Popular baby names in Indiana, 1913

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 1913 were Mary for girls (1,104 babies) and John for boys (605). Social Security records list 23,961 babies born in Indiana in 1913 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 1913

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: 21 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Annabelle: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Wilma: 95 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Marcella: 35 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Madge: 15 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Juanita: 78 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Fern: 37 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Maxine: 54 babies, 2.4× the national rate
June: 31 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Wanda: 30 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Orval: 17 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Lowell: 29 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Dale: 39 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Forrest: 30 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Byron: 23 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Keith: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Glen: 42 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Wayne: 49 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Wendell: 15 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Wilbur: 61 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Indiana, 1913

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1912	US rank
1	Mary	1,104	–	1
2	Helen	649	–	2
3	Dorothy	493	–	3
4	Ruth	422	–	5
5	Mildred	377	–	6
6	Margaret	339	–	4
7	Elizabeth	223	↑3	8
8	Frances	208	–	9
9	Anna	203	↑4	7
10	Virginia	196	↑7	15
11	Martha	187	↓2	28
12	Evelyn	184	–	12
13	Thelma	174	↓6	26
14	Irene	153	↑5	21
15	Florence	152	↓4	13
16	Marie	150	↓1	10
17	Alice	146	↓3	11
18	Esther	141	↑5	32
19	Lucille	133	↑1	31
20	Edna	129	↓4	18
21	Edith	125	↑5	29
22	Pauline	121	↑10	35
23	Hazel	120	↑4	27
24	Ruby	118	↑6	23
25	Marjorie	117	↓3	48
26	Louise	115	↓8	17
27	Gladys	114	↓3	19
28	Catherine	103	–	22
29	Doris	100	↑5	44
30	Ethel	99	↓5	20
31	Josephine	95	–	24
32	Wilma	95	↑10	92
33	Lillian	93	↓12	16
34	Clara	92	↑1	36
35	Lois	91	↑1	59
36	Grace	90	↓7	25
37	Gertrude	84	↑10	33
38	Bertha	82	↑10	39
39	Mabel	79	↓2	56
40	Juanita	78	new	95
41	Bernice	77	↑9	45
42	Eva	76	↑3	50
43	Julia	74	new	42
44	Kathryn	74	↓4	66
45	Agnes	69	new	41
46	Nellie	65	new	58
47	Opal	65	↓4	86
48	Sarah	65	new	43
49	Velma	65	new	89
50	Vivian	65	new	83

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1912	US rank
1	John	605	–	1
2	Robert	576	–	4
3	William	572	–	2
4	Charles	468	–	7
5	James	434	–	3
6	George	319	–	6
7	Paul	275	–	14
8	Harold	236	–	13
9	Joseph	220	–	5
10	Raymond	180	↑2	18
11	Richard	177	↑5	19
12	Edward	171	↓2	8
13	Walter	168	↓2	11
14	Ralph	164	↓1	22
15	Kenneth	150	↑7	33
16	Frank	146	↑4	9
17	Donald	137	↓3	25
18	Harry	136	–	15
19	Carl	133	↓2	23
20	Arthur	124	↓1	17
21	Thomas	124	↑2	10
22	Howard	117	↓1	26
23	Albert	105	↑2	16
24	Earl	105	–	31
25	Clarence	99	↓10	21
26	Henry	91	↑2	12
27	Lawrence	86	–	35
28	Francis	84	↑20	30
29	Russell	82	–	50
30	Fred	79	↑2	27
31	Woodrow	73	new	44
32	Roy	70	↑1	32
33	Floyd	69	↑5	58
34	Ernest	64	↑13	34
35	Frederick	64	↑1	49
36	Louis	64	↓1	20
37	Wilbur	61	↑8	91
38	Gerald	59	↑1	84
39	Herbert	59	↓13	39
40	Eugene	58	↓6	43
41	Jack	57	new	28
42	Chester	56	↓12	56
43	Clifford	56	new	68
44	Lester	54	–	59
45	Elmer	53	↓14	45
46	Edwin	52	–	55
47	Maurice	51	↑3	95
48	David	50	↓5	29
49	Lloyd	50	↓7	67
50	Herman	49	↓13	53

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