State roster

Top names in Indiana

The names most likely to appear on 1933 Indiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 43,481 Indiana births in 1933 across 711 distinct names.

Distinctively Indiana

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

#47Patty#191 nationally
#51Sharon#178 nationally
#60Deloris#187 nationally
#43Max#140 nationally
#71Lowell#161 nationally
#44Sue#131 nationally
#43Judith#119 nationally
#47Jackie#123 nationally
#51Phillip#125 nationally
#67Virgil#138 nationally
#91Marcia#162 nationally
#69Maurice#129 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,497US #1
#2Barbara905US #3
#3Betty857US #2
#4Patricia714US #6
#5Phyllis410US #28
#6Marilyn406US #16
#7Norma400US #23
#8Dorothy389US #4
#9Shirley378US #9
#10Helen372US #8
#11Nancy361US #11
#12Joan359US #5
#13Doris320US #10
#14Margaret312US #7
#15Carolyn301US #40
#16Ruth300US #13
#17Donna294US #24
#18Martha290US #27
#19Carol288US #20
#20Beverly280US #26
#21Janet266US #25
#22Lois262US #19
#23Virginia260US #15
#24Joyce252US #12
#25Marjorie193US #41
#26Alice175US #22
#27Anna175US #29
#28Wanda170US #48
#29Bonnie169US #68
#30Wilma165US #66
#31Elizabeth162US #17
#32Jean158US #14
#33Delores155US #52
#34Frances140US #18
#35Gloria137US #31
#36Evelyn135US #30
#37Dolores131US #21
#38Jane128US #47
#39Peggy124US #36
#40Rose115US #35
#41Marlene113US #50
#42Mildred110US #32
#43Judith108US #119
#44Sue108US #131
#45Ann107US #34
#46Charlotte106US #79
#47Patty105US #191
#48Rosemary104US #102
#49Janice102US #81
#50Joann101US #72
#51Sharon101US #178
#52Patsy100US #65
#53June97US #45
#54Jo93US #90
#55Loretta90US #87
#56Rita85US #53
#57Thelma84US #57
#58Edna83US #55
#59Geraldine83US #42
#60Deloris79US #187
#61Eleanor78US #38
#62Irene78US #46
#63Jacqueline75US #86
#64Juanita75US #63
#65Sally75US #76
#66Carole73US #107
#67Clara72US #67
#68Esther72US #88
#69Catherine70US #44
#70Pauline66US #64
#71Ruby65US #43
#72Joanne62US #56
#73Roberta62US #112
#74Elsie60US #99
#75Louise60US #39
#76Laura59US #91
#77Emma58US #75
#78Lillian58US #51
#79Marian58US #89
#80Marie58US #33
#81Edith57US #80
#82Florence57US #49
#83Darlene56US #96
#84Sarah56US #58
#85Gladys55US #60
#86Kathleen55US #77
#87Anita53US #116
#88Arlene53US #74
#89Julia53US #97
#90Kathryn53US #108
#91Marcia53US #162
#92Margie53US #95
#93Velma52US #137
#94Vivian52US #98
#95Maxine51US #110
#96Grace50US #69
#97Hazel50US #82
#98Katherine48US #100
#99Georgia47US #126
#100Jeanette47US #103

Boys

#1Robert1,600US #1
#2James1,358US #2
#3Donald1,103US #7
#4John1,049US #3
#5Richard1,023US #5
#6William916US #4
#7Charles823US #6
#8Jack481US #17
#9Paul454US #14
#10Thomas414US #10
#11George384US #8
#12David379US #13
#13Ronald352US #12
#14Kenneth325US #15
#15Jerry297US #31
#16Harold270US #18
#17Joseph266US #9
#18Edward217US #11
#19Ralph207US #29
#20Carl205US #28
#21Raymond197US #19
#22Gerald194US #22
#23Norman189US #37
#24Frank163US #16
#25Don160US #54
#26Eugene148US #23
#27Billy146US #20
#28Walter141US #21
#29Wayne137US #52
#30Larry134US #58
#31Dale131US #65
#32Howard131US #36
#33Marvin126US #44
#34Gene123US #66
#35Arthur122US #25
#36Earl121US #41
#37Harry118US #35
#38Lawrence110US #38
#39Joe108US #27
#40Franklin106US #33
#41Roy104US #39
#42Albert102US #30
#43Max102US #140
#44Melvin101US #51
#45Bill99US #59
#46Bob98US #82
#47Jackie97US #123
#48Fred93US #34
#49Clarence91US #43
#50Daniel91US #42
#51Phillip89US #125
#52Glenn84US #74
#53Russell82US #67
#54Francis76US #45
#55Bobby73US #26
#56Louis71US #40
#57Roger71US #48
#58Lloyd70US #73
#59Henry69US #24
#60Ray68US #62
#61Ernest67US #50
#62Philip66US #70
#63Herbert64US #49
#64Clifford61US #86
#65Jim61US #98
#66Jimmy61US #64
#67Virgil60US #138
#68Keith59US #127
#69Maurice59US #129
#70Frederick57US #78
#71Lowell57US #161
#72Floyd56US #69
#73Allen55US #84
#74Gordon55US #71
#75Leonard55US #47
#76Stanley55US #55
#77Glen54US #124
#78Theodore53US #68
#79Tom52US #117
#80Bernard49US #63
#81Edwin47US #77
#82Jimmie47US #72
#83Leroy47US #56
#84Lester47US #108
#85Alfred46US #57
#86Dean45US #128
#87Lee45US #79
#88Leon45US #85
#89Michael45US #53
#90Samuel45US #61
#91Vernon45US #83
#92Chester44US #119
#93Gilbert44US #104
#94Dick43US #144
#95Eddie43US #93
#96Leo43US #75
#97Marion43US #133
#98Dennis42US #106
#99Everett42US #139
#100Jesse42US #100

On the move since 1932

Rising

↑37Franklin#40
↑31Carole#66
↑27Judith#43
↑24Elsie#74
↑21Marlene#41
↑21Sharon#51
↑20Sue#44
↑20Irene#62

Falling

↓32Kathryn#90
↓26Leroy#83
↓24Samuel#90
↓23Esther#68
↓22Bernard#80
↓22Marion#97
↓21Vivian#94
↓20Leonard#75

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1932 rankings.