State roster

Top names in Indiana

The names most likely to appear on 1953 Indiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 97,766 Indiana births in 1953 across 1,074 distinct names.

Distinctively Indiana

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

#77Rex#188 nationally
#85Kent#166 nationally
#63Garry#142 nationally
#71Beth#142 nationally
#40Rick#101 nationally
#70Kim#127 nationally
#56Jeffery#109 nationally
#78Terri#130 nationally
#65Jennifer#116 nationally
#90Dan#139 nationally
#74Jon#120 nationally
#61Sue#106 nationally

Girls

#1Linda1,579US #2
#2Deborah1,553US #3
#3Mary1,525US #1
#4Debra1,360US #7
#5Patricia1,254US #4
#6Pamela1,102US #10
#7Susan1,069US #5
#8Karen1,012US #9
#9Barbara869US #6
#10Nancy846US #8
#11Cynthia753US #12
#12Brenda705US #18
#13Sandra697US #11
#14Rebecca665US #24
#15Sharon648US #15
#16Carol647US #16
#17Kathy623US #23
#18Donna618US #13
#19Janet581US #19
#20Kathleen539US #14
#21Connie441US #47
#22Cheryl432US #28
#23Diana430US #55
#24Diane422US #17
#25Teresa401US #42
#26Judith392US #30
#27Joyce377US #26
#28Vicki370US #61
#29Cathy368US #56
#30Peggy362US #44
#31Janice357US #22
#32Elizabeth354US #21
#33Carolyn350US #25
#34Jane328US #43
#35Marilyn328US #36
#36Margaret327US #20
#37Paula319US #40
#38Christine296US #32
#39Judy296US #27
#40Rita295US #64
#41Beverly289US #34
#42Shirley287US #29
#43Denise278US #31
#44Catherine266US #35
#45Marcia256US #84
#46Kathryn251US #48
#47Vickie250US #79
#48Ruth234US #62
#49Rhonda232US #85
#50Martha229US #41
#51Betty227US #33
#52Marsha226US #83
#53Sheila225US #60
#54Theresa215US #50
#55Ann207US #46
#56Bonnie205US #45
#57Jo205US #54
#58Jacqueline202US #58
#59Sherry197US #70
#60Rose188US #59
#61Sue183US #106
#62Phyllis182US #69
#63Joan179US #37
#64Jean177US #52
#65Jennifer177US #116
#66Gail174US #39
#67Cindy173US #99
#68Julie166US #74
#69Laura166US #51
#70Anita163US #89
#71Beth163US #142
#72Gloria163US #38
#73Wanda161US #57
#74Sally154US #81
#75Victoria152US #82
#76Darlene143US #75
#77Jill142US #114
#78Terri140US #130
#79Katherine137US #63
#80Robin136US #66
#81Constance133US #95
#82Virginia131US #53
#83Dorothy129US #49
#84Lisa125US #111
#85Elaine123US #77
#86Lynn122US #67
#87Suzanne122US #78
#88Carla119US #129
#89Alice118US #73
#90Lois117US #91
#91Helen115US #65
#92Anna113US #98
#93Debbie112US #119
#94Terry110US #117
#95Charlotte108US #100
#96Roberta107US #90
#97Sarah103US #93
#98Michelle99US #107
#99Ellen97US #76
#100Valerie96US #88

Boys

#1Michael2,580US #3
#2David2,469US #5
#3James2,251US #2
#4Robert2,203US #1
#5John2,052US #4
#6William1,592US #6
#7Richard1,558US #7
#8Thomas1,288US #8
#9Steven1,235US #11
#10Gary1,159US #10
#11Mark1,134US #12
#12Charles1,003US #9
#13Dennis891US #19
#14Ronald872US #15
#15Larry869US #18
#16Donald817US #14
#17Daniel734US #20
#18Stephen686US #21
#19Paul668US #16
#20Gregory649US #24
#21Kenneth648US #17
#22Timothy623US #26
#23Joseph608US #13
#24Terry604US #30
#25Jeffrey588US #25
#26Jerry515US #29
#27Roger451US #31
#28Bruce446US #28
#29Douglas431US #27
#30Randy394US #35
#31George379US #22
#32Edward336US #23
#33Ricky328US #51
#34Danny314US #41
#35Kevin305US #36
#36Randall293US #64
#37Jack278US #57
#38Patrick257US #39
#39Anthony254US #32
#40Rick249US #101
#41Keith248US #47
#42Gerald234US #42
#43Rodney219US #58
#44Dale217US #48
#45Alan214US #43
#46Lawrence208US #37
#47Phillip207US #76
#48Carl199US #44
#49Stanley192US #62
#50Harold191US #56
#51Philip191US #61
#52Raymond191US #34
#53Frank186US #33
#54Scott184US #46
#55Micheal180US #88
#56Jeffery157US #109
#57Ralph153US #59
#58Wayne148US #40
#59Walter146US #45
#60Roy143US #55
#61Steve140US #84
#62Darrell138US #103
#63Garry138US #142
#64Christopher135US #63
#65Brian134US #53
#66Frederick131US #80
#67Russell130US #71
#68Craig129US #60
#69Eric126US #89
#70Kim124US #127
#71Jay119US #99
#72Rickey119US #113
#73Joe118US #66
#74Jon115US #120
#75Arthur113US #50
#76Allen110US #81
#77Rex110US #188
#78Tony110US #117
#79Samuel108US #70
#80Martin104US #82
#81Howard100US #77
#82Barry97US #73
#83Billy94US #65
#84Peter94US #38
#85Kent93US #166
#86Harry92US #83
#87Fred91US #92
#88Norman91US #98
#89Marvin89US #94
#90Dan88US #139
#91Curtis87US #86
#92Melvin87US #91
#93Dean86US #105
#94Johnny86US #52
#95Ronnie85US #79
#96Bradley84US #118
#97Glenn84US #67
#98Henry84US #54
#99Leonard83US #85
#100Duane82US #132

On the move since 1952

Rising

↑43Rodney#43
↑25Jon#74
↑22Jeffery#56
↑21Terri#78
↑20Rhonda#49
↑19Cindy#67
↑16Jill#77
↑14Teresa#25

Falling

↓29Ronnie#95
↓20Samuel#79
↓17Roberta#96
↓17Barry#82
↓16Sally#74
↓15Darlene#76
↓15Dan#90
↓15Glenn#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1952 rankings.