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Top names in Indiana

The names most likely to appear on 1944 Indiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 63,945 Indiana births in 1944 across 864 distinct names.

Distinctively Indiana

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

#80Pattyoutside the national top 200
#76Max#194 nationally
#94Dixieoutside the national top 200
#97Michealoutside the national top 200
#79Vicki#161 nationally
#98Penny#180 nationally
#81Randall#156 nationally
#83Dan#144 nationally
#33Steve#89 nationally
#55Marsha#111 nationally
#77Darrell#133 nationally
#71Wilma#125 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,406US #1
#2Linda1,154US #3
#3Sharon1,038US #8
#4Patricia904US #4
#5Barbara886US #2
#6Sandra883US #6
#7Judith853US #9
#8Nancy831US #7
#9Carol787US #5
#10Karen674US #16
#11Carolyn654US #11
#12Judy596US #12
#13Janet568US #21
#14Donna543US #17
#15Betty450US #10
#16Susan426US #13
#17Joyce391US #18
#18Marilyn359US #27
#19Shirley339US #15
#20Janice326US #28
#21Pamela308US #44
#22Martha295US #29
#23Margaret289US #14
#24Beverly277US #35
#25Ruth266US #32
#26Cheryl260US #36
#27Bonnie258US #34
#28Kathleen251US #20
#29Phyllis249US #40
#30Sue235US #62
#31Connie233US #51
#32Brenda231US #30
#33Virginia228US #26
#34Jane218US #41
#35Dorothy203US #19
#36Rita196US #54
#37Diane195US #24
#38Elizabeth195US #23
#39Gloria189US #25
#40Diana187US #60
#41Joan185US #22
#42Helen175US #31
#43Marcia166US #89
#44Peggy159US #45
#45Charlotte157US #50
#46Rebecca155US #84
#47Wanda150US #58
#48Alice149US #38
#49Lois147US #47
#50Ann145US #39
#51Frances144US #33
#52Jean144US #37
#53Sally141US #59
#54Carole138US #43
#55Marsha131US #111
#56Sherry123US #100
#57Jo118US #61
#58Norma117US #66
#59Doris112US #42
#60Kay110US #88
#61Roberta107US #70
#62Marjorie106US #85
#63Darlene102US #76
#64Rose100US #52
#65Paula99US #82
#66Kathryn97US #68
#67Sarah93US #67
#68Jacqueline92US #64
#69Elaine88US #46
#70Kathy88US #110
#71Wilma88US #125
#72Anna87US #74
#73Constance85US #104
#74Anita84US #95
#75Glenda83US #79
#76Sheila82US #103
#77Suzanne82US #78
#78Charlene81US #109
#79Vicki80US #161
#80Patty79
#81Catherine76US #49
#82Evelyn76US #57
#83Cynthia73US #105
#84Katherine73US #77
#85Rosemary70US #99
#86Sara65US #136
#87Ellen64US #63
#88Geraldine64US #53
#89Juanita64US #94
#90Joann62US #65
#91Anne61US #86
#92Loretta61US #98
#93Victoria60US #139
#94Dixie59
#95Jeanne58US #108
#96Julia58US #102
#97Ruby58US #87
#98Penny56US #180
#99Sylvia56US #83
#100Claudia55US #120

Boys

#1James2,133US #1
#2Robert1,821US #2
#3John1,633US #3
#4David1,364US #6
#5William1,287US #4
#6Richard1,185US #5
#7Larry1,103US #12
#8Michael1,006US #9
#9Charles951US #7
#10Thomas947US #8
#11Ronald845US #10
#12Donald790US #11
#13Jerry697US #19
#14Gary527US #15
#15Paul481US #17
#16Kenneth472US #16
#17Dennis452US #20
#18Stephen446US #28
#19George400US #14
#20Joseph385US #13
#21Terry299US #43
#22Edward295US #18
#23Steven280US #52
#24Jack271US #30
#25Daniel267US #25
#26Gerald250US #24
#27Roger233US #23
#28Raymond228US #22
#29Carl223US #36
#30Harold207US #27
#31Ralph182US #42
#32Bill168US #66
#33Steve166US #89
#34Danny159US #76
#35Ronnie157US #69
#36Walter155US #26
#37Lawrence154US #32
#38Wayne150US #37
#39Frank149US #21
#40Dale148US #61
#41Fred145US #47
#42Phillip144US #83
#43Roy144US #39
#44Jim143US #68
#45Mike139US #80
#46Philip133US #60
#47Don127US #72
#48Tom127US #87
#49Douglas125US #34
#50Arthur124US #29
#51Harry123US #49
#52Stanley123US #57
#53Russell120US #63
#54Joe118US #33
#55Billy113US #38
#56Marvin112US #75
#57Bruce107US #51
#58Timothy103US #92
#59Albert100US #44
#60Keith96US #104
#61Norman96US #58
#62Earl95US #65
#63Alan92US #55
#64Eugene92US #48
#65Allen91US #77
#66Mark88US #93
#67Gene87US #95
#68Melvin87US #67
#69Howard86US #53
#70Patrick83US #64
#71Samuel82US #62
#72Frederick81US #73
#73Bob79US #109
#74Jon78US #122
#75Henry76US #35
#76Max74US #194
#77Darrell73US #133
#78Clarence71US #74
#79Tommy66US #70
#80Glenn65US #88
#81Randall64US #156
#82Ernest63US #59
#83Dan62US #144
#84Lloyd62US #102
#85Dean61US #134
#86Jimmy61US #41
#87Louis61US #54
#88Leonard59US #56
#89Theodore59US #96
#90Bobby58US #50
#91Edwin58US #106
#92Anthony57US #46
#93Eddie57US #79
#94Herbert57US #90
#95Leroy57US #78
#96Barry56US #84
#97Micheal56
#98Ray56US #86
#99Floyd55US #110
#100Warren54US #100

On the move since 1943

Rising

↑49Cheryl#26
↑30Paula#65
↑24Kathy#70
↑16Kathryn#66
↑16Glenn#80
↑16Dan#83
↑15Ronnie#35
↑15Mike#45

Falling

↓18Rosemary#85
↓18Ray#98
↓16Evelyn#82
↓16Floyd#99
↓14Anna#72
↓14Patrick#70
↓13Carole#54
↓13Norma#58

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1943 rankings.