State roster

Top names in Indiana

The names most likely to appear on 1934 Indiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 45,340 Indiana births in 1934 across 718 distinct names.

Distinctively Indiana

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

#46Patty#173 nationally
#38Sharon#150 nationally
#99Rex#197 nationally
#89Judy#184 nationally
#94Deloris#189 nationally
#38Max#126 nationally
#70Marcia#157 nationally
#100Linda#182 nationally
#69Lowell#148 nationally
#100Ronnie#179 nationally
#36Jackie#114 nationally
#42Sue#119 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,466US #1
#2Barbara977US #3
#3Betty881US #2
#4Patricia795US #6
#5Shirley671US #4
#6Carolyn466US #33
#7Nancy453US #10
#8Marilyn447US #17
#9Phyllis441US #28
#10Norma376US #24
#11Dorothy371US #5
#12Joan357US #7
#13Carol345US #14
#14Helen317US #9
#15Margaret304US #8
#16Janet301US #21
#17Donna298US #23
#18Ruth295US #13
#19Beverly293US #22
#20Virginia288US #15
#21Martha286US #27
#22Joyce282US #12
#23Doris277US #11
#24Lois259US #20
#25Marjorie197US #41
#26Bonnie167US #58
#27Delores166US #51
#28Anna162US #31
#29Wilma157US #73
#30Alice156US #25
#31Wanda156US #47
#32Evelyn155US #29
#33Elizabeth147US #18
#34Gloria146US #30
#35Frances143US #19
#36Peggy140US #36
#37Jean138US #16
#38Sharon135US #150
#39Dolores131US #26
#40Judith127US #94
#41Janice124US #68
#42Sue124US #119
#43Joann121US #50
#44Charlotte120US #72
#45Jo114US #75
#46Patty112US #173
#47Mildred109US #35
#48Sally109US #62
#49Rosemary106US #111
#50Sandra105US #93
#51Rose102US #37
#52Jane101US #48
#53Jacqueline99US #80
#54Ann98US #32
#55Thelma95US #65
#56Esther92US #91
#57Juanita90US #64
#58Loretta86US #83
#59Patsy84US #59
#60Roberta84US #104
#61Carole81US #89
#62Clara81US #76
#63Catherine80US #42
#64June80US #46
#65Marlene80US #57
#66Geraldine78US #43
#67Eleanor76US #44
#68Sarah76US #67
#69Rita75US #63
#70Marcia72US #157
#71Arlene68US #53
#72Edna68US #55
#73Kathryn66US #108
#74Ruby66US #39
#75Vivian66US #98
#76Julia62US #105
#77Marie61US #34
#78Edith60US #81
#79Kay60US #143
#80Florence59US #61
#81Emma55US #85
#82Suzanne54US #153
#83Joanne53US #45
#84Irene52US #49
#85Kathleen52US #74
#86Laura51US #96
#87Louise51US #40
#88Connie50US #145
#89Judy50US #184
#90Maxine50US #114
#91Georgia49US #122
#92Charlene48US #151
#93Darlene48US #90
#94Deloris48US #189
#95Jeanette48US #106
#96Margie48US #103
#97Elaine47US #54
#98Eva47US #100
#99Lillian47US #52
#100Linda47US #182

Boys

#1Robert1,628US #1
#2James1,464US #2
#3Donald1,122US #6
#4Richard1,086US #5
#5John1,035US #3
#6William940US #4
#7Charles814US #7
#8Jack476US #17
#9David435US #12
#10Ronald430US #11
#11Thomas418US #9
#12Paul409US #14
#13George381US #8
#14Kenneth361US #15
#15Jerry347US #25
#16Harold280US #18
#17Joseph269US #10
#18Edward240US #13
#19Carl224US #28
#20Larry210US #43
#21Raymond200US #19
#22Gerald186US #22
#23Ralph184US #31
#24Don183US #50
#25Norman180US #38
#26Billy173US #20
#27Wayne171US #48
#28Walter162US #21
#29Eugene150US #24
#30Frank149US #16
#31Bill143US #59
#32Dale138US #62
#33Joe138US #26
#34Marvin138US #44
#35Earl132US #41
#36Jackie126US #114
#37Harry121US #36
#38Max119US #126
#39Fred116US #33
#40Howard113US #37
#41Lawrence112US #34
#42Gene108US #67
#43Arthur97US #29
#44Daniel95US #42
#45Roger92US #39
#46Albert91US #32
#47Bob91US #75
#48Melvin91US #55
#49Roy91US #35
#50Clarence88US #45
#51Gary85US #60
#52Franklin83US #46
#53Phillip83US #113
#54Russell83US #70
#55Henry81US #27
#56Philip80US #69
#57Gordon79US #71
#58Keith78US #125
#59Ray78US #63
#60Leroy77US #54
#61Bobby75US #23
#62Jim74US #90
#63Stanley74US #58
#64Herbert73US #57
#65Louis71US #40
#66Michael69US #47
#67Lloyd67US #82
#68Francis66US #49
#69Lowell66US #148
#70Frederick65US #77
#71Floyd63US #73
#72Duane60US #104
#73Edwin60US #80
#74Glenn60US #81
#75Leonard59US #53
#76Everett58US #145
#77Bernard56US #65
#78Glen56US #120
#79Lester56US #110
#80Tom55US #112
#81Bruce54US #78
#82Clifford54US #85
#83Jimmie52US #68
#84Allen50US #88
#85Ernest50US #51
#86Chester49US #123
#87Lee47US #79
#88Tommy47US #98
#89Wilbur47US #162
#90Clyde45US #84
#91Leo45US #86
#92Virgil45US #141
#93Dick44US #138
#94Samuel44US #66
#95Theodore44US #74
#96Vernon44US #89
#97Douglas43US #72
#98Elmer42US #108
#99Rex42US #197
#100Ronnie41US #179

On the move since 1933

Rising

↑23Leroy#60
↑23Michael#66
↑23Everett#76
↑21Marcia#70
↑19Vivian#75
↑17Sally#48
↑17Arlene#71
↑17Kathryn#73

Falling

↓34Deloris#94
↓25Virgil#92
↓24Marlene#65
↓24Ernest#85
↓22Irene#84
↓22Glenn#74
↓21Lillian#99
↓18Clifford#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1933 rankings.