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Top names in Indiana

The names most likely to appear on 1952 Indiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 96,969 Indiana births in 1952 across 1,091 distinct names.

Distinctively Indiana

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

#63Rex#174 nationally
#69Garry#155 nationally
#45Rick#119 nationally
#74Beth#146 nationally
#97Kent#164 nationally
#92Penny#157 nationally
#99Terri#158 nationally
#55Sue#113 nationally
#81Carla#138 nationally
#78Jeffery#134 nationally
#75Dan#129 nationally
#86Cindy#140 nationally

Girls

#1Linda1,846US #1
#2Mary1,540US #2
#3Deborah1,528US #4
#4Patricia1,187US #3
#5Susan1,076US #5
#6Debra1,048US #9
#7Karen989US #8
#8Nancy951US #7
#9Barbara932US #6
#10Pamela881US #17
#11Rebecca728US #30
#12Brenda725US #15
#13Sharon719US #14
#14Carol718US #12
#15Sandra714US #10
#16Janet662US #19
#17Cynthia655US #18
#18Donna642US #13
#19Kathy569US #29
#20Kathleen549US #11
#21Connie469US #44
#22Diana437US #51
#23Judith435US #25
#24Diane428US #16
#25Cheryl420US #31
#26Carolyn405US #24
#27Joyce396US #27
#28Peggy392US #43
#29Janice378US #23
#30Vicki357US #61
#31Cathy350US #56
#32Margaret334US #21
#33Beverly327US #35
#34Judy324US #26
#35Elizabeth323US #22
#36Jane320US #42
#37Christine319US #20
#38Shirley318US #28
#39Teresa291US #52
#40Marsha288US #75
#41Betty286US #32
#42Paula285US #47
#43Marilyn280US #38
#44Rita263US #66
#45Catherine259US #34
#46Vickie258US #76
#47Denise253US #33
#48Martha251US #40
#49Marcia249US #80
#50Kathryn243US #48
#51Ruth230US #57
#52Jacqueline215US #58
#53Bonnie213US #41
#54Sherry205US #68
#55Sue204US #113
#56Jo202US #55
#57Ann201US #45
#58Sally196US #81
#59Phyllis192US #65
#60Sheila182US #64
#61Darlene181US #77
#62Theresa179US #60
#63Gail177US #39
#64Jean172US #50
#65Katherine167US #59
#66Gloria165US #36
#67Victoria164US #74
#68Rose161US #62
#69Rhonda159US #95
#70Wanda159US #54
#71Jennifer158US #107
#72Laura157US #53
#73Virginia157US #49
#74Beth154US #146
#75Joan152US #37
#76Dorothy146US #46
#77Anita143US #91
#78Julie141US #85
#79Roberta135US #88
#80Lynn131US #71
#81Carla124US #138
#82Alice121US #69
#83Constance120US #92
#84Kay119US #133
#85Doris118US #83
#86Cindy116US #140
#87Anna114US #101
#88Suzanne114US #84
#89Helen112US #63
#90Lois112US #86
#91Sarah112US #93
#92Penny111US #157
#93Jill106US #118
#94Elaine103US #73
#95Ellen99US #70
#96Anne98US #79
#97Charlotte95US #89
#98Jan94US #143
#99Terri94US #158
#100Norma93US #112

Boys

#1Michael2,591US #4
#2James2,325US #1
#3David2,252US #5
#4Robert2,160US #2
#5John2,141US #3
#6William1,576US #6
#7Richard1,535US #7
#8Thomas1,376US #8
#9Steven1,268US #11
#10Gary1,207US #10
#11Charles1,120US #9
#12Mark1,039US #17
#13Larry960US #14
#14Dennis910US #18
#15Donald832US #13
#16Ronald823US #15
#17Stephen776US #21
#18Daniel725US #20
#19Kenneth678US #16
#20Paul654US #19
#21Terry596US #29
#22Gregory588US #24
#23Joseph587US #12
#24Timothy562US #27
#25Jerry545US #26
#26Bruce457US #25
#27Roger437US #30
#28Jeffrey416US #31
#29Douglas396US #28
#30Edward396US #23
#31George386US #22
#32Danny353US #40
#33Jack310US #52
#34Randall285US #63
#35Randy279US #41
#36Dale270US #46
#37Patrick270US #37
#38Kevin260US #43
#39Keith249US #49
#40Raymond240US #33
#41Anthony225US #34
#42Carl219US #45
#43Gerald211US #39
#44Alan208US #42
#45Rick208US #119
#46Philip207US #60
#47Ricky207US #81
#48Stanley200US #58
#49Phillip196US #74
#50Lawrence191US #35
#51Ralph179US #56
#52Frank178US #32
#53Wayne177US #38
#54Harold170US #51
#55Christopher159US #57
#56Scott156US #54
#57Micheal150US #94
#58Darrell146US #109
#59Samuel143US #67
#60Roy142US #55
#61Walter139US #44
#62Russell134US #70
#63Rex133US #174
#64Craig132US #59
#65Barry126US #69
#66Ronnie125US #82
#67Frederick123US #76
#68Jay123US #106
#69Garry120US #155
#70Steve119US #85
#71Allen118US #78
#72Peter118US #36
#73Arthur116US #47
#74Kim114US #126
#75Dan113US #129
#76Eric113US #88
#77Harry113US #75
#78Jeffery113US #134
#79Brian110US #64
#80Martin106US #80
#81Howard103US #73
#82Glenn101US #61
#83Billy100US #65
#84Fred99US #90
#85Joe97US #62
#86Rodney97US #84
#87Dean96US #103
#88Norman95US #96
#89Eugene94US #71
#90Ernest93US #87
#91Marvin93US #95
#92Tony91US #133
#93Andrew90US #68
#94Henry86US #50
#95Theodore86US #100
#96Gordon85US #110
#97Kent85US #164
#98Albert82US #66
#99Jon82US #135
#100Leonard82US #83

On the move since 1951

Rising

↑29Jay#68
↑27Garry#69
↑23Christopher#55
↑16Beth#74
↑15Jo#56
↑15Rick#45
↑14Peter#72
↑13Denise#47

Falling

↓23Marvin#91
↓15Ellen#95
↓14Steve#70
↓14Rodney#86
↓12Charlotte#97
↓11Bonnie#53
↓11Roberta#79
↓11Constance#83

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1951 rankings.