State roster

Top names in Indiana

The names most likely to appear on 1946 Indiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 77,817 Indiana births in 1946 across 944 distinct names.

Distinctively Indiana

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

#72Maxoutside the national top 200
#80Beckyoutside the national top 200
#72Dianna#183 nationally
#96Vickieoutside the national top 200
#93Patty#191 nationally
#88Penny#163 nationally
#98Micheal#168 nationally
#43Vicki#108 nationally
#70Darrell#131 nationally
#90Randy#148 nationally
#67Randall#123 nationally
#45Marsha#98 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,611US #1
#2Linda1,529US #2
#3Sharon1,170US #9
#4Patricia1,082US #3
#5Sandra998US #6
#6Barbara993US #4
#7Nancy941US #7
#8Carol934US #5
#9Judith773US #10
#10Susan769US #8
#11Karen750US #15
#12Donna680US #13
#13Carolyn664US #12
#14Judy661US #11
#15Janet652US #21
#16Diana475US #42
#17Cheryl441US #27
#18Betty438US #14
#19Pamela414US #34
#20Connie413US #45
#21Shirley408US #18
#22Janice405US #22
#23Joyce392US #20
#24Beverly377US #30
#25Marilyn364US #29
#26Kathleen351US #16
#27Margaret346US #17
#28Jane341US #35
#29Phyllis317US #41
#30Brenda313US #24
#31Diane305US #19
#32Martha286US #32
#33Sue285US #61
#34Ruth278US #38
#35Rebecca271US #68
#36Rita267US #56
#37Peggy250US #43
#38Bonnie248US #33
#39Gloria230US #26
#40Cynthia219US #46
#41Elizabeth198US #25
#42Marcia198US #89
#43Vicki196US #108
#44Sherry191US #73
#45Marsha190US #98
#46Joan189US #28
#47Dorothy183US #23
#48Virginia182US #31
#49Anita164US #84
#50Ann164US #40
#51Suzanne163US #52
#52Jean161US #37
#53Kathy158US #79
#54Sally157US #67
#55Paula152US #69
#56Helen146US #36
#57Jo146US #53
#58Sheila145US #70
#59Darlene143US #71
#60Jacqueline141US #62
#61Alice140US #44
#62Charlotte139US #64
#63Wanda139US #59
#64Kay131US #101
#65Kathryn128US #63
#66Lois127US #55
#67Roberta124US #86
#68Elaine122US #47
#69Norma117US #77
#70Rose117US #60
#71Anna114US #87
#72Dianna109US #183
#73Doris106US #51
#74Catherine105US #48
#75Carole104US #72
#76Frances99US #39
#77Rosemary99US #74
#78Constance96US #100
#79Evelyn92US #65
#80Becky90
#81Ellen90US #58
#82Laura87US #75
#83Lynn86US #94
#84Dianne85US #76
#85Jeanne85US #83
#86Loretta85US #111
#87Katherine84US #78
#88Penny83US #163
#89Charlene82US #107
#90Marjorie82US #106
#91Gail81US #49
#92Sarah81US #92
#93Patty78US #191
#94Christine77US #50
#95Sara76US #135
#96Vickie75
#97Deborah73US #119
#98Sylvia73US #82
#99Anne72US #81
#100Julia72US #114

Boys

#1James2,294US #1
#2Robert2,024US #2
#3John1,987US #3
#4David1,644US #6
#5Michael1,613US #7
#6Richard1,468US #5
#7William1,378US #4
#8Larry1,259US #11
#9Thomas1,047US #8
#10Ronald981US #10
#11Charles967US #9
#12Donald885US #13
#13Gary755US #12
#14Dennis708US #17
#15Jerry673US #20
#16Stephen625US #24
#17Kenneth571US #15
#18Paul569US #18
#19Terry550US #26
#20Steven537US #28
#21George425US #16
#22Joseph404US #14
#23Daniel403US #21
#24Roger386US #23
#25Edward333US #19
#26Jack320US #35
#27Danny289US #46
#28Gerald252US #27
#29Steve244US #69
#30Mike227US #64
#31Carl226US #39
#32Wayne225US #29
#33Harold219US #33
#34Phillip218US #83
#35Timothy217US #60
#36Raymond200US #25
#37Jim196US #73
#38Ronnie194US #54
#39Ralph190US #48
#40Tom188US #87
#41Alan187US #49
#42Philip178US #61
#43Frank177US #22
#44Gregory173US #56
#45Bruce172US #32
#46Dale168US #62
#47Douglas168US #34
#48Lawrence167US #31
#49Bill163US #72
#50Joe158US #37
#51Mark157US #58
#52Harry153US #50
#53Fred139US #51
#54Don136US #79
#55Walter133US #30
#56Stanley132US #65
#57Norman124US #76
#58Roy124US #43
#59Patrick122US #59
#60Russell120US #66
#61Billy114US #45
#62Allen112US #74
#63Arthur110US #36
#64Marvin106US #88
#65Howard105US #55
#66Keith105US #96
#67Randall105US #123
#68Eugene103US #57
#69Frederick99US #75
#70Darrell98US #131
#71Jon98US #117
#72Max96
#73Albert95US #52
#74Earl94US #82
#75Samuel91US #70
#76Henry88US #41
#77Dan87US #116
#78Anthony86US #44
#79Ray85US #95
#80Bob84US #107
#81Lloyd82US #106
#82Rodney82US #93
#83Glenn81US #81
#84Jeffrey80US #78
#85Melvin79US #86
#86Louis78US #63
#87Gene77US #98
#88Jimmy76US #42
#89Leonard74US #67
#90Randy72US #148
#91Tommy71US #77
#92Barry69US #68
#93Bobby68US #53
#94Johnny67US #47
#95Lester66US #145
#96Eddie65US #85
#97Lee65US #91
#98Micheal65US #168
#99Clarence64US #89
#100Craig64US #108

On the move since 1945

Rising

↑35Cynthia#40
↑35Gregory#44
↑23Kathy#53
↑22Anita#49
↑20Timothy#35
↑20Darrell#70
↑19Dianna#72
↑17Sherry#44

Falling

↓18Carole#75
↓18Frances#76
↓17Clarence#99
↓15Gene#87
↓14Alice#61
↓14Doris#73
↓14Patty#93
↓14Christine#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1945 rankings.