134
#94Gilbert50US #90
#95Lowell50US #191
#96Alvin48US #79
#97Rex47
#98Michael46US #54
#99Willard46US #117
#100Dick44US #161

On the move since 1929

Rising

↑31Janet#36
↑22Joanne#72
↑19Patty#62
↑18Virgil#68
↑17Ruby#47
↑16Katherine#81
↑15Patsy#61
↑15Gordon#64

Falling

↓25Edith#78
↓24Stanley#76
↓22Chester#89
↓22Theodore#92
↓18Theresa#100
↓18Edwin#77
↓17Laura#92
↓17Sarah#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1929 rankings.