State roster

Top names in Indiana

The names most likely to appear on 1936 Indiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 47,123 Indiana births in 1936 across 739 distinct names.

Distinctively Indiana

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

#79Rexoutside the national top 200
#66Patty#183 nationally
#37Max#129 nationally
#88Dixie#174 nationally
#63Ronnie#147 nationally
#32Sue#109 nationally
#61Marcia#138 nationally
#67Dick#141 nationally
#80Suzanne#151 nationally
#27Linda#97 nationally
#39Jackie#106 nationally
#84Lowell#150 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,370US #1
#2Shirley1,116US #2
#3Barbara881US #3
#4Patricia785US #5
#5Nancy649US #8
#6Betty614US #4
#7Carolyn533US #23
#8Marilyn521US #13
#9Carol456US #10
#10Phyllis455US #25
#11Joyce347US #12
#12Sharon332US #60
#13Beverly328US #17
#14Janet316US #21
#15Joan314US #7
#16Donna309US #22
#17Norma299US #29
#18Dorothy282US #6
#19Martha279US #24
#20Margaret277US #9
#21Ruth268US #16
#22Sandra266US #38
#23Janice255US #31
#24Helen254US #11
#25Virginia245US #14
#26Judith232US #43
#27Linda218US #97
#28Alice215US #27
#29Doris210US #15
#30Lois188US #26
#31Elizabeth167US #18
#32Sue157US #109
#33Marlene149US #39
#34Wanda145US #56
#35Frances142US #19
#36Jean141US #20
#37Marjorie141US #49
#38Delores139US #58
#39Wilma138US #78
#40Bonnie132US #65
#41Peggy131US #35
#42Rose128US #37
#43Patsy127US #52
#44Jane126US #42
#45Evelyn122US #34
#46Gloria121US #32
#47Roberta119US #64
#48Charlotte117US #61
#49Anna113US #36
#50Sally112US #59
#51Carole108US #73
#52Dolores105US #30
#53Judy105US #118
#54Kay103US #98
#55Ann98US #28
#56Rosemary94US #111
#57Geraldine87US #41
#58Loretta87US #70
#59Juanita85US #75
#60Joann84US #55
#61Marcia83US #138
#62Rita83US #69
#63Thelma82US #74
#64Mildred81US #40
#65Jacqueline79US #66
#66Patty77US #183
#67Eleanor76US #47
#68Jo74US #72
#69Catherine72US #44
#70Connie70US #134
#71Arlene68US #54
#72Clara68US #91
#73Darlene67US #83
#74Marie63US #33
#75Sylvia63US #53
#76Karen62US #132
#77Susan62US #110
#78Esther59US #107
#79Julia59US #105
#80Suzanne58US #151
#81Kathleen57US #67
#82Kathryn56US #113
#83Anita55US #104
#84Joanne55US #48
#85Ruby55US #51
#86Edith54US #87
#87Sarah54US #63
#88Dixie53US #174
#89Edna53US #71
#90Elaine51US #50
#91June51US #62
#92Ellen50US #99
#93Pat50US #152
#94Jeanette49US #94
#95Vivian49US #115
#96Sara47US #129
#97Ethel45US #90
#98Florence45US #80
#99Irene45US #57
#100Vera45US #142

Boys

#1Robert1,523US #1
#2James1,470US #2
#3John1,147US #3
#4Richard1,034US #5
#5Donald1,007US #7
#6William941US #4
#7Charles818US #6
#8Ronald648US #12
#9Larry563US #25
#10David560US #10
#11Jerry485US #18
#12Thomas458US #8
#13Paul425US #15
#14Jack403US #20
#15George391US #9
#16Kenneth333US #14
#17Joseph285US #11
#18Harold272US #21
#19Edward238US #13
#20Gerald222US #19
#21Carl207US #27
#22Raymond196US #17
#23Frank171US #16
#24Ralph169US #31
#25Joe166US #23
#26Norman163US #43
#27Don158US #51
#28Wayne154US #45
#29Billy149US #22
#30Fred145US #36
#31Dale143US #59
#32Marvin139US #49
#33Walter138US #26
#34Harry136US #39
#35Eugene134US #29
#36Gary130US #38
#37Max127US #129
#38Roger124US #35
#39Jackie118US #106
#40Michael118US #33
#41Howard111US #40
#42Arthur108US #30
#43Daniel108US #41
#44Phillip108US #102
#45Bill106US #61
#46Earl102US #47
#47Roy101US #42
#48Melvin100US #53
#49Bob96US #77
#50Albert94US #34
#51Jim94US #85
#52Lawrence92US #37
#53Clarence91US #52
#54Russell91US #69
#55Tom90US #112
#56Gene89US #66
#57Philip86US #63
#58Stanley83US #58
#59Frederick77US #70
#60Ernest76US #55
#61Franklin75US #64
#62Dennis72US #74
#63Ronnie72US #147
#64Glenn70US #80
#65Louis68US #44
#66Bernard67US #68
#67Dick66US #141
#68Gordon65US #75
#69Ray64US #65
#70Terry64US #126
#71Bobby63US #24
#72Bruce63US #73
#73Francis61US #50
#74Jimmy61US #46
#75Allen60US #81
#76Leonard59US #54
#77Glen58US #119
#78Keith58US #122
#79Rex58
#80Floyd57US #86
#81Henry56US #28
#82Jimmie56US #71
#83Herbert55US #62
#84Lowell53US #150
#85Clifford52US #90
#86Samuel51US #67
#87Darrell50US #133
#88Lloyd50US #88
#89Virgil50US #149
#90Leroy48US #57
#91Lester48US #115
#92Stephen47US #99
#93Tommy47US #91
#94Lee46US #76
#95Theodore46US #87
#96Arnold44US #111
#97Dean44US #125
#98Edwin44US #84
#99Marion44US #148
#100Vernon44US #93

On the move since 1935

Rising

↑42Linda#27
↑31Ronnie#63
↑29Terry#70
↑21Glenn#64
↑19Marie#74
↑18Marcia#61
↑17Clara#72
↑16Melvin#48

Falling

↓32Lloyd#88
↓24Leroy#90
↓20Marion#99
↓19Ruby#85
↓19June#91
↓19Vernon#100
↓17Jo#68
↓16Anna#49

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1935 rankings.