State roster

Top names in Indiana

The names most likely to appear on 1932 Indiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 45,878 Indiana births in 1932 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.

#63Pattyoutside the national top 200
#65Deloris#197 nationally
#72Sharonoutside the national top 200
#41Max#143 nationally
#34Jackie#130 nationally
#64Sue#139 nationally
#60Phillip#134 nationally
#70Judith#144 nationally
#65Keith#133 nationally
#84Lowell#150 nationally
#79Virgil#139 nationally
#43Rosemary#100 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,618US #1
#2Betty1,074US #2
#3Barbara991US #3
#4Patricia698US #6
#5Marilyn527US #16
#6Dorothy498US #4
#7Norma458US #22
#8Joan449US #5
#9Phyllis423US #30
#10Helen384US #8
#11Doris380US #10
#12Ruth372US #11
#13Shirley358US #9
#14Margaret356US #7
#15Nancy295US #13
#16Virginia288US #14
#17Martha286US #27
#18Donna279US #29
#19Lois277US #20
#20Joyce274US #12
#21Carolyn268US #46
#22Marjorie243US #37
#23Carol236US #32
#24Beverly219US #28
#25Wilma217US #65
#26Alice209US #21
#27Evelyn198US #23
#28Elizabeth177US #17
#29Anna173US #24
#30Wanda173US #52
#31Delores170US #56
#32Peggy168US #40
#33Janet163US #35
#34Mildred161US #26
#35Bonnie160US #64
#36Jean160US #15
#37Frances158US #19
#38Dolores151US #18
#39Rose137US #33
#40Gloria136US #25
#41Charlotte126US #74
#42Joann124US #79
#43Rosemary121US #100
#44Edna111US #50
#45Esther111US #82
#46Jane108US #49
#47Rita108US #53
#48Thelma104US #51
#49Patsy102US #77
#50Loretta101US #89
#51Juanita100US #58
#52June98US #44
#53Ann96US #34
#54Janice90US #94
#55Geraldine86US #42
#56Catherine83US #39
#57Ruby83US #38
#58Kathryn82US #107
#59Clara79US #70
#60Jacqueline76US #85
#61Marie75US #31
#62Marlene75US #78
#63Patty75
#64Sue74US #139
#65Deloris72US #197
#66Sally72US #84
#67Eleanor70US #45
#68Sarah69US #67
#69Jo66US #103
#70Judith66US #144
#71Roberta65US #109
#72Sharon65
#73Vivian62US #90
#74Pauline61US #59
#75Emma60US #76
#76Ethel60US #66
#77Joanne60US #62
#78Florence59US #47
#79Katherine59US #95
#80Vera59US #121
#81Hazel58US #75
#82Irene57US #43
#83Louise57US #36
#84Arlene56US #80
#85Edith56US #69
#86Kathleen55US #83
#87Constance54US #99
#88Julia54US #92
#89Margie54US #102
#90Marian54US #86
#91Maxine54US #110
#92Eva53US #98
#93Lillian53US #48
#94Grace52US #72
#95Anita51US #116
#96Lucille51US #63
#97Carole50US #151
#98Elsie48US #97
#99Naomi47US #148
#100Jeanne46US #112

Boys

#1Robert1,849US #1
#2James1,266US #2
#3Donald1,138US #7
#4Richard1,101US #5
#5John1,065US #3
#6William1,047US #4
#7Charles883US #6
#8Jack542US #17
#9Paul406US #13
#10George396US #8
#11Kenneth372US #14
#12Thomas358US #10
#13David341US #12
#14Harold334US #18
#15Ronald298US #16
#16Joseph289US #9
#17Jerry253US #34
#18Edward238US #11
#19Ralph232US #27
#20Carl220US #28
#21Raymond211US #19
#22Norman194US #37
#23Eugene192US #22
#24Billy183US #20
#25Walter179US #21
#26Gerald169US #24
#27Frank165US #15
#28Don164US #55
#29Earl151US #41
#30Dale150US #61
#31Wayne142US #57
#32Gene140US #64
#33Harry128US #32
#34Jackie125US #130
#35Arthur122US #25
#36Bill114US #58
#37Albert113US #26
#38Joe112US #29
#39Marvin112US #46
#40Russell112US #63
#41Max111US #143
#42Howard109US #36
#43Larry104US #65
#44Clarence103US #40
#45Melvin103US #51
#46Roger103US #50
#47Herbert101US #44
#48Bob95US #79
#49Lawrence94US #35
#50Fred92US #33
#51Louis91US #39
#52Daniel89US #42
#53Roy84US #38
#54Ernest80US #47
#55Leonard79US #48
#56Bobby77US #30
#57Leroy76US #53
#58Bernard73US #60
#59Lloyd73US #71
#60Phillip73US #134
#61Floyd71US #68
#62Clifford70US #84
#63Glenn69US #77
#64Ray68US #59
#65Keith67US #133
#66Samuel65US #56
#67Stanley64US #52
#68Maurice63US #122
#69Francis62US #43
#70Henry62US #23
#71Jim62US #104
#72Alfred61US #49
#73Lester60US #101
#74Glen59US #118
#75Marion59US #132
#76Philip59US #70
#77Franklin58US #66
#78Vernon57US #78
#79Virgil57US #139
#80Edwin56US #72
#81Lewis55US #92
#82Tom55US #116
#83Gordon54US #81
#84Lowell54US #150
#85Frederick53US #73
#86Michael53US #54
#87Gilbert49US #97
#88Jimmie49US #75
#89Bruce48US #98
#90Clyde48US #82
#91Warren48US #102
#92Dean47US #123
#93Herman46US #89
#94Leo46US #74
#95Chester45US #112
#96Andrew44US #69
#97Elmer44US #94
#98Wilbur44US #152
#99Dick43US #149
#100Everett43US #140

On the move since 1931

Rising

↑27Roger#46
↑27Leonard#55
↑27Jim#71
↑24Loretta#50
↑24Larry#43
↑24Clifford#62
↑23Judith#70
↑23Alfred#72

Falling

↓34Chester#95
↓31Elmer#97
↓27Joanne#77
↓26Francis#69
↓25Maxine#91
↓24Roy#53
↓23Lillian#93
↓22Irene#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1931 rankings.