State roster

Top names in Indiana

The names most likely to appear on 1931 Indiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 47,523 Indiana births in 1931 across 743 distinct names.

Distinctively Indiana

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

#56Pattyoutside the national top 200
#83Deloris#200 nationally
#88Sharonoutside the national top 200
#44Max#140 nationally
#55Jackie#142 nationally
#64Lowell#147 nationally
#72Sue#153 nationally
#93Judith#168 nationally
#84Dick#152 nationally
#80Phillip#141 nationally
#62Virgil#121 nationally
#59Jo#116 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,581US #1
#2Betty1,197US #2
#3Barbara956US #4
#4Patricia693US #8
#5Norma546US #22
#6Dorothy517US #3
#7Joan465US #5
#8Phyllis455US #29
#9Marilyn444US #19
#10Helen439US #6
#11Ruth405US #11
#12Doris390US #10
#13Shirley349US #9
#14Martha345US #28
#15Margaret339US #7
#16Virginia319US #12
#17Nancy294US #17
#18Lois284US #20
#19Beverly261US #31
#20Joyce259US #15
#21Marjorie244US #34
#22Donna236US #32
#23Wilma229US #69
#24Carolyn226US #60
#25Alice217US #21
#26Dolores217US #14
#27Anna207US #25
#28Jean202US #13
#29Elizabeth185US #16
#30Evelyn181US #24
#31Wanda170US #54
#32Mildred168US #26
#33Gloria165US #23
#34Bonnie163US #73
#35Janet163US #45
#36Delores161US #58
#37Frances159US #18
#38Carol155US #46
#39Rose151US #30
#40Peggy143US #42
#41Rosemary139US #88
#42Joann128US #90
#43Juanita125US #57
#44Jane121US #50
#45June120US #44
#46Thelma115US #53
#47Jacqueline108US #78
#48Edna102US #52
#49Charlotte98US #75
#50Joanne97US #68
#51Patsy97US #83
#52Catherine96US #36
#53Esther96US #79
#54Rita94US #48
#55Geraldine91US #38
#56Patty90
#57Ann89US #35
#58Janice87US #104
#59Jo85US #116
#60Irene83US #37
#61Clara82US #61
#62Florence81US #43
#63Louise79US #33
#64Pauline79US #56
#65Ruby79US #39
#66Maxine78US #101
#67Jeanette76US #105
#68Julia76US #91
#69Kathryn76US #108
#70Lillian76US #47
#71Marlene75US #95
#72Sue74US #153
#73Vivian74US #82
#74Loretta72US #96
#75Eleanor70US #40
#76Roberta70US #121
#77Emma69US #76
#78Marian69US #84
#79Edith67US #65
#80Marie66US #27
#81Sarah65US #71
#82Georgia64US #120
#83Deloris63US #200
#84Ellen63US #99
#85Arlene62US #77
#86Sally61US #97
#87Elsie60US #86
#88Sharon60
#89Eva59US #94
#90Kathleen59US #87
#91Gladys58US #55
#92Ethel57US #67
#93Judith57US #168
#94Lorraine56US #49
#95Naomi56US #140
#96Vera55US #111
#97Katherine54US #92
#98Lucille54US #62
#99Velma54US #131
#100Laura53US #89

Boys

#1Robert1,994US #1
#2James1,262US #2
#3Richard1,152US #5
#4Donald1,109US #7
#5John1,107US #3
#6William1,107US #4
#7Charles905US #6
#8Jack548US #15
#9George427US #8
#10Paul424US #12
#11Thomas400US #10
#12David361US #13
#13Kenneth359US #14
#14Harold355US #18
#15Joseph318US #9
#16Edward272US #11
#17Ralph231US #25
#18Raymond230US #17
#19Carl225US #28
#20Ronald222US #27
#21Eugene193US #21
#22Jerry191US #43
#23Frank182US #16
#24Billy179US #19
#25Gerald171US #26
#26Norman170US #36
#27Walter167US #20
#28Harry155US #30
#29Roy151US #35
#30Don149US #59
#31Wayne146US #58
#32Dale142US #62
#33Earl141US #40
#34Fred137US #33
#35Arthur136US #23
#36Howard132US #34
#37Clarence126US #39
#38Bill119US #57
#39Gene119US #64
#40Marvin119US #45
#41Albert118US #24
#42Joe116US #29
#43Francis114US #42
#44Max113US #140
#45Russell113US #63
#46Bob108US #78
#47Melvin107US #51
#48Louis106US #37
#49Lawrence101US #38
#50Floyd95US #66
#51Henry94US #22
#52Herbert91US #41
#53Ray91US #60
#54Daniel90US #44
#55Jackie89US #142
#56Bobby88US #32
#57Ernest87US #47
#58Lloyd83US #68
#59Stanley76US #49
#60Bernard75US #54
#61Chester74US #106
#62Virgil73US #121
#63Glen72US #112
#64Lowell71US #147
#65Frederick70US #73
#66Elmer68US #82
#67Larry68US #88
#68Leroy68US #52
#69Philip68US #71
#70Keith66US #123
#71Lester65US #96
#72Glenn63US #72
#73Roger63US #53
#74Tom63US #125
#75Edwin61US #67
#76Marion61US #133
#77Samuel60US #56
#78Jimmie56US #81
#79Maurice56US #117
#80Phillip56US #141
#81Vernon56US #74
#82Leonard55US #48
#83Alvin54US #80
#84Dick54US #152
#85Lewis54US #87
#86Clifford53US #75
#87Dean53US #127
#88Theodore53US #70
#89Allen52US #79
#90Everett52US #136
#91Clyde51US #77
#92Herman50US #83
#93Lee49US #90
#94Leo49US #69
#95Alfred48US #50
#96Warren48US #100
#97Gordon47US #76
#98Jim47US #116
#99Claude46US #134
#100Wilbur46US #149

On the move since 1930

Rising

↑31Lowell#64
↑28Chester#61
↑22Joanne#50
↑21Frederick#65
↑21Larry#67
↑17Julia#68
↑17Stanley#59
↑16Dick#84

Falling

↓33Gordon#97
↓28Alfred#95
↓25Vera#96
↓25Leonard#82
↓25Clifford#86
↓22Lucille#98
↓19Herbert#52
↓18Ruby#65

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1930 rankings.