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Top names in Indiana

The names most likely to appear on 1942 Indiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 66,207 Indiana births in 1942 across 872 distinct names.

Distinctively Indiana

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

#65Patty#186 nationally
#87Dixie#193 nationally
#96Vicki#197 nationally
#73Max#170 nationally
#61Marsha#156 nationally
#99Lowell#178 nationally
#75Sherry#145 nationally
#60Jon#125 nationally
#75Darrell#135 nationally
#53Danny#111 nationally
#52Pamela#106 nationally
#38Tom#89 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,547US #1
#2Linda1,116US #4
#3Judith1,109US #7
#4Sharon1,076US #11
#5Barbara1,007US #2
#6Patricia1,000US #3
#7Sandra908US #6
#8Nancy886US #8
#9Carolyn872US #10
#10Carol802US #5
#11Karen640US #16
#12Janet594US #19
#13Judy589US #15
#14Donna521US #20
#15Betty467US #9
#16Shirley461US #12
#17Joyce446US #13
#18Marilyn396US #27
#19Janice385US #25
#20Beverly326US #32
#21Susan325US #21
#22Bonnie323US #34
#23Phyllis310US #37
#24Margaret307US #14
#25Ruth293US #33
#26Carole278US #35
#27Martha275US #29
#28Joan241US #18
#29Connie223US #70
#30Dorothy218US #17
#31Sue216US #73
#32Virginia209US #23
#33Kathleen201US #24
#34Rita199US #55
#35Elizabeth198US #22
#36Jane197US #46
#37Peggy191US #42
#38Gloria186US #31
#39Diane182US #28
#40Rebecca177US #85
#41Diana176US #68
#42Wanda174US #54
#43Norma167US #52
#44Helen163US #26
#45Sally160US #56
#46Brenda156US #40
#47Jean154US #36
#48Doris150US #41
#49Alice146US #39
#50Lois145US #44
#51Charlotte140US #51
#52Pamela140US #106
#53Frances138US #30
#54Ann134US #38
#55Rose129US #50
#56Marcia124US #105
#57Roberta122US #66
#58Marjorie117US #74
#59Kay116US #75
#60Darlene109US #78
#61Marsha107US #156
#62Anna106US #59
#63Jacqueline105US #69
#64Evelyn100US #53
#65Patty98US #186
#66Sarah97US #67
#67Wilma96US #114
#68Jo95US #65
#69Ellen91US #64
#70Anita90US #93
#71Kathryn89US #82
#72Delores88US #86
#73Julia87US #95
#74Elaine83US #45
#75Sherry83US #145
#76Rosemary81US #92
#77Marlene79US #84
#78Sara78US #128
#79Cynthia77US #101
#80Joann76US #58
#81Catherine75US #49
#82Charlene75US #117
#83Geraldine74US #47
#84Sylvia72US #72
#85Loretta71US #79
#86Marie70US #43
#87Dixie69US #193
#88Suzanne68US #103
#89Patsy66US #57
#90Sheila64US #94
#91Anne62US #76
#92Juanita62US #90
#93June60US #107
#94Katherine60US #81
#95Mildred60US #71
#96Vicki60US #197
#97Edna58US #99
#98Paula58US #136
#99Esther56US #142
#100Jeanette55US #104

Boys

#1James2,044US #1
#2Robert1,859US #2
#3John1,652US #3
#4William1,451US #4
#5Larry1,429US #12
#6David1,410US #6
#7Richard1,159US #5
#8Ronald1,015US #9
#9Charles953US #7
#10Thomas942US #8
#11Jerry869US #16
#12Donald793US #10
#13Michael780US #13
#14Paul510US #19
#15Kenneth488US #15
#16George439US #14
#17Gary433US #18
#18Stephen403US #32
#19Dennis379US #20
#20Joseph377US #11
#21Edward334US #17
#22Jack334US #34
#23Gerald326US #22
#24Terry266US #52
#25Harold265US #27
#26Daniel231US #28
#27Raymond231US #24
#28Roger230US #25
#29Carl219US #36
#30Phillip201US #77
#31Douglas199US #23
#32Ralph194US #38
#33Steven192US #75
#34Frank186US #21
#35Wayne184US #41
#36Walter173US #26
#37Lawrence165US #30
#38Tom155US #89
#39Jim152US #74
#40Dale149US #63
#41Philip146US #54
#42Arthur143US #29
#43Norman142US #53
#44Fred139US #46
#45Harry138US #48
#46Ronnie138US #78
#47Roy136US #42
#48Eugene135US #45
#49Stanley133US #56
#50Marvin132US #66
#51Don129US #72
#52Billy120US #35
#53Danny118US #111
#54Joe118US #33
#55Earl116US #62
#56Howard116US #49
#57Melvin115US #60
#58Bill113US #65
#59Steve113US #102
#60Jon105US #125
#61Bruce102US #50
#62Russell101US #70
#63Gene99US #82
#64Mike97US #106
#65Albert95US #40
#66Frederick94US #68
#67Louis90US #51
#68Clarence84US #67
#69Samuel84US #59
#70Leonard83US #57
#71Anthony82US #44
#72Henry82US #31
#73Max81US #170
#74Bob79US #110
#75Darrell79US #135
#76Jackie79US #119
#77Allen78US #71
#78Ernest77US #61
#79Keith77US #123
#80Patrick74US #64
#81Bernard73US #90
#82Alan72US #81
#83Jimmy72US #47
#84Timothy72US #108
#85Lloyd71US #96
#86Mark66US #117
#87Tommy66US #73
#88Gordon65US #92
#89Ray63US #84
#90Leroy62US #69
#91Eddie61US #86
#92Glenn61US #88
#93Herbert60US #83
#94Jerome60US #104
#95Clifford59US #95
#96Lewis59US #112
#97Floyd57US #113
#98Peter57US #39
#99Lowell56US #178
#100Francis55US #58

On the move since 1941

Rising

↑42Douglas#31
↑32Carole#26
↑25Sherry#75
↑23Ellen#69
↑22Kathleen#33
↑22Samuel#69
↑20Patty#65
↑18Jim#39

Falling

↓24Suzanne#88
↓22Patsy#89
↓18Max#73
↓17Sheila#90
↓17Allen#77
↓16Rosemary#76
↓16Mildred#95
↓15Kay#59

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1941 rankings.