State roster

Top names in Indiana

The names most likely to appear on 1937 Indiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 49,390 Indiana births in 1937 across 764 distinct names.

Distinctively Indiana

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

#58Patty#180 nationally
#84Rexoutside the national top 200
#46Max#141 nationally
#70Danny#152 nationally
#77Lowell#155 nationally
#31Sue#101 nationally
#47Karen#113 nationally
#63Ronnie#128 nationally
#44Jackie#107 nationally
#62Marcia#124 nationally
#89Jon#150 nationally
#88Pat#147 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,436US #1
#2Barbara941US #2
#3Shirley824US #4
#4Patricia801US #3
#5Betty610US #5
#6Nancy608US #7
#7Carolyn532US #20
#8Carol517US #6
#9Marilyn465US #13
#10Phyllis445US #27
#11Janet439US #18
#12Sharon412US #41
#13Donna362US #21
#14Beverly346US #14
#15Sandra343US #26
#16Linda334US #49
#17Janice329US #25
#18Joyce329US #11
#19Judith329US #34
#20Margaret310US #10
#21Ruth294US #15
#22Dorothy283US #8
#23Joan263US #9
#24Martha257US #24
#25Norma242US #33
#26Helen236US #12
#27Virginia224US #16
#28Doris202US #22
#29Peggy168US #31
#30Elizabeth167US #17
#31Sue165US #101
#32Wanda162US #55
#33Judy160US #91
#34Lois159US #29
#35Alice154US #28
#36Frances147US #19
#37Jean143US #23
#38Marjorie141US #57
#39Anna138US #39
#40Bonnie133US #64
#41Jane130US #42
#42Roberta130US #66
#43Marlene128US #40
#44Wilma125US #80
#45Sally122US #59
#46Gloria117US #32
#47Karen115US #113
#48Loretta111US #63
#49Kay110US #79
#50Charlotte108US #67
#51Carole107US #56
#52Rose106US #38
#53Evelyn105US #36
#54Delores104US #68
#55Rita103US #69
#56Ann98US #30
#57Darlene94US #72
#58Patty94US #180
#59Patsy91US #54
#60Rosemary91US #110
#61Jacqueline90US #70
#62Marcia90US #124
#63Jo87US #73
#64Dolores86US #37
#65Joann85US #58
#66Susan85US #97
#67Sylvia83US #50
#68Clara78US #100
#69Geraldine76US #44
#70Anita74US #93
#71Esther74US #116
#72Edna73US #74
#73Mildred73US #43
#74Kathleen72US #61
#75Sarah70US #65
#76Juanita67US #75
#77Eleanor66US #53
#78Diane63US #76
#79June63US #71
#80Catherine62US #47
#81Elaine60US #45
#82Kathryn60US #108
#83Julia58US #112
#84Arlene57US #60
#85Thelma57US #78
#86Ruby56US #52
#87Margie55US #111
#88Pat55US #147
#89Connie54US #128
#90Sara54US #130
#91Charlene53US #141
#92Myrna53US #137
#93Jeanette51US #90
#94Suzanne50US #145
#95Joanne49US #51
#96Katherine49US #103
#97Laura49US #105
#98Diana47US #157
#99Ellen46US #102
#100Edith45US #96

Boys

#1Robert1,658US #1
#2James1,501US #2
#3John1,155US #3
#4William1,070US #4
#5Donald1,043US #7
#6Richard1,029US #5
#7Charles882US #6
#8Larry787US #16
#9David719US #8
#10Ronald694US #11
#11Jerry577US #17
#12Thomas505US #9
#13Paul449US #15
#14Kenneth411US #14
#15George403US #10
#16Jack391US #23
#17Joseph297US #12
#18Harold262US #21
#19Edward247US #13
#20Gerald239US #20
#21Carl222US #28
#22Raymond208US #19
#23Gary177US #29
#24Ralph169US #34
#25Michael161US #27
#26Don160US #51
#27Wayne160US #44
#28Frank157US #18
#29Fred155US #35
#30Norman155US #43
#31Billy143US #22
#32Roger143US #36
#33Dale140US #59
#34Bill132US #64
#35Walter131US #26
#36Marvin127US #49
#37Harry126US #41
#38Earl120US #48
#39Lawrence120US #38
#40Eugene116US #33
#41Joe116US #25
#42Melvin116US #50
#43Daniel115US #39
#44Jackie115US #107
#45Jim115US #82
#46Max115US #141
#47Phillip114US #98
#48Philip109US #62
#49Russell107US #67
#50Arthur105US #31
#51Tom102US #108
#52Roy101US #40
#53Gene98US #61
#54Howard97US #42
#55Clarence91US #54
#56Bob87US #81
#57Frederick86US #68
#58Albert85US #37
#59Dennis82US #63
#60Stanley80US #57
#61Ray79US #71
#62Franklin76US #77
#63Ronnie73US #128
#64Terry73US #113
#65Bernard70US #73
#66Gordon69US #75
#67Louis68US #46
#68Leroy66US #56
#69Glenn63US #88
#70Danny62US #152
#71Ernest62US #53
#72Jimmy62US #45
#73Lloyd62US #91
#74Henry61US #30
#75Keith61US #123
#76Bruce59US #70
#77Lowell57US #155
#78Bobby55US #24
#79Clifford55US #90
#80Duane55US #115
#81Leonard55US #58
#82Lester55US #116
#83Herbert53US #65
#84Rex53
#85Tommy53US #84
#86Vernon52US #96
#87Allen50US #76
#88Glen50US #122
#89Jon50US #150
#90Marion50US #140
#91Francis49US #55
#92Stephen49US #92
#93Jimmie48US #72
#94Clyde47US #93
#95Floyd47US #80
#96Samuel47US #66
#97Darrell45US #130
#98Edwin45US #89
#99Lee45US #78
#100Alan44US #103

On the move since 1936

Rising

↑29Karen#47
↑22Leroy#68
↑20Judy#33
↑17Edna#72
↑16Darlene#57
↑15Michael#25
↑15Lloyd#73
↑14Vernon#86

Falling

↓22Thelma#85
↓19Connie#89
↓18Francis#91
↓17Juanita#76
↓16Delores#54
↓16Patsy#59
↓16Joe#41
↓15Floyd#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1936 rankings.