State roster

Top names in Indiana

The names most likely to appear on 1947 Indiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 88,087 Indiana births in 1947 across 995 distinct names.

Distinctively Indiana

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

#83Maxoutside the national top 200
#84Beckyoutside the national top 200
#85Rexoutside the national top 200
#79Vickie#169 nationally
#89Dave#155 nationally
#99Garry#164 nationally
#42Vicki#101 nationally
#83Penny#142 nationally
#87Jennifer#145 nationally
#100Ted#157 nationally
#71Darrell#125 nationally
#59Randall#106 nationally

Girls

#1Linda3,014US #1
#2Mary1,611US #2
#3Patricia1,204US #3
#4Sharon1,157US #9
#5Barbara1,096US #4
#6Nancy1,088US #7
#7Sandra1,034US #5
#8Carol905US #6
#9Susan836US #8
#10Karen799US #13
#11Judith734US #12
#12Donna728US #10
#13Carolyn665US #15
#14Janet628US #23
#15Pamela619US #28
#16Judy600US #14
#17Cheryl534US #24
#18Connie487US #43
#19Diana470US #48
#20Janice446US #22
#21Kathleen436US #11
#22Marilyn428US #29
#23Brenda412US #21
#24Joyce407US #20
#25Margaret404US #16
#26Shirley401US #19
#27Beverly400US #31
#28Cynthia396US #33
#29Rebecca372US #52
#30Betty364US #17
#31Jane362US #36
#32Diane347US #18
#33Phyllis319US #37
#34Ruth298US #44
#35Bonnie288US #35
#36Martha283US #32
#37Peggy280US #42
#38Rita280US #60
#39Sue254US #69
#40Marcia248US #81
#41Elizabeth244US #25
#42Vicki236US #101
#43Kathy228US #64
#44Marsha225US #88
#45Sherry225US #67
#46Deborah215US #62
#47Gloria215US #27
#48Alice205US #47
#49Virginia204US #34
#50Paula187US #54
#51Sally187US #70
#52Darlene185US #71
#53Jean177US #40
#54Ann176US #41
#55Jo175US #51
#56Jacqueline167US #59
#57Suzanne163US #53
#58Joan159US #30
#59Dorothy157US #26
#60Helen157US #38
#61Kathryn157US #55
#62Sheila155US #73
#63Wanda154US #66
#64Frances152US #39
#65Christine137US #45
#66Ellen137US #61
#67Elaine135US #50
#68Charlotte133US #68
#69Kay133US #104
#70Roberta133US #90
#71Lois132US #63
#72Anita131US #94
#73Catherine128US #46
#74Anna122US #92
#75Constance122US #100
#76Cathy118US #119
#77Norma116US #82
#78Doris115US #58
#79Vickie113US #169
#80Laura112US #74
#81Rose112US #65
#82Lynn111US #75
#83Penny111US #142
#84Becky102
#85Sarah101US #93
#86Charlene99US #105
#87Jennifer99US #145
#88Evelyn98US #72
#89Jeanne98US #86
#90Julia98US #116
#91Glenda97US #96
#92Carole96US #102
#93Marjorie92US #106
#94Teresa92US #121
#95Theresa92US #85
#96Katherine90US #76
#97Dianne87US #83
#98Janis84US #108
#99Victoria84US #123
#100Rosemary83US #80

Boys

#1James2,533US #1
#2John2,233US #3
#3Robert2,196US #2
#4David2,054US #6
#5Michael1,860US #7
#6William1,610US #4
#7Richard1,552US #5
#8Larry1,397US #10
#9Thomas1,194US #8
#10Charles1,042US #9
#11Ronald1,011US #11
#12Dennis828US #17
#13Donald821US #13
#14Gary790US #12
#15Stephen777US #21
#16Steven742US #24
#17Jerry684US #20
#18Terry660US #26
#19Kenneth630US #15
#20Paul570US #18
#21Joseph515US #14
#22Daniel454US #22
#23George450US #16
#24Roger384US #25
#25Jack354US #37
#26Steve352US #58
#27Edward345US #19
#28Danny338US #39
#29Gregory283US #33
#30Mike277US #65
#31Bruce255US #29
#32Mark252US #47
#33Timothy247US #52
#34Gerald232US #28
#35Phillip223US #74
#36Harold217US #35
#37Raymond215US #27
#38Carl213US #40
#39Ronnie205US #61
#40Frank204US #23
#41Wayne203US #30
#42Alan199US #45
#43Tom198US #87
#44Douglas197US #31
#45Philip197US #57
#46Bill187US #76
#47Dale187US #63
#48Jim184US #77
#49Ralph180US #50
#50Lawrence172US #32
#51Patrick165US #53
#52Stanley163US #67
#53Joe162US #43
#54Walter150US #34
#55Roy147US #48
#56Keith135US #91
#57Don134US #86
#58Fred134US #56
#59Randall134US #106
#60Allen133US #73
#61Harry130US #54
#62Arthur126US #38
#63Dan126US #109
#64Jeffrey123US #66
#65Marvin123US #89
#66Norman122US #81
#67Barry117US #68
#68Anthony116US #41
#69Russell115US #69
#70Frederick114US #78
#71Darrell112US #125
#72Craig111US #93
#73Melvin108US #85
#74Samuel106US #72
#75Eugene103US #59
#76Jon99US #123
#77Howard94US #62
#78Albert92US #55
#79Bob92US #115
#80Ernest91US #75
#81Earl90US #83
#82Glenn90US #70
#83Max90
#84Henry87US #46
#85Rex86
#86Rodney86US #94
#87Randy85US #116
#88Louis84US #64
#89Dave83US #155
#90Jimmy82US #44
#91Tony82US #126
#92Leonard81US #71
#93Billy79US #51
#94Eddie79US #80
#95Clarence76US #88
#96Duane76US #135
#97Jay76US #119
#98Johnny75US #49
#99Garry74US #164
#100Ted73US #157

On the move since 1946

Rising

↑51Deborah#46
↑29Christine#65
↑28Craig#72
↑25Barry#67
↑20Jeffrey#64
↑19Mark#32
↑17Vickie#79
↑15Ellen#66

Falling

↓32Billy#93
↓23Anita#72
↓23Rosemary#100
↓17Carole#92
↓13Dianne#97
↓12Betty#30
↓12Joan#58
↓12Dorothy#59

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1946 rankings.