State roster

Top names in Indiana

The names most likely to appear on 1954 Indiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 101,303 Indiana births in 1954 across 1,118 distinct names.

Distinctively Indiana

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

#84Rex#189 nationally
#58Garry#138 nationally
#92Kent#167 nationally
#93Penny#163 nationally
#63Beth#130 nationally
#47Sue#106 nationally
#46Rick#102 nationally
#48Terri#100 nationally
#83Carla#135 nationally
#96Kay#146 nationally
#43Jeffery#90 nationally
#61Jennifer#108 nationally

Girls

#1Debra1,607US #6
#2Mary1,603US #1
#3Linda1,464US #2
#4Deborah1,452US #3
#5Susan1,186US #5
#6Pamela1,125US #12
#7Patricia1,114US #4
#8Karen988US #8
#9Cynthia952US #10
#10Nancy890US #9
#11Barbara797US #7
#12Donna723US #11
#13Sandra711US #13
#14Rebecca692US #26
#15Brenda689US #18
#16Carol657US #15
#17Sharon641US #16
#18Kathy633US #23
#19Janet612US #19
#20Cheryl524US #22
#21Teresa486US #34
#22Diane485US #17
#23Kathleen443US #14
#24Connie433US #39
#25Diana415US #57
#26Joyce380US #28
#27Vicki378US #50
#28Denise361US #24
#29Judith354US #30
#30Elizabeth348US #20
#31Cathy344US #59
#32Carolyn333US #27
#33Janice327US #25
#34Peggy324US #48
#35Paula309US #38
#36Margaret301US #21
#37Vickie300US #69
#38Marilyn296US #35
#39Jane295US #49
#40Rita286US #67
#41Beverly284US #31
#42Judy283US #29
#43Marsha259US #86
#44Betty258US #36
#45Catherine252US #32
#46Kathryn250US #51
#47Sue243US #106
#48Terri243US #100
#49Theresa242US #47
#50Sherry240US #62
#51Shirley240US #33
#52Laura237US #45
#53Martha233US #46
#54Rhonda228US #71
#55Cindy217US #91
#56Ruth217US #66
#57Christine213US #43
#58Sheila205US #60
#59Marcia204US #90
#60Julie202US #70
#61Jennifer200US #108
#62Ann199US #44
#63Beth197US #130
#64Jo191US #53
#65Jacqueline190US #68
#66Bonnie189US #52
#67Lisa189US #73
#68Rose184US #54
#69Robin182US #41
#70Gail176US #37
#71Jill171US #107
#72Darlene170US #76
#73Anita168US #96
#74Jean166US #56
#75Joan166US #40
#76Phyllis165US #75
#77Sally165US #84
#78Lynn159US #63
#79Wanda157US #58
#80Gloria150US #42
#81Debbie141US #92
#82Katherine140US #64
#83Carla139US #135
#84Terry135US #88
#85Victoria132US #85
#86Dorothy131US #55
#87Constance127US #111
#88Virginia126US #61
#89Elaine118US #74
#90Sarah118US #103
#91Michelle114US #94
#92Roberta113US #102
#93Penny111US #163
#94Anna110US #105
#95Suzanne110US #82
#96Kay108US #146
#97Alice107US #81
#98Michele107US #89
#99Valerie104US #87
#100Jan103US #131

Boys

#1Michael2,782US #1
#2David2,446US #5
#3James2,251US #3
#4Robert2,150US #2
#5John2,039US #4
#6William1,550US #6
#7Richard1,495US #7
#8Mark1,326US #12
#9Thomas1,283US #8
#10Steven1,260US #11
#11Gary1,190US #9
#12Charles971US #10
#13Donald883US #14
#14Ronald831US #15
#15Larry826US #19
#16Daniel792US #18
#17Dennis773US #21
#18Terry745US #27
#19Timothy729US #26
#20Jeffrey725US #23
#21Gregory702US #25
#22Kenneth694US #17
#23Joseph684US #13
#24Paul660US #16
#25Stephen627US #20
#26Kevin534US #28
#27Jerry513US #31
#28Randy485US #33
#29Douglas449US #29
#30Roger441US #34
#31Bruce411US #30
#32Edward380US #22
#33George374US #24
#34Randall332US #55
#35Danny297US #42
#36Ricky288US #46
#37Jack279US #57
#38Anthony268US #32
#39Dale252US #50
#40Carl250US #47
#41Patrick249US #38
#42Alan248US #43
#43Jeffery232US #90
#44Gerald231US #44
#45Keith231US #45
#46Rick226US #102
#47Raymond209US #35
#48Scott208US #40
#49Philip205US #62
#50Rodney194US #66
#51Phillip187US #75
#52Brian186US #48
#53Stanley176US #58
#54Lawrence175US #39
#55Steve169US #76
#56Harold156US #60
#57Frank155US #36
#58Garry149US #138
#59Russell146US #69
#60Bradley145US #106
#61Ralph144US #61
#62Barry143US #68
#63Darrell142US #95
#64Micheal142US #88
#65Wayne142US #41
#66Allen139US #82
#67Roy138US #56
#68Kim136US #109
#69Peter127US #37
#70Tony126US #105
#71Joe123US #67
#72Christopher121US #64
#73Martin120US #79
#74Walter118US #49
#75Billy116US #65
#76Jon116US #111
#77Craig115US #51
#78Jay115US #101
#79Ronnie115US #78
#80Arthur114US #52
#81Eric112US #89
#82Glenn112US #63
#83Samuel109US #71
#84Rex107US #189
#85Marvin106US #97
#86Frederick105US #83
#87Curtis103US #84
#88Earl100US #98
#89Eugene99US #77
#90Duane97US #136
#91Howard96US #80
#92Kent95US #167
#93Norman95US #99
#94Harry93US #86
#95Melvin91US #92
#96Dean90US #110
#97Andrew88US #70
#98Fred87US #93
#99Louis87US #81
#100Jerome86US #114

On the move since 1953

Rising

↑36Bradley#60
↑30Terri#48
↑20Barry#62
↑17Laura#52
↑17Lisa#67
↑16Ronnie#79
↑15Denise#28
↑15Peter#69

Falling

↓20Frederick#86
↓19Christine#57
↓15Walter#74
↓14Marcia#59
↓14Phyllis#76
↓12Joan#75
↓12Eric#81
↓11Fred#98

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1953 rankings.