State roster

Top names in Indiana

The names most likely to appear on 1940 Indiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 55,289 Indiana births in 1940 across 788 distinct names.

Distinctively Indiana

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

#74Sondra#199 nationally
#87Rexoutside the national top 200
#57Max#165 nationally
#68Dixie#171 nationally
#78Patty#175 nationally
#99Lowell#172 nationally
#58Danny#126 nationally
#96Maurice#161 nationally
#63Keith#125 nationally
#41Ronnie#101 nationally
#85Charlene#145 nationally
#54Jackie#108 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,285US #1
#2Judith1,119US #4
#3Linda855US #8
#4Patricia831US #3
#5Barbara776US #2
#6Nancy764US #7
#7Sharon742US #17
#8Carolyn695US #15
#9Sandra649US #10
#10Carol592US #6
#11Janet538US #19
#12Judy503US #16
#13Betty493US #5
#14Shirley445US #9
#15Janice403US #22
#16Beverly401US #27
#17Marilyn393US #25
#18Phyllis377US #33
#19Joyce368US #13
#20Donna350US #23
#21Margaret284US #11
#22Martha281US #26
#23Ruth266US #24
#24Karen255US #34
#25Dorothy232US #12
#26Joan219US #14
#27Virginia218US #21
#28Bonnie212US #39
#29Susan205US #36
#30Elizabeth189US #20
#31Sue189US #81
#32Norma185US #43
#33Helen181US #18
#34Wanda181US #52
#35Alice163US #32
#36Jane163US #47
#37Gloria159US #30
#38Lois159US #38
#39Peggy159US #37
#40Doris151US #31
#41Brenda149US #42
#42Jean144US #29
#43Ann141US #35
#44Rose136US #44
#45Charlotte135US #55
#46Rita131US #70
#47Connie125US #88
#48Carole123US #49
#49Darlene123US #79
#50Anna122US #51
#51Frances121US #28
#52Marjorie121US #64
#53Sally116US #61
#54Kay114US #77
#55Roberta106US #71
#56Rebecca105US #96
#57Wilma104US #93
#58Marcia102US #112
#59Rosemary100US #85
#60Kathleen99US #40
#61Diane95US #45
#62Jo89US #72
#63Diana86US #117
#64Anita83US #87
#65Jacqueline82US #76
#66Delores81US #83
#67Loretta81US #69
#68Dixie80US #171
#69Marlene78US #80
#70Juanita76US #78
#71Joann75US #63
#72Sylvia75US #62
#73Patsy74US #57
#74Sondra74US #199
#75Geraldine73US #46
#76Sarah73US #60
#77Julia72US #91
#78Patty72US #175
#79Elaine71US #50
#80Suzanne71US #109
#81June68US #82
#82Evelyn66US #48
#83Catherine65US #53
#84Deanna64US #136
#85Charlene63US #145
#86Kathryn62US #103
#87Arlene60US #75
#88Pat60US #134
#89Priscilla59US #127
#90Edith58US #98
#91Sara57US #122
#92Edna56US #86
#93Thelma56US #101
#94Dolores55US #67
#95Louise54US #59
#96Ellen52US #74
#97Laura52US #108
#98Mildred52US #58
#99Cynthia50US #133
#100Joanne50US #54

Boys

#1James1,724US #1
#2Robert1,537US #2
#3John1,399US #3
#4Larry1,303US #13
#5William1,146US #4
#6Richard1,102US #5
#7David1,083US #7
#8Charles919US #6
#9Jerry849US #14
#10Donald801US #9
#11Ronald775US #10
#12Thomas700US #8
#13Paul452US #17
#14Kenneth435US #15
#15Michael434US #18
#16George378US #11
#17Gary338US #19
#18Joseph312US #12
#19Jack310US #29
#20Harold255US #23
#21Gerald249US #21
#22Edward228US #16
#23Carl226US #32
#24Raymond224US #22
#25Dennis215US #24
#26Stephen185US #49
#27Roger178US #26
#28Terry166US #73
#29Ralph162US #37
#30Phillip160US #79
#31Wayne159US #39
#32Daniel157US #34
#33Don155US #62
#34Frank153US #20
#35Lawrence153US #36
#36Walter151US #25
#37Norman147US #48
#38Joe145US #28
#39Fred138US #40
#40Dale135US #57
#41Ronnie135US #101
#42Billy124US #27
#43Philip121US #60
#44Arthur120US #33
#45Bill119US #67
#46Harry119US #47
#47Roy109US #42
#48Marvin107US #63
#49Tom105US #92
#50Earl103US #52
#51Russell103US #72
#52Howard99US #45
#53Jim99US #78
#54Jackie97US #108
#55Stanley97US #59
#56Melvin92US #53
#57Max90US #165
#58Danny89US #126
#59Eugene88US #38
#60Gene84US #70
#61Albert83US #41
#62Frederick81US #68
#63Keith77US #125
#64Allen75US #71
#65Clarence75US #64
#66Bruce74US #55
#67Henry74US #31
#68Patrick74US #74
#69Samuel73US #65
#70Bob72US #99
#71Steven72US #119
#72Ray71US #77
#73Jon70US #123
#74Franklin68US #87
#75Douglas67US #56
#76Steve65US #121
#77Tommy65US #76
#78Wendell64US #114
#79Glenn63US #83
#80Bobby62US #30
#81Lloyd62US #100
#82Jimmy61US #44
#83Louis61US #50
#84Mike61US #122
#85Darrell60US #131
#86Herbert60US #75
#87Rex58
#88Eddie55US #81
#89Ernest55US #58
#90Glen55US #130
#91Leonard55US #54
#92Alan53US #88
#93Clifford53US #94
#94Edwin53US #96
#95Gordon53US #91
#96Maurice52US #161
#97Francis50US #61
#98Leroy50US #66
#99Lowell50US #172
#100Warren50US #110

On the move since 1939

Rising

↑42Brenda#41
↑37Rebecca#56
↑35Kathleen#60
↑25Sylvia#72
↑23Anita#64
↑20Gloria#37
↑20Tommy#77
↑18Susan#29

Falling

↓30Evelyn#82
↓24Gordon#95
↓22Leroy#98
↓21Louis#83
↓19Ernest#89
↓17Eugene#59
↓16Marcia#58
↓16Maurice#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1939 rankings.