State roster

Top names in Indiana

The names most likely to appear on 1938 Indiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 53,059 Indiana births in 1938 across 775 distinct names.

Distinctively Indiana

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

#72Sondraoutside the national top 200
#87Rexoutside the national top 200
#62Patty#175 nationally
#37Max#140 nationally
#80Dixie#167 nationally
#30Sue#104 nationally
#91Lowell#164 nationally
#94Dick#165 nationally
#70Danny#137 nationally
#61Jon#126 nationally
#50Ronnie#113 nationally
#54Marcia#116 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,459US #1
#2Barbara1,029US #2
#3Patricia834US #3
#4Nancy687US #7
#5Shirley680US #5
#6Carolyn636US #15
#7Betty626US #4
#8Carol586US #6
#9Judith576US #12
#10Sharon528US #30
#11Janet512US #16
#12Sandra501US #14
#13Marilyn493US #19
#14Linda476US #31
#15Donna440US #20
#16Phyllis419US #28
#17Beverly394US #18
#18Joyce363US #11
#19Janice339US #24
#20Ruth317US #21
#21Margaret300US #9
#22Martha288US #26
#23Norma256US #34
#24Joan255US #10
#25Judy254US #41
#26Dorothy241US #8
#27Helen225US #13
#28Virginia208US #22
#29Doris188US #25
#30Sue184US #104
#31Wanda179US #49
#32Alice178US #29
#33Elizabeth178US #17
#34Lois173US #33
#35Jane170US #44
#36Karen158US #50
#37Rosalie154US #66
#38Peggy150US #35
#39Bonnie149US #65
#40Marjorie148US #53
#41Sally148US #54
#42Marlene135US #51
#43Kay131US #81
#44Frances130US #23
#45Ann127US #32
#46Anna126US #40
#47Wilma123US #85
#48Delores120US #75
#49Gloria120US #36
#50Rita120US #74
#51Evelyn114US #38
#52Rose114US #39
#53Jean112US #27
#54Marcia110US #116
#55Darlene108US #76
#56Jacqueline107US #69
#57Carole106US #46
#58Rosemary105US #95
#59Roberta104US #73
#60Sarah102US #67
#61Susan101US #71
#62Patty99US #175
#63Connie98US #110
#64Patsy98US #55
#65Charlotte95US #70
#66Loretta93US #62
#67Joann92US #68
#68Anita88US #99
#69Arlene85US #63
#70Dolores85US #43
#71Julia83US #107
#72Sondra82
#73Deanna79US #115
#74Mildred78US #52
#75Sylvia72US #56
#76Clara70US #98
#77Diane69US #64
#78Jo69US #78
#79Catherine68US #48
#80Dixie67US #167
#81Esther67US #120
#82Juanita67US #80
#83Kathleen67US #58
#84June66US #79
#85Thelma66US #86
#86Sara65US #124
#87Kathryn64US #114
#88Ellen63US #89
#89Diana61US #151
#90Geraldine61US #45
#91Marie60US #37
#92Suzanne59US #133
#93Elaine58US #42
#94Myrna58US #134
#95Eleanor56US #60
#96Ruby55US #61
#97Jeanette54US #91
#98Pat53US #149
#99Louise52US #59
#100Charlene50US #143

Boys

#1Robert1,672US #1
#2James1,616US #2
#3John1,264US #3
#4William1,064US #4
#5Richard1,044US #5
#6Donald969US #7
#7Charles923US #6
#8Larry919US #16
#9David833US #8
#10Ronald810US #10
#11Jerry676US #17
#12Thomas557US #9
#13Kenneth441US #14
#14Paul437US #15
#15George377US #11
#16Jack368US #25
#17Joseph315US #12
#18Gerald264US #19
#19Michael260US #21
#20Harold258US #23
#21Edward255US #13
#22Carl242US #29
#23Gary228US #22
#24Raymond197US #20
#25Ralph177US #35
#26Walter177US #26
#27Don175US #52
#28Norman170US #43
#29Wayne170US #40
#30Frank165US #18
#31Fred155US #38
#32Dale144US #56
#33Daniel138US #39
#34Phillip138US #95
#35Billy135US #24
#36Joe133US #28
#37Max133US #140
#38Marvin131US #53
#39Harry128US #44
#40Roger128US #31
#41Terry128US #86
#42Eugene127US #33
#43Arthur124US #32
#44Bill123US #67
#45Roy118US #41
#46Dennis115US #49
#47Jackie112US #105
#48Albert111US #37
#49Tom111US #106
#50Ronnie106US #113
#51Lawrence105US #36
#52Philip105US #64
#53Howard104US #42
#54Russell100US #70
#55Earl98US #50
#56Melvin95US #54
#57Stephen94US #74
#58Allen89US #73
#59Gene89US #65
#60Jim87US #81
#61Jon87US #126
#62Stanley87US #59
#63Keith86US #120
#64Gordon79US #78
#65Frederick77US #71
#66Bob74US #94
#67Clarence72US #58
#68Louis72US #47
#69Tommy72US #77
#70Danny70US #137
#71Ray70US #72
#72Henry65US #30
#73Herbert65US #68
#74Ernest64US #55
#75Francis64US #51
#76Floyd63US #96
#77Glenn63US #83
#78Alan62US #91
#79Bruce62US #66
#80Glen62US #121
#81Clifford61US #89
#82Leroy61US #61
#83Samuel61US #62
#84Leonard60US #57
#85Jimmy59US #45
#86Darrell58US #128
#87Rex58
#88Bobby57US #27
#89Jimmie57US #76
#90Edwin56US #90
#91Lowell53US #164
#92Bernard52US #75
#93Dean52US #129
#94Dick51US #165
#95Jerome51US #93
#96Warren51US #102
#97Everett50US #159
#98Lewis50US #109
#99Lloyd49US #92
#100Alvin48US #98

On the move since 1937

Rising

↑35Stephen#57
↑29Allen#58
↑28Jon#61
↑26Connie#63
↑23Terry#41
↑22Alan#78
↑19Floyd#76
↑16Tommy#69

Falling

↓27Bernard#92
↓26Lloyd#99
↓21Geraldine#90
↓18Loretta#66
↓18Eleanor#95
↓17Roberta#59
↓17Earl#55
↓16Jean#53

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1937 rankings.