State roster

Top names in Indiana

The names most likely to appear on 1939 Indiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 51,873 Indiana births in 1939 across 763 distinct names.

Distinctively Indiana

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

#81Sondraoutside the national top 200
#44Max#162 nationally
#63Patty#181 nationally
#84Rexoutside the national top 200
#66Dixie#169 nationally
#88Lowell#166 nationally
#80Maurice#157 nationally
#63Danny#137 nationally
#42Marcia#109 nationally
#75Diana#138 nationally
#30Sue#92 nationally
#60Jon#121 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,278US #1
#2Barbara872US #2
#3Judith859US #8
#4Patricia814US #3
#5Nancy748US #7
#6Sharon630US #23
#7Carolyn574US #14
#8Carol567US #6
#9Shirley565US #5
#10Linda560US #15
#11Janet534US #17
#12Sandra518US #13
#13Betty516US #4
#14Donna419US #20
#15Marilyn409US #19
#16Judy403US #28
#17Joyce394US #12
#18Beverly384US #25
#19Phyllis378US #30
#20Janice356US #24
#21Ruth322US #22
#22Margaret292US #10
#23Martha282US #27
#24Joan245US #11
#25Karen230US #39
#26Dorothy228US #9
#27Helen196US #16
#28Virginia194US #21
#29Norma189US #38
#30Sue180US #92
#31Wanda171US #50
#32Alice170US #31
#33Lois165US #35
#34Elizabeth163US #18
#35Jane158US #46
#36Bonnie156US #61
#37Peggy148US #34
#38Doris141US #29
#39Marjorie139US #60
#40Sally136US #52
#41Carole135US #47
#42Marcia135US #109
#43Kay132US #76
#44Anna129US #43
#45Charlotte124US #66
#46Frances123US #26
#47Susan122US #44
#48Rita121US #78
#49Rose120US #42
#50Jean116US #32
#51Ann112US #33
#52Evelyn111US #40
#53Darlene109US #75
#54Wilma106US #87
#55Roberta101US #71
#56Connie99US #111
#57Gloria98US #36
#58Loretta96US #65
#59Jacqueline89US #72
#60Delores87US #79
#61Patsy87US #56
#62Marlene86US #64
#63Patty86US #181
#64Rosalie83US #114
#65Julia81US #91
#66Dixie79US #169
#67Jo79US #70
#68Diane78US #51
#69Joann78US #57
#70Geraldine77US #41
#71Rosemary75US #93
#72Suzanne75US #122
#73Clara74US #103
#74Kathryn73US #106
#75Diana72US #138
#76Sara72US #127
#77Sarah72US #68
#78Arlene70US #69
#79Deanna69US #133
#80Eleanor69US #63
#81Sondra69
#82Elaine68US #45
#83Brenda65US #86
#84Catherine65US #49
#85Charlene65US #139
#86Juanita65US #77
#87Anita63US #97
#88Edna63US #81
#89Ellen63US #80
#90Jeanette63US #82
#91Dolores59US #58
#92Esther58US #117
#93Rebecca58US #134
#94Ruby58US #67
#95Kathleen57US #48
#96Mildred57US #55
#97Sylvia56US #62
#98June55US #83
#99Sheila55US #125
#100Thelma54US #88

Boys

#1James1,643US #2
#2Robert1,568US #1
#3John1,246US #3
#4Larry1,069US #14
#5William1,064US #4
#6Richard981US #5
#7David979US #7
#8Charles824US #6
#9Donald809US #8
#10Jerry770US #16
#11Ronald721US #10
#12Thomas584US #9
#13Paul436US #17
#14Kenneth432US #13
#15George377US #11
#16Jack325US #26
#17Michael314US #18
#18Joseph313US #12
#19Gerald259US #19
#20Gary252US #21
#21Edward249US #15
#22Harold231US #23
#23Carl220US #30
#24Dennis189US #34
#25Raymond187US #22
#26Roger183US #28
#27Ralph180US #35
#28Don169US #56
#29Frank157US #20
#30Fred155US #40
#31Norman151US #44
#32Dale150US #59
#33Daniel147US #38
#34Joe147US #27
#35Wayne143US #39
#36Phillip136US #92
#37Walter135US #25
#38Stephen124US #65
#39Terry124US #83
#40Bill120US #67
#41Harry120US #45
#42Eugene113US #37
#43Marvin111US #52
#44Max111US #162
#45Billy109US #24
#46Arthur107US #32
#47Tom107US #97
#48Earl106US #50
#49Ronnie106US #109
#50Gene102US #69
#51Lawrence101US #36
#52Melvin99US #51
#53Stanley98US #57
#54Roy95US #42
#55Jackie94US #105
#56Jim93US #75
#57Philip93US #66
#58Howard92US #47
#59Frederick89US #71
#60Jon89US #121
#61Keith89US #117
#62Louis89US #49
#63Danny87US #137
#64Russell82US #73
#65Albert74US #41
#66Clarence71US #60
#67Bob70US #89
#68Allen69US #72
#69Douglas69US #58
#70Ernest69US #55
#71Gordon67US #82
#72Herbert67US #68
#73Ray65US #74
#74Henry64US #31
#75Bruce63US #64
#76Leroy61US #61
#77Bernard59US #76
#78Glen58US #123
#79Bobby57US #29
#80Maurice57US #157
#81Edwin55US #96
#82Jerome55US #93
#83Lloyd55US #95
#84Rex54
#85Clifford53US #88
#86Glenn53US #87
#87Samuel52US #63
#88Lowell51US #166
#89Steve50US #139
#90Alan49US #85
#91Chester49US #133
#92Floyd49US #94
#93Vernon49US #100
#94Francis48US #53
#95Leonard48US #54
#96Lester48US #116
#97Tommy48US #77
#98Gilbert47US #115
#99Lee47US #78
#100Darrell46US #130

On the move since 1938

Rising

↑22Dennis#24
↑20Charlotte#45
↑20Geraldine#70
↑20Suzanne#72
↑19Stephen#38
↑16Carole#41
↑16Lloyd#83
↑15Eleanor#80

Falling

↓28Tommy#97
↓27Rosalie#64
↓22Mildred#96
↓22Sylvia#97
↓21Dolores#91
↓20Marlene#62
↓19Anita#87
↓19Francis#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1938 rankings.