Popular baby names in Indiana, 1910

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 1910 were Mary for girls (619 babies) and William for boys (164). William ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 10,162 babies born in Indiana in 1910 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 1910

Names given at least 15 times in Indiana that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Berniece: 18 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Fern: 29 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Goldie: 35 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Loretta: 38 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Naomi: 29 babies, 3.1× the national rate
June: 17 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Maxine: 21 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Freda: 18 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Wilma: 35 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Thelma: 137 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Russell: 35 babies, 4× the national rate
Glenn: 19 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Virgil: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kenneth: 46 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Wilbur: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Floyd: 28 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Ray: 22 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Victor: 15 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Lloyd: 21 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Carl: 50 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Indiana, 1910

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	US rank
1	Mary	619	1
2	Helen	324	2
3	Ruth	238	5
4	Dorothy	215	4
5	Mildred	200	8
6	Margaret	196	3
7	Thelma	137	25
8	Edna	113	18
9	Martha	112	28
10	Hazel	108	24
11	Alice	107	10
12	Elizabeth	106	7
13	Frances	106	11
14	Marie	103	9
15	Anna	100	6
16	Florence	93	12
17	Edith	87	35
18	Esther	86	38
19	Irene	86	21
20	Evelyn	82	17
21	Louise	81	20
22	Virginia	81	29
23	Gladys	77	15
24	Pauline	77	42
25	Lucille	76	31
26	Catherine	71	22
27	Lillian	66	14
28	Josephine	65	30
29	Clara	61	32
30	Grace	60	23
31	Mabel	60	46
32	Ruby	60	27
33	Nellie	58	51
34	Ethel	57	13
35	Gertrude	53	26
36	Bernice	52	58
37	Agnes	47	41
38	Eva	43	45
39	Rose	43	16
40	Alma	42	61
41	Opal	42	87
42	Elsie	41	44
43	Betty	40	69
44	Emma	40	34
45	Viola	40	48
46	Beulah	39	82
47	Laura	39	53
48	Bertha	38	33
49	Doris	38	64
50	Loretta	38	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	US rank
1	William	164	3
2	John	156	1
3	Robert	131	4
4	James	126	2
5	Charles	125	7
6	George	82	5
7	Joseph	66	6
8	Harold	59	18
9	Edward	57	9
10	Paul	54	15
11	Clarence	51	20
12	Carl	50	26
13	Ralph	48	28
14	Walter	47	13
15	Frank	46	8
16	Harry	46	16
17	Kenneth	46	43
18	Arthur	45	17
19	Howard	42	27
20	Raymond	39	19
21	Fred	37	22
22	Richard	36	21
23	Russell	35	58
24	Thomas	34	12
25	Albert	33	14
26	Henry	30	10
27	Floyd	28	55
28	Louis	27	24
29	Earl	25	33
30	Lawrence	25	35
31	Roy	25	29
32	Ernest	24	31
33	Ray	22	68
34	David	21	30
35	Donald	21	44
36	Elmer	21	48
37	Francis	21	36
38	Lloyd	21	67
39	Leonard	20	46
40	Glenn	19	97
41	Eugene	18	39
42	Herman	18	52
43	Melvin	17	75
44	Herbert	16	41
45	Clifford	15	66
46	Jesse	15	60
47	Victor	15	90
48	Virgil	15	>100
49	Wilbur	15	>100
50	Jack	14	23

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