Popular baby names in Indiana, 1912

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 1912 were Mary for girls (935 babies) and John for boys (473). Social Security records list 20,475 babies born in Indiana in 1912 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 1912

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

Girls

Dorotha: 21 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Crystal: 17 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Madge: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Harriett: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Maxine: 47 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Geneva: 55 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Wilma: 63 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Fern: 30 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Marjorie: 117 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Juanita: 55 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Orval: 17 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Lowell: 23 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Loren: 18 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Wayne: 50 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Forrest: 23 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Dale: 25 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Wilbur: 47 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Maurice: 46 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Roscoe: 15 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Gerald: 51 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Indiana, 1912

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1911	US rank
1	Mary	935	–	1
2	Helen	549	–	2
3	Dorothy	430	–	3
4	Ruth	347	–	5
5	Mildred	329	–	6
6	Margaret	319	–	4
7	Thelma	183	↑2	26
8	Frances	175	↑7	9
9	Martha	165	↓2	29
10	Elizabeth	162	↓2	8
11	Florence	149	↓1	12
12	Evelyn	143	↑4	13
13	Anna	142	↓2	7
14	Alice	137	↑4	11
15	Marie	137	↓3	10
16	Edna	136	↓3	16
17	Virginia	135	↑8	20
18	Louise	127	↑8	17
19	Irene	125	–	22
20	Lucille	120	↑1	32
21	Lillian	118	↑12	14
22	Marjorie	117	↑9	56
23	Esther	114	↓9	33
24	Gladys	112	↓2	19
25	Ethel	110	↓1	18
26	Edith	108	↓6	31
27	Hazel	104	↓10	25
28	Catherine	98	↓1	21
29	Grace	93	↑3	24
30	Ruby	93	↓7	23
31	Josephine	87	↑19	28
32	Pauline	84	↓3	38
33	Katherine	83	new	53
34	Doris	80	new	48
35	Clara	77	↓1	34
36	Lois	76	↓6	63
37	Mabel	72	↓9	46
38	Elsie	68	↑6	42
39	Marguerite	64	new	79
40	Kathryn	63	↑1	71
41	Vera	63	new	68
42	Wilma	63	↑1	99
43	Opal	62	↓4	85
44	Violet	62	↓8	83
45	Eva	61	↓10	49
46	Emma	60	new	35
47	Gertrude	60	↓1	30
48	Bertha	59	↑1	36
49	Laura	58	new	57
50	Bernice	57	↓10	51

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1911	US rank
1	John	473	–	1
2	Robert	449	↑1	4
3	William	427	↓1	2
4	Charles	396	↑1	7
5	James	344	↓1	3
6	George	231	–	6
7	Paul	230	↑1	14
8	Harold	226	↑2	13
9	Joseph	198	↓2	5
10	Edward	156	↑4	8
11	Walter	148	↓2	11
12	Raymond	136	↓1	18
13	Ralph	129	↑3	23
14	Donald	126	↓1	27
15	Clarence	125	↑8	21
16	Richard	123	↑3	19
17	Carl	122	↓5	24
18	Harry	122	–	16
19	Arthur	117	↓2	15
20	Frank	115	↑2	9
21	Howard	115	↑10	25
22	Kenneth	113	↓7	33
23	Thomas	105	↑4	10
24	Earl	102	↓3	34
25	Albert	91	↑1	17
26	Herbert	85	↑6	39
27	Lawrence	80	↓7	38
28	Henry	76	↓4	12
29	Russell	74	↓4	56
30	Chester	72	↓2	55
31	Elmer	71	new	47
32	Fred	69	↓3	26
33	Roy	64	↑6	31
34	Eugene	56	↑1	41
35	Louis	55	↓2	20
36	Frederick	53	new	51
37	Herman	53	–	50
38	Floyd	51	new	59
39	Gerald	51	new	87
40	Wayne	50	↑5	>100
41	Cecil	48	new	76
42	Lloyd	48	new	70
43	David	47	↓3	29
44	Lester	47	new	58
45	Wilbur	47	↓15	92
46	Edwin	46	↑3	54
47	Ernest	46	↓13	32
48	Francis	46	↓12	35
49	Leonard	46	↓8	45
50	Maurice	46	new	95

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