State roster

Top names in Indiana

The names most likely to appear on 1935 Indiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 46,291 Indiana births in 1935 across 725 distinct names.

Distinctively Indiana

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

#59Patty#190 nationally
#94Deloris#200 nationally
#95Rex#198 nationally
#69Linda#165 nationally
#33Max#128 nationally
#97Dixie#188 nationally
#61Judy#143 nationally
#77Suzanne#154 nationally
#41Sue#115 nationally
#78Lowell#152 nationally
#24Sharon#96 nationally
#79Marcia#149 nationally

Girls

#1Shirley1,412US #2
#2Mary1,407US #1
#3Barbara921US #3
#4Patricia742US #5
#5Betty717US #4
#6Nancy486US #9
#7Phyllis475US #27
#8Carolyn441US #28
#9Marilyn440US #14
#10Carol396US #11
#11Janet348US #22
#12Dorothy336US #6
#13Donna314US #23
#14Joyce307US #12
#15Norma304US #29
#16Joan295US #7
#17Margaret292US #8
#18Ruth290US #15
#19Beverly282US #20
#20Martha282US #24
#21Doris267US #13
#22Helen243US #10
#23Lois237US #21
#24Sharon234US #96
#25Virginia205US #16
#26Sandra201US #50
#27Alice182US #25
#28Judith178US #54
#29Marjorie171US #46
#30Elizabeth160US #17
#31Wilma155US #70
#32Bonnie150US #62
#33Anna148US #34
#34Evelyn147US #31
#35Janice147US #47
#36Jean142US #18
#37Marlene140US #39
#38Wanda140US #49
#39Jane138US #43
#40Frances136US #19
#41Sue134US #115
#42Delores131US #57
#43Gloria129US #32
#44Dolores124US #26
#45Rosemary118US #97
#46Rose112US #37
#47Joann110US #53
#48Charlotte109US #65
#49Rita105US #63
#50Ann104US #30
#51Jo104US #73
#52Peggy99US #36
#53Roberta99US #77
#54Loretta97US #69
#55Sally96US #58
#56Mildred93US #35
#57Patsy92US #56
#58Jacqueline89US #79
#59Patty86US #190
#60Juanita84US #72
#61Judy83US #143
#62Carole80US #93
#63Thelma80US #76
#64Esther74US #94
#65Kay73US #134
#66Ruby72US #41
#67Eleanor70US #48
#68Darlene67US #91
#69Linda65US #165
#70Catherine63US #42
#71Geraldine62US #40
#72June62US #55
#73Susan62US #126
#74Sylvia59US #60
#75Edna58US #67
#76Joanne58US #44
#77Suzanne58US #154
#78Edith56US #87
#79Marcia56US #149
#80Sarah56US #61
#81Anita55US #119
#82Ellen55US #95
#83Kathryn54US #111
#84Louise54US #45
#85Arlene53US #59
#86Vivian53US #112
#87Laura52US #101
#88Hazel51US #92
#89Clara50US #81
#90Grace49US #83
#91Julia48US #102
#92Kathleen47US #71
#93Marie47US #33
#94Deloris46US #200
#95Josephine46US #75
#96Pauline46US #80
#97Dixie44US #188
#98Georgia44US #123
#99Jeanette44US #104
#100Diane43US #109

Boys

#1Robert1,594US #1
#2James1,424US #2
#3John1,108US #3
#4Richard1,103US #5
#5Donald1,074US #7
#6William922US #4
#7Charles842US #6
#8Ronald492US #12
#9David485US #11
#10Jerry461US #22
#11Jack460US #18
#12Paul446US #14
#13Thomas425US #9
#14Larry378US #33
#15George362US #8
#16Kenneth337US #15
#17Harold315US #20
#18Joseph245US #10
#19Carl235US #28
#20Edward234US #13
#21Raymond231US #17
#22Gerald224US #21
#23Ralph182US #32
#24Norman174US #38
#25Billy171US #19
#26Don150US #51
#27Marvin149US #45
#28Walter149US #23
#29Frank147US #16
#30Bill140US #60
#31Eugene138US #26
#32Joe137US #25
#33Max137US #128
#34Dale136US #61
#35Jackie130US #102
#36Wayne130US #49
#37Fred129US #34
#38Harry117US #37
#39Lawrence108US #35
#40Gary105US #44
#41Roger104US #36
#42Gene102US #66
#43Philip102US #65
#44Phillip101US #107
#45Clarence98US #48
#46Earl98US #46
#47Michael98US #41
#48Arthur97US #29
#49Russell92US #68
#50Roy90US #40
#51Stanley90US #56
#52Howard89US #39
#53Daniel82US #43
#54Bob81US #81
#55Jim80US #90
#56Lloyd80US #84
#57Tom77US #110
#58Albert76US #31
#59Bobby74US #24
#60Ernest73US #55
#61Francis72US #53
#62Ray72US #64
#63Keith69US #125
#64Melvin69US #57
#65Henry68US #27
#66Leroy68US #50
#67Leonard67US #54
#68Bernard66US #67
#69Frederick64US #73
#70Gordon64US #70
#71Jimmy64US #47
#72Floyd62US #76
#73Glen61US #124
#74Louis61US #42
#75Franklin60US #71
#76Dennis58US #72
#77Clifford57US #88
#78Lowell57US #152
#79Marion57US #134
#80Theodore57US #79
#81Vernon57US #94
#82Duane56US #105
#83Eddie56US #87
#84Allen55US #83
#85Glenn54US #78
#86Jimmie54US #69
#87Darrell53US #136
#88Herbert52US #58
#89Maurice51US #130
#90Dean50US #120
#91Elmer50US #115
#92Warren50US #97
#93Edwin49US #89
#94Ronnie49US #164
#95Rex48US #198
#96Jerome47US #96
#97Lester47US #114
#98Samuel47US #62
#99Terry47US #154
#100Virgil46US #141

On the move since 1934

Rising

↑31Linda#69
↑28Marlene#37
↑28Judy#61
↑25Darlene#68
↑25Ernest#60
↑24Sandra#26
↑23Tom#57
↑20Rita#49

Falling

↓27Clara#89
↓24Herbert#88
↓23Franklin#75
↓20Edwin#93
↓18Lester#97
↓16Peggy#52
↓16Marie#93
↓16Melvin#64

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1934 rankings.