State roster

Top names in Indiana

The names most likely to appear on 1945 Indiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 61,387 Indiana births in 1945 across 826 distinct names.

Distinctively Indiana

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

#63Max#189 nationally
#79Patty#192 nationally
#94Beckyoutside the national top 200
#98Rexoutside the national top 200
#91Dianna#182 nationally
#95Micheal#173 nationally
#49Vicki#117 nationally
#50Marsha#113 nationally
#92Ted#155 nationally
#32Phillip#85 nationally
#90Darrell#141 nationally
#59Keith#108 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,331US #1
#2Linda1,214US #2
#3Sharon881US #8
#4Barbara874US #3
#5Patricia775US #4
#6Carol736US #5
#7Nancy736US #7
#8Sandra724US #6
#9Judith701US #9
#10Carolyn645US #12
#11Karen601US #16
#12Judy572US #13
#13Donna564US #17
#14Susan492US #10
#15Janet467US #20
#16Betty378US #11
#17Shirley370US #14
#18Joyce367US #18
#19Janice349US #24
#20Diana330US #43
#21Marilyn312US #27
#22Margaret293US #15
#23Connie291US #47
#24Cheryl290US #32
#25Jane285US #36
#26Pamela271US #42
#27Phyllis255US #40
#28Ruth254US #33
#29Martha248US #30
#30Beverly244US #37
#31Brenda244US #29
#32Kathleen232US #19
#33Bonnie224US #35
#34Sue209US #66
#35Virginia202US #28
#36Diane201US #22
#37Gloria190US #23
#38Dorothy189US #21
#39Elizabeth188US #26
#40Rebecca182US #85
#41Rita179US #59
#42Joan165US #25
#43Marcia163US #88
#44Jean156US #38
#45Helen151US #31
#46Peggy150US #45
#47Alice146US #41
#48Ann136US #39
#49Vicki131US #117
#50Marsha127US #113
#51Charlotte123US #55
#52Paula122US #67
#53Wanda120US #58
#54Darlene119US #71
#55Elaine119US #44
#56Lois119US #48
#57Carole117US #51
#58Frances117US #34
#59Doris116US #46
#60Sally116US #64
#61Sherry116US #104
#62Jacqueline112US #63
#63Roberta107US #75
#64Rose107US #54
#65Sheila106US #89
#66Jo105US #60
#67Anna101US #73
#68Suzanne100US #68
#69Kathryn99US #65
#70Norma97US #74
#71Anita96US #100
#72Kay95US #91
#73Rosemary92US #79
#74Catherine89US #50
#75Cynthia88US #90
#76Kathy88US #101
#77Charlene86US #114
#78Marjorie85US #94
#79Patty78US #192
#80Christine76US #62
#81Evelyn76US #57
#82Sarah76US #76
#83Laura73US #77
#84Ellen72US #61
#85Constance71US #109
#86Dianne69US #72
#87Victoria69US #106
#88Loretta68US #107
#89Sylvia68US #83
#90Lynn65US #102
#91Dianna63US #182
#92Julia61US #115
#93Marie60US #49
#94Becky59
#95Jeanne59US #98
#96Glenda57US #92
#97Sara57US #135
#98Katherine56US #82
#99Marlene55US #110
#100Wilma54US #128

Boys

#1James1,888US #1
#2Robert1,665US #2
#3John1,649US #3
#4David1,297US #6
#5Richard1,221US #5
#6William1,166US #4
#7Larry1,110US #11
#8Michael1,106US #9
#9Thomas849US #8
#10Charles792US #7
#11Ronald716US #10
#12Donald706US #12
#13Jerry606US #20
#14Gary582US #13
#15Kenneth482US #16
#16Stephen457US #26
#17Paul447US #17
#18Dennis443US #19
#19George357US #15
#20Steven346US #43
#21Terry342US #33
#22Joseph304US #14
#23Jack285US #32
#24Roger272US #22
#25Edward267US #18
#26Daniel260US #24
#27Harold217US #28
#28Gerald216US #25
#29Raymond211US #23
#30Danny198US #56
#31Carl184US #39
#32Phillip173US #85
#33Steve169US #79
#34Ralph157US #44
#35Wayne154US #35
#36Jim151US #68
#37Bill148US #66
#38Dale147US #61
#39Joe147US #36
#40Ronnie144US #67
#41Mike142US #69
#42Lawrence140US #30
#43Frank139US #21
#44Fred137US #51
#45Tom135US #89
#46Walter135US #27
#47Douglas134US #29
#48Harry132US #47
#49Alan129US #52
#50Roy126US #40
#51Don122US #73
#52Bruce121US #48
#53Russell121US #64
#54Philip113US #58
#55Timothy109US #70
#56Marvin104US #80
#57Arthur102US #34
#58Norman101US #65
#59Keith96US #108
#60Howard95US #54
#61Eugene93US #50
#62Mark93US #72
#63Max93US #189
#64Billy91US #42
#65Jon90US #112
#66Albert89US #49
#67Samuel89US #62
#68Stanley89US #59
#69Patrick84US #63
#70Henry82US #37
#71Melvin80US #78
#72Gene79US #100
#73Allen78US #74
#74Earl74US #71
#75Bob70US #107
#76Frederick70US #77
#77Anthony66US #46
#78Dan66US #127
#79Gregory65US #96
#80Leonard64US #57
#81Clifford63US #99
#82Clarence62US #82
#83Ernest62US #60
#84Johnny62US #45
#85Lloyd62US #103
#86Jeffrey61US #91
#87Jimmy61US #41
#88Louis60US #55
#89Victor60US #95
#90Darrell59US #141
#91Lee59US #87
#92Ted59US #155
#93Jackie57US #142
#94Glenn56US #93
#95Micheal56US #173
#96Herbert55US #94
#97Leroy54US #83
#98Rex54
#99Tommy53US #75
#100Barry52US #84

On the move since 1944

Rising

↑30Vicki#49
↑20Diana#20
↑15Joe#39
↑15Anthony#77
↑14Elaine#55
↑14Alan#49
↑13Paula#52
↑13Max#63

Falling

↓29Wilma#100
↓21Glenda#96
↓20Tommy#99
↓16Marjorie#78
↓16Stanley#68
↓15Sarah#82
↓14Katherine#98
↓14Glenn#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1944 rankings.