State roster

Top names in Indiana

The names most likely to appear on 1951 Indiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 93,959 Indiana births in 1951 across 1,028 distinct names.

Distinctively Indiana

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

#59Rex#170 nationally
#94Maxoutside the national top 200
#99Dianna#187 nationally
#60Rick#143 nationally
#90Jeffery#161 nationally
#90Beth#156 nationally
#89Penny#153 nationally
#61Jennifer#119 nationally
#96Garry#154 nationally
#98Cindy#154 nationally
#53Sue#106 nationally
#88Jon#138 nationally

Girls

#1Linda2,045US #1
#2Mary1,620US #2
#3Deborah1,384US #4
#4Patricia1,291US #3
#5Susan997US #6
#6Karen987US #8
#7Barbara953US #5
#8Nancy934US #7
#9Pamela824US #16
#10Sandra781US #9
#11Debra775US #18
#12Sharon745US #13
#13Brenda712US #14
#14Carol706US #11
#15Rebecca698US #32
#16Donna660US #12
#17Janet631US #19
#18Cynthia622US #20
#19Kathleen612US #10
#20Kathy516US #35
#21Cheryl482US #30
#22Connie479US #44
#23Carolyn471US #22
#24Diana442US #50
#25Janice436US #21
#26Judith426US #25
#27Joyce385US #28
#28Margaret376US #17
#29Peggy357US #40
#30Vicki349US #58
#31Diane346US #15
#32Beverly341US #33
#33Judy331US #26
#34Marilyn317US #41
#35Elizabeth314US #23
#36Shirley305US #27
#37Jane303US #43
#38Christine287US #24
#39Teresa283US #63
#40Betty278US #29
#41Rita277US #61
#42Bonnie276US #37
#43Cathy267US #71
#44Marcia267US #74
#45Paula262US #51
#46Martha259US #38
#47Marsha253US #76
#48Sherry247US #70
#49Ruth241US #53
#50Catherine239US #34
#51Kathryn234US #45
#52Vickie225US #87
#53Sue210US #106
#54Sheila208US #69
#55Jacqueline203US #56
#56Ann193US #46
#57Gloria186US #31
#58Sally180US #77
#59Phyllis178US #57
#60Denise175US #48
#61Jennifer175US #119
#62Jean164US #49
#63Katherine164US #55
#64Theresa164US #64
#65Darlene161US #79
#66Victoria155US #81
#67Gail154US #36
#68Roberta154US #92
#69Rose151US #65
#70Joan150US #39
#71Jo146US #67
#72Constance142US #86
#73Wanda141US #52
#74Virginia140US #47
#75Laura139US #60
#76Alice138US #62
#77Rhonda136US #111
#78Dorothy134US #42
#79Helen129US #54
#80Ellen127US #68
#81Sarah118US #91
#82Anita116US #96
#83Lynn114US #72
#84Elaine112US #66
#85Charlotte111US #84
#86Anna110US #94
#87Lois110US #85
#88Frances109US #59
#89Penny106US #153
#90Beth105US #156
#91Doris104US #80
#92Charlene101US #103
#93Suzanne99US #83
#94Terry98US #115
#95Glenda96US #89
#96Anne95US #82
#97Norma95US #107
#98Cindy94US #154
#99Dianna94US #187
#100Jill94US #130

Boys

#1Michael2,569US #4
#2James2,358US #1
#3David2,262US #5
#4Robert2,160US #2
#5John2,121US #3
#6William1,639US #6
#7Richard1,480US #7
#8Thomas1,376US #8
#9Steven1,258US #13
#10Gary1,176US #10
#11Charles1,033US #9
#12Larry1,009US #11
#13Ronald848US #12
#14Mark847US #20
#15Donald841US #15
#16Dennis826US #17
#17Stephen807US #19
#18Kenneth692US #16
#19Daniel675US #21
#20Paul600US #18
#21Terry594US #30
#22Jerry567US #24
#23Timothy539US #28
#24Joseph524US #14
#25Gregory518US #25
#26Douglas427US #27
#27Bruce413US #26
#28George410US #22
#29Roger407US #29
#30Edward385US #23
#31Danny330US #41
#32Jack276US #48
#33Jeffrey273US #35
#34Randall271US #66
#35Patrick255US #39
#36Dale240US #49
#37Keith232US #59
#38Randy230US #56
#39Alan226US #40
#40Gerald224US #36
#41Carl216US #43
#42Frank213US #31
#43Phillip209US #79
#44Lawrence204US #33
#45Raymond202US #32
#46Wayne202US #37
#47Philip199US #55
#48Stanley193US #54
#49Kevin192US #53
#50Anthony181US #34
#51Ralph172US #51
#52Harold165US #46
#53Walter154US #42
#54Micheal152US #97
#55Ricky145US #102
#56Steve144US #86
#57Craig142US #63
#58Roy142US #52
#59Rex136US #170
#60Rick136US #143
#61Samuel134US #67
#62Scott134US #68
#63Frederick132US #78
#64Allen129US #72
#65Russell122US #73
#66Arthur119US #44
#67Darrell118US #109
#68Marvin117US #96
#69Ronnie115US #82
#70Brian114US #75
#71Harry110US #70
#72Rodney108US #84
#73Eric106US #93
#74Glenn106US #58
#75Melvin100US #88
#76Martin97US #81
#77Barry96US #71
#78Christopher96US #61
#79Howard95US #74
#80Dean94US #105
#81Norman93US #90
#82Earl92US #95
#83Fred92US #87
#84Joe92US #57
#85Mike91US #128
#86Peter90US #38
#87Henry89US #47
#88Jon89US #138
#89Albert87US #60
#90Jeffery87US #161
#91Billy86US #64
#92Ernest86US #83
#93Curtis85US #91
#94Max84
#95Eugene83US #65
#96Garry83US #154
#97Jay81US #116
#98Tony80US #141
#99Leonard79US #80
#100Duane78US #130

On the move since 1950

Rising

↑28Debra#11
↑23Victoria#66
↑18Rex#59
↑17Katherine#63
↑17Ricky#55
↑17Brian#70
↑16Eric#73
↑15Christine#38

Falling

↓27Mike#85
↓20Joe#84
↓18Suzanne#93
↓17Howard#79
↓17Jay#97
↓16Eugene#95
↓15Virginia#74
↓15Norman#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1950 rankings.