State roster

Top names in Indiana

The names most likely to appear on 1943 Indiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 66,753 Indiana births in 1943 across 866 distinct names.

Distinctively Indiana

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

#71Max#186 nationally
#73Patty#187 nationally
#87Dixieoutside the national top 200
#91Sondraoutside the national top 200
#97Lowell#200 nationally
#88Vicki#179 nationally
#94Dave#167 nationally
#61Marsha#132 nationally
#98Deanna#160 nationally
#77Sara#137 nationally
#65Sherry#123 nationally
#70Jon#127 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,588US #1
#2Linda1,268US #4
#3Sharon1,212US #8
#4Judith1,010US #7
#5Patricia983US #3
#6Barbara967US #2
#7Sandra956US #6
#8Nancy802US #9
#9Carolyn772US #11
#10Carol764US #5
#11Karen726US #15
#12Judy683US #13
#13Janet600US #20
#14Donna530US #17
#15Betty470US #10
#16Joyce433US #16
#17Shirley413US #12
#18Marilyn384US #27
#19Susan378US #18
#20Janice375US #26
#21Margaret349US #14
#22Beverly348US #32
#23Phyllis328US #39
#24Ruth317US #33
#25Bonnie296US #34
#26Martha280US #29
#27Connie233US #59
#28Diana229US #62
#29Sue228US #72
#30Joan211US #21
#31Virginia210US #25
#32Diane205US #24
#33Elizabeth205US #23
#34Pamela203US #54
#35Brenda202US #35
#36Kathleen202US #22
#37Dorothy197US #19
#38Gloria197US #30
#39Rita197US #52
#40Jane188US #44
#41Carole187US #42
#42Peggy178US #41
#43Alice173US #38
#44Rebecca172US #87
#45Norma169US #58
#46Lois168US #43
#47Helen159US #28
#48Marcia158US #96
#49Charlotte156US #47
#50Kay151US #81
#51Wanda150US #56
#52Jean149US #36
#53Roberta146US #66
#54Frances144US #31
#55Sally137US #57
#56Ann132US #37
#57Doris132US #40
#58Anna123US #64
#59Rose121US #50
#60Darlene110US #73
#61Marsha109US #132
#62Jacqueline108US #65
#63Marjorie102US #79
#64Sarah102US #71
#65Sherry99US #123
#66Evelyn98US #53
#67Rosemary97US #97
#68Jo96US #63
#69Elaine94US #46
#70Anita92US #98
#71Delores91US #99
#72Charlene89US #121
#73Patty89US #187
#74Suzanne89US #86
#75Cheryl82US #102
#76Cynthia82US #101
#77Sara80US #137
#78Sheila79US #92
#79Wilma78US #120
#80Glenda77US #83
#81Loretta77US #89
#82Kathryn76US #75
#83Julia75US #95
#84Patsy75US #61
#85Geraldine74US #51
#86Catherine73US #48
#87Dixie73
#88Vicki73US #179
#89Marlene72US #104
#90Sylvia71US #77
#91Sondra70
#92Katherine68US #78
#93Ellen67US #67
#94Kathy65US #136
#95Paula64US #93
#96Dianne63US #88
#97Joann62US #60
#98Deanna61US #160
#99Edna55US #106
#100Juanita55US #91

Boys

#1James2,250US #1
#2Robert1,895US #2
#3John1,648US #3
#4David1,369US #6
#5William1,351US #4
#6Larry1,258US #12
#7Richard1,179US #5
#8Ronald1,025US #9
#9Charles1,006US #7
#10Michael915US #10
#11Thomas848US #8
#12Jerry839US #17
#13Donald834US #11
#14Paul504US #19
#15Kenneth484US #15
#16Gary465US #16
#17Stephen436US #29
#18Dennis402US #20
#19George398US #14
#20Joseph371US #13
#21Jack305US #34
#22Terry301US #49
#23Edward285US #18
#24Gerald277US #23
#25Harold255US #27
#26Roger253US #24
#27Raymond244US #22
#28Daniel237US #25
#29Steven223US #58
#30Carl210US #33
#31Phillip195US #81
#32Ralph191US #40
#33Walter184US #26
#34Wayne170US #41
#35Frank165US #21
#36Fred163US #45
#37Bill159US #65
#38Steve153US #93
#39Arthur151US #30
#40Dale151US #59
#41Lawrence146US #32
#42Douglas141US #28
#43Jim141US #75
#44Roy141US #38
#45Stanley141US #54
#46Tom140US #87
#47Philip136US #57
#48Danny133US #88
#49Marvin131US #66
#50Ronnie127US #71
#51Norman126US #56
#52Joe123US #35
#53Don116US #72
#54Harry115US #50
#55Keith113US #108
#56Patrick112US #69
#57Eugene110US #47
#58Howard110US #48
#59Billy107US #37
#60Mike104US #90
#61Bruce103US #51
#62Earl103US #60
#63Russell101US #73
#64Frederick98US #70
#65Melvin92US #63
#66Mark89US #101
#67Bob87US #110
#68Samuel87US #62
#69Gene86US #89
#70Jon86US #127
#71Max85US #186
#72Timothy84US #99
#73Albert83US #43
#74Alan80US #67
#75Allen76US #76
#76Louis74US #53
#77Lloyd71US #104
#78Leonard70US #55
#79Ernest69US #61
#80Ray69US #84
#81Gordon66US #98
#82Herbert66US #86
#83Floyd65US #112
#84Jimmy65US #42
#85Henry64US #31
#86Darrell62US #140
#87Warren62US #102
#88Clarence61US #68
#89Edwin61US #107
#90Johnny61US #52
#91Tommy59US #77
#92Bernard57US #92
#93Jay57US #134
#94Dave56US #167
#95Eddie56US #80
#96Glenn56US #85
#97Lowell56US #200
#98Anthony55US #44
#99Dan55US #139
#100Theodore55US #96

On the move since 1942

Rising

↑24Keith#55
↑24Patrick#56
↑21Bill#37
↑21Steve#38
↑20Mark#66
↑18Pamela#34
↑14Suzanne#74
↑14Floyd#83

Falling

↓27Anthony#98
↓24Ellen#93
↓20Clarence#88
↓17Joann#97
↓15Carole#41
↓13Henry#85
↓12Wilma#79
↓12Marlene#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1942 rankings.