State roster

Top names in Indiana

The names most likely to appear on 1959 Indiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 104,860 Indiana births in 1959 across 1,220 distinct names.

Distinctively Indiana

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

#100Rexoutside the national top 200
#91Bret#170 nationally
#52Tamara#121 nationally
#74Kent#141 nationally
#81Sherri#147 nationally
#100Marsha#163 nationally
#89Brent#151 nationally
#62Penny#122 nationally
#92Melinda#151 nationally
#95Brett#154 nationally
#87Marcia#141 nationally
#31Beth#80 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,285US #1
#2Karen1,085US #4
#3Susan1,014US #2
#4Linda965US #3
#5Debra956US #7
#6Lisa871US #10
#7Pamela858US #12
#8Brenda809US #16
#9Cynthia800US #8
#10Donna790US #5
#11Kathy751US #15
#12Patricia717US #6
#13Teresa713US #24
#14Deborah678US #9
#15Cheryl664US #18
#16Debbie646US #20
#17Barbara622US #11
#18Nancy609US #14
#19Julie589US #26
#20Kimberly567US #33
#21Cindy545US #25
#22Sandra526US #13
#23Carol504US #22
#24Tammy484US #31
#25Rebecca474US #38
#26Sharon457US #17
#27Janet456US #28
#28Laura424US #30
#29Elizabeth416US #21
#30Diane403US #19
#31Beth400US #80
#32Cathy391US #39
#33Kim383US #35
#34Diana370US #49
#35Rhonda354US #45
#36Robin350US #32
#37Lori341US #27
#38Terri334US #46
#39Tina322US #53
#40Kathleen312US #23
#41Denise311US #29
#42Theresa300US #34
#43Peggy288US #57
#44Connie285US #48
#45Paula272US #51
#46Judy270US #41
#47Dawn265US #54
#48Jennifer255US #78
#49Joyce255US #50
#50Michelle245US #47
#51Janice244US #37
#52Tamara234US #121
#53Kelly233US #74
#54Sherry231US #58
#55Christine227US #43
#56Carolyn222US #42
#57Sheila219US #52
#58Vickie215US #90
#59Margaret212US #36
#60Jane211US #67
#61Angela207US #68
#62Penny205US #122
#63Vicki203US #73
#64Anita201US #87
#65Ann201US #44
#66Rita201US #98
#67Becky199US #102
#68Catherine194US #40
#69Jill193US #86
#70Amy191US #85
#71Annette185US #64
#72Kathryn182US #69
#73Beverly180US #55
#74Martha174US #72
#75Betty172US #59
#76Judith171US #70
#77Julia170US #116
#78Carla169US #118
#79Darlene167US #66
#80Lynn159US #63
#81Sherri159US #147
#82Sue159US #107
#83Shirley151US #61
#84Ruth148US #97
#85Bonnie145US #71
#86Valerie145US #60
#87Marcia142US #141
#88Pam142US #125
#89Gail141US #75
#90Michele133US #89
#91Patty133US #140
#92Melinda130US #151
#93Jean127US #77
#94Rose126US #88
#95Anna123US #99
#96Sally122US #114
#97Phyllis121US #103
#98Sheryl121US #128
#99Stephanie121US #101
#100Marsha118US #163

Boys

#1David2,389US #2
#2Michael2,204US #1
#3James2,093US #3
#4Mark1,998US #6
#5John1,837US #4
#6Robert1,818US #5
#7William1,210US #7
#8Timothy1,182US #12
#9Jeffrey1,133US #16
#10Richard1,110US #8
#11Kevin1,024US #14
#12Thomas991US #9
#13Steven983US #10
#14Brian821US #22
#15Charles810US #11
#16Donald744US #19
#17Daniel712US #18
#18Gregory690US #23
#19Ronald683US #21
#20Gary637US #20
#21Kenneth614US #15
#22Larry611US #25
#23Terry600US #33
#24Paul589US #17
#25Dennis588US #29
#26Joseph586US #13
#27Scott560US #24
#28Douglas513US #30
#29Jerry461US #36
#30Randy457US #31
#31Mike454US #37
#32Jeffery438US #55
#33Anthony398US #26
#34Stephen398US #28
#35Jeff397US #52
#36Bruce365US #38
#37Keith341US #39
#38Christopher338US #35
#39Tim337US #60
#40Roger334US #47
#41Steve332US #41
#42Ricky327US #34
#43Edward311US #27
#44George308US #32
#45Eric305US #46
#46Randall301US #59
#47Tony300US #53
#48Rick297US #89
#49Danny262US #48
#50Dale261US #49
#51Patrick238US #43
#52Jim225US #70
#53Alan209US #50
#54Chris207US #72
#55Greg206US #91
#56Jay203US #88
#57Phillip203US #74
#58Jack201US #85
#59Craig190US #44
#60Matthew186US #63
#61Raymond186US #45
#62Joe180US #57
#63Bryan178US #94
#64Bill176US #93
#65Bradley176US #103
#66Carl173US #54
#67Rodney170US #67
#68Tom169US #82
#69Philip164US #68
#70Andrew162US #58
#71Russell162US #56
#72Billy161US #65
#73Gerald157US #61
#74Kent150US #141
#75Frank149US #42
#76Darrell147US #90
#77Jon144US #105
#78Wayne141US #51
#79Dan138US #110
#80Ronnie138US #77
#81Martin136US #79
#82Harold135US #87
#83Micheal131US #96
#84Curtis127US #75
#85Lawrence125US #62
#86Peter124US #40
#87Roy124US #81
#88Allen122US #97
#89Brent119US #151
#90Todd116US #99
#91Bret114US #170
#92Dave112US #119
#93Barry111US #73
#94Dean110US #95
#95Brett109US #154
#96Samuel109US #86
#97Ralph108US #84
#98Don103US #111
#99Kirk103US #145
#100Rex102

On the move since 1958

Rising

↑38Kelly#53
↑25Craig#59
↑20Dawn#47
↑19Angela#61
↑18Amy#70
↑16Michelle#50
↑15Chris#54
↑13Greg#55

Falling

↓19Vicki#63
↓18Judith#76
↓14Carl#66
↓14Lawrence#85
↓13Sue#82
↓13Marcia#87
↓13Rose#94
↓12Peggy#43

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1958 rankings.