State roster

Top names in Indiana

The names most likely to appear on 1958 Indiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 105,193 Indiana births in 1958 across 1,210 distinct names.

Distinctively Indiana

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

#87Brent#159 nationally
#90Marsha#158 nationally
#61Tamara#127 nationally
#95Brett#155 nationally
#85Kent#144 nationally
#74Marcia#128 nationally
#71Penny#124 nationally
#43Beth#95 nationally
#76Carla#126 nationally
#92Melinda#142 nationally
#62Becky#111 nationally
#61Bradley#108 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,353US #1
#2Karen1,116US #4
#3Debra1,115US #6
#4Susan1,102US #2
#5Linda1,038US #3
#6Pamela880US #11
#7Kathy873US #14
#8Patricia832US #5
#9Cynthia831US #8
#10Deborah781US #7
#11Brenda750US #16
#12Cheryl721US #13
#13Julie690US #23
#14Lisa664US #19
#15Barbara660US #9
#16Teresa646US #26
#17Nancy606US #12
#18Donna603US #10
#19Debbie564US #24
#20Cindy556US #25
#21Kimberly519US #39
#22Carol503US #20
#23Sharon492US #17
#24Rebecca485US #41
#25Sandra483US #15
#26Tammy463US #44
#27Janet447US #28
#28Elizabeth416US #22
#29Cathy415US #34
#30Diana405US #45
#31Peggy396US #42
#32Rhonda390US #48
#33Denise372US #27
#34Diane361US #18
#35Laura334US #29
#36Connie327US #50
#37Robin323US #32
#38Theresa318US #33
#39Kathleen313US #21
#40Tina305US #71
#41Kim304US #40
#42Terri304US #51
#43Beth297US #95
#44Vicki291US #57
#45Lori280US #30
#46Joyce272US #46
#47Paula271US #53
#48Judy267US #36
#49Jennifer260US #81
#50Christine258US #43
#51Carolyn253US #37
#52Vickie253US #75
#53Jane242US #61
#54Sherry237US #67
#55Margaret236US #31
#56Catherine230US #38
#57Anita229US #82
#58Judith229US #62
#59Janice225US #35
#60Kathryn222US #58
#61Tamara220US #127
#62Becky216US #111
#63Beverly208US #55
#64Sheila206US #59
#65Rita203US #88
#66Michelle199US #56
#67Dawn196US #84
#68Jill195US #98
#69Sue192US #102
#70Darlene190US #49
#71Penny190US #124
#72Ann188US #47
#73Annette185US #76
#74Marcia180US #128
#75Betty178US #54
#76Carla174US #126
#77Julia171US #119
#78Martha168US #69
#79Ruth163US #90
#80Angela159US #83
#81Rose157US #78
#82Valerie154US #64
#83Marilyn152US #96
#84Bonnie151US #63
#85Katherine150US #74
#86Lynn149US #60
#87Shirley147US #52
#88Amy145US #97
#89Phyllis142US #94
#90Marsha140US #158
#91Kelly138US #108
#92Melinda136US #142
#93Wanda134US #66
#94Sally133US #112
#95Pam132US #139
#96Jean128US #73
#97Joan127US #68
#98Anna125US #103
#99Patty124US #146
#100Melissa122US #130

Boys

#1Michael2,457US #1
#2David2,449US #2
#3James2,015US #3
#4John1,903US #5
#5Mark1,864US #7
#6Robert1,803US #4
#7William1,327US #6
#8Richard1,256US #8
#9Timothy1,124US #13
#10Jeffrey1,077US #21
#11Thomas1,060US #9
#12Steven991US #10
#13Kevin963US #20
#14Charles829US #11
#15Donald758US #18
#16Gary746US #17
#17Brian736US #24
#18Daniel714US #16
#19Ronald696US #19
#20Gregory670US #23
#21Kenneth650US #14
#22Larry631US #22
#23Paul607US #15
#24Terry597US #33
#25Joseph593US #12
#26Dennis569US #29
#27Scott554US #25
#28Randy532US #32
#29Jerry525US #35
#30Douglas503US #30
#31Jeffery432US #59
#32Stephen421US #26
#33Anthony402US #27
#34Ricky391US #34
#35Mike359US #40
#36Keith354US #37
#37Bruce351US #36
#38Edward320US #28
#39Randall314US #62
#40Rick310US #77
#41George305US #31
#42Roger305US #47
#43Danny302US #45
#44Steve297US #44
#45Jeff293US #68
#46Tim280US #74
#47Christopher271US #39
#48Tony262US #57
#49Dale261US #46
#50Patrick260US #42
#51Jack217US #80
#52Carl212US #51
#53Matthew200US #60
#54Phillip200US #81
#55Eric197US #50
#56Rodney194US #65
#57Alan181US #49
#58Jay180US #86
#59Raymond180US #43
#60Joe179US #56
#61Bradley173US #108
#62Gerald173US #58
#63Jim172US #87
#64Frank171US #38
#65Russell168US #54
#66Philip164US #67
#67Bryan162US #101
#68Greg162US #105
#69Chris154US #93
#70Tom154US #96
#71Lawrence151US #52
#72Andrew149US #55
#73Bill148US #99
#74Wayne148US #48
#75Darrell144US #90
#76Martin141US #71
#77Micheal140US #91
#78Billy137US #64
#79Jon136US #117
#80Harold134US #84
#81Curtis133US #82
#82Ronnie133US #66
#83Walter132US #63
#84Craig131US #53
#85Kent131US #144
#86Dan130US #109
#87Brent125US #159
#88Don124US #112
#89Peter123US #41
#90Samuel122US #85
#91Rickey121US #106
#92Roy121US #75
#93Ralph117US #78
#94Duane115US #136
#95Brett113US #155
#96Barry110US #79
#97Stanley107US #88
#98Allen103US #92
#99Bob99US #139
#100Bobby99US #69

On the move since 1957

Rising

↑35Tammy#26
↑30Tim#46
↑28Becky#62
↑25Lori#45
↑23Greg#68
↑20Jim#63
↑19Tom#70
↑18Peggy#31

Falling

↓30Allen#98
↓20Stanley#97
↓19Roy#92
↓18Shirley#87
↓17Janice#59
↓16Jean#96
↓16Darrell#75
↓16Micheal#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1957 rankings.