Popular baby names in Indiana, 1914

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 1914 were Mary for girls (1,349 babies) and John for boys (824). Social Security records list 30,273 babies born in Indiana in 1914 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 1914

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

Girls

Garnet: 18 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Harriett: 32 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Delores: 17 babies, 4× the national rate
Maxine: 106 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Rosella: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Berniece: 19 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Wilma: 115 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Fern: 52 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Rosemary: 34 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Imogene: 20 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Herschel: 16 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Lowell: 40 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Loren: 24 babies, 4× the national rate
Dallas: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Byron: 31 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Eldon: 23 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Rex: 25 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Dale: 44 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Delbert: 30 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Forrest: 31 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Indiana, 1914

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1913	US rank
1	Mary	1,349	–	1
2	Helen	741	–	2
3	Dorothy	594	–	3
4	Ruth	492	–	5
5	Margaret	479	↑1	4
6	Mildred	389	↓1	7
7	Elizabeth	248	–	8
8	Frances	245	–	9
9	Virginia	245	↑1	14
10	Anna	233	↓1	6
11	Martha	228	–	27
12	Thelma	225	↑1	26
13	Evelyn	221	↓1	11
14	Marie	199	↑2	10
15	Florence	177	–	13
16	Alice	171	↑1	12
17	Marjorie	162	↑8	45
18	Esther	160	–	35
19	Lucille	158	–	30
20	Irene	152	↓6	22
21	Louise	145	↑5	17
22	Pauline	144	–	34
23	Ruby	144	↑1	24
24	Catherine	138	↑4	18
25	Hazel	128	↓2	29
26	Edna	127	↓6	19
27	Gladys	125	–	20
28	Lois	125	↑7	51
29	Edith	121	↓8	31
30	Doris	118	↓1	36
31	Wilma	115	↑1	95
32	Lillian	113	↑1	16
33	Clara	109	↑1	37
34	Josephine	109	↓3	23
35	Kathryn	107	↑9	63
36	Maxine	106	new	>100
37	Ethel	105	↓7	21
38	Emma	98	new	39
39	Mabel	95	–	58
40	Betty	91	new	62
41	Grace	84	↓5	25
42	Katherine	83	new	48
43	Agnes	82	↑2	44
44	Violet	82	new	83
45	Gertrude	80	↓8	32
46	Opal	80	↑1	89
47	Sarah	78	↑1	47
48	Eleanor	77	new	28
49	Bernice	75	↓8	43
50	Ann	74	new	40

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1913	US rank
1	John	824	–	1
2	Robert	810	–	4
3	William	670	–	2
4	Charles	644	–	7
5	James	562	–	3
6	George	400	–	6
7	Joseph	354	↑2	5
8	Paul	340	↓1	13
9	Harold	318	↓1	14
10	Richard	266	↑1	17
11	Edward	231	↑1	8
12	Walter	217	↑1	10
13	Raymond	215	↓3	16
14	Kenneth	211	↑1	30
15	Ralph	205	↓1	21
16	Carl	200	↑3	24
17	Harry	189	↑1	19
18	Frank	186	↓2	9
19	Donald	182	↓2	23
20	Thomas	159	↑1	11
21	Arthur	158	↓1	18
22	Howard	138	–	26
23	Albert	135	–	15
24	Clarence	135	↑1	22
25	Russell	126	↑4	49
26	Earl	122	↓2	33
27	Roy	116	↑5	32
28	Lawrence	112	↓1	35
29	Louis	106	↑7	20
30	Eugene	104	↑10	43
31	Elmer	98	↑14	46
32	Francis	98	↓4	31
33	Fred	93	↓3	28
34	Henry	93	↓8	12
35	Ernest	92	↓1	38
36	Floyd	92	↓3	58
37	Melvin	84	new	59
38	Herbert	83	↑1	42
39	Norman	80	new	54
40	Stanley	80	new	39
41	Glenn	79	new	91
42	Lloyd	77	↑7	66
43	David	74	↑5	29
44	Frederick	74	↓9	52
45	Gerald	74	↓7	81
46	Chester	72	↓4	56
47	Everett	71	new	90
48	Maurice	68	↓1	94
49	Ray	68	new	74
50	Lester	67	↓6	57

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