State roster

Top names in Indiana

The names most likely to appear on 1941 Indiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 58,878 Indiana births in 1941 across 809 distinct names.

Distinctively Indiana

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

#55Max#169 nationally
#91Sondraoutside the national top 200
#96Rexoutside the national top 200
#89Dixie#181 nationally
#85Patty#176 nationally
#100Sherry#172 nationally
#63Jon#128 nationally
#96Myrna#161 nationally
#76Deanna#137 nationally
#72Darrell#130 nationally
#65Danny#120 nationally
#52Marcia#105 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,360US #1
#2Judith1,118US #6
#3Patricia980US #3
#4Barbara941US #2
#5Linda926US #5
#6Sharon923US #15
#7Nancy854US #8
#8Sandra769US #9
#9Carolyn723US #11
#10Carol659US #4
#11Judy606US #16
#12Janet581US #18
#13Shirley469US #10
#14Betty450US #7
#15Joyce442US #13
#16Karen438US #19
#17Donna419US #20
#18Janice383US #22
#19Marilyn380US #30
#20Beverly375US #29
#21Phyllis355US #35
#22Ruth319US #28
#23Margaret304US #12
#24Martha279US #25
#25Bonnie253US #33
#26Susan247US #27
#27Dorothy229US #14
#28Virginia220US #23
#29Sue215US #75
#30Helen199US #24
#31Joan197US #17
#32Rita178US #63
#33Connie174US #79
#34Norma174US #47
#35Brenda169US #41
#36Gloria165US #26
#37Alice160US #34
#38Doris158US #38
#39Elizabeth156US #21
#40Jean154US #32
#41Jane148US #46
#42Wanda148US #53
#43Frances145US #31
#44Kay142US #70
#45Peggy141US #39
#46Lois139US #43
#47Rebecca138US #86
#48Sally138US #61
#49Marjorie134US #71
#50Ann118US #37
#51Diana115US #100
#52Marcia114US #105
#53Darlene111US #76
#54Diane108US #40
#55Kathleen108US #36
#56Rose108US #49
#57Anna106US #56
#58Carole105US #48
#59Charlotte101US #55
#60Rosemary99US #94
#61Evelyn97US #50
#62Jo97US #66
#63Roberta96US #72
#64Suzanne93US #97
#65Wilma91US #106
#66Sarah87US #60
#67Patsy86US #52
#68Geraldine83US #45
#69Anita81US #91
#70Jacqueline81US #73
#71Loretta81US #81
#72Sara81US #124
#73Sheila77US #110
#74Julia75US #88
#75Charlene72US #125
#76Deanna72US #137
#77Elaine72US #44
#78Joann72US #58
#79Mildred72US #64
#80Sylvia72US #65
#81Juanita71US #84
#82Delores70US #80
#83Catherine69US #51
#84Marie69US #42
#85Patty69US #176
#86Kathryn68US #87
#87Pat68US #134
#88Cynthia67US #112
#89Dixie65US #181
#90Marlene65US #83
#91Sondra64
#92Ellen63US #67
#93Clara61US #111
#94Glenda58US #96
#95June58US #90
#96Myrna55US #161
#97Katherine54US #85
#98Georgia53US #127
#99Laura53US #115
#100Sherry52US #172

Boys

#1James1,788US #1
#2Robert1,650US #2
#3John1,478US #3
#4Larry1,401US #11
#5William1,202US #4
#6David1,189US #7
#7Richard1,022US #5
#8Ronald951US #9
#9Charles907US #6
#10Jerry881US #14
#11Donald754US #10
#12Thomas742US #8
#13Michael529US #16
#14Kenneth462US #15
#15Paul431US #18
#16George374US #13
#17Gary369US #19
#18Stephen342US #41
#19Joseph336US #12
#20Dennis307US #23
#21Jack306US #32
#22Edward300US #17
#23Gerald281US #20
#24Roger229US #25
#25Harold224US #24
#26Carl218US #29
#27Terry198US #64
#28Raymond189US #22
#29Daniel188US #31
#30Phillip183US #77
#31Ralph178US #38
#32Frank172US #21
#33Walter167US #26
#34Dale162US #59
#35Wayne162US #37
#36Norman145US #49
#37Fred143US #43
#38Steven141US #90
#39Philip140US #52
#40Don139US #66
#41Lawrence139US #34
#42Ronnie136US #79
#43Joe133US #30
#44Harry126US #48
#45Marvin126US #63
#46Eugene123US #42
#47Tom121US #88
#48Bill118US #68
#49Arthur115US #33
#50Melvin112US #56
#51Billy109US #27
#52Roy106US #39
#53Earl102US #58
#54Gene98US #72
#55Max98US #169
#56Stanley95US #57
#57Jim94US #80
#58Russell94US #75
#59Albert92US #40
#60Allen92US #73
#61Howard89US #47
#62Steve86US #112
#63Jon83US #128
#64Mike80US #111
#65Danny76US #120
#66Jackie76US #110
#67Bruce74US #51
#68Ernest74US #61
#69Leonard73US #54
#70Henry72US #28
#71Patrick69US #70
#72Darrell67US #130
#73Douglas66US #53
#74Frederick66US #69
#75Keith66US #119
#76Clarence65US #62
#77Jimmy64US #45
#78Ray63US #83
#79Anthony61US #46
#80Alan60US #84
#81Gordon60US #92
#82Lloyd60US #96
#83Louis58US #50
#84Peter58US #44
#85Bob56US #103
#86Jay56US #137
#87Bernard55US #87
#88Floyd55US #102
#89Warren55US #105
#90Franklin54US #98
#91Samuel54US #65
#92Theodore54US #95
#93Timothy54US #121
#94Lee53US #81
#95Mark53US #122
#96Rex53
#97Glenn51US #86
#98Glen50US #139
#99Lynn50US #141
#100Tommy50US #71

On the move since 1940

Rising

↑33Steven#38
↑22Leonard#69
↑21Evelyn#61
↑21Ernest#68
↑20Mike#64
↑19Sara#72
↑19Mildred#79
↑16Suzanne#64

Falling

↓23Tommy#100
↓22Samuel#91
↓21Dixie#89
↓21Marlene#90
↓18Glenn#97
↓17Sondra#91
↓16Delores#82
↓16Franklin#90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1940 rankings.