Popular baby names in Indiana, 1915

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 1915 were Mary for girls (1,977 babies) and Robert for boys (1,113). Robert ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 42,864 babies born in Indiana in 1915 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 1915

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

Girls

Madonna: 18 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Crystal: 22 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Deloris: 17 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Dorotha: 24 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Freida: 18 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Dortha: 17 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Garnet: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Rosemary: 66 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Gretchen: 22 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Dorthy: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Herschel: 35 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Ora: 17 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Forest: 25 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Lowell: 49 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Omer: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Wayne: 121 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Keith: 31 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Russel: 22 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Emerson: 17 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Delbert: 44 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Indiana, 1915

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1914	US rank
1	Mary	1,977	–	1
2	Helen	1,069	–	2
3	Dorothy	829	–	3
4	Ruth	714	–	5
5	Margaret	653	–	4
6	Mildred	566	–	6
7	Virginia	374	↑2	12
8	Martha	364	↑3	25
9	Frances	358	↓1	9
10	Thelma	331	↑2	30
11	Anna	321	↓1	7
12	Evelyn	320	↑1	10
13	Elizabeth	317	↓6	8
14	Alice	250	↑2	13
15	Esther	240	↑3	33
16	Marjorie	227	↑1	39
17	Edna	226	↑9	20
18	Marie	221	↓4	11
19	Catherine	220	↑5	19
20	Florence	218	↓5	14
21	Hazel	208	↑4	26
22	Irene	204	↓2	17
23	Lucille	201	↓4	29
24	Louise	200	↓3	18
25	Pauline	193	↓3	32
26	Ruby	191	↓3	24
27	Doris	190	↑3	34
28	Edith	188	↑1	31
29	Lois	181	↓1	47
30	Kathryn	175	↑5	60
31	Gladys	173	↓4	21
32	Lillian	169	–	15
33	Wilma	167	↓2	80
34	Ethel	155	↑3	23
35	Clara	140	↓2	38
36	Josephine	140	↓2	22
37	Mabel	140	↑2	62
38	Maxine	134	↓2	98
39	Bernice	127	↑10	42
40	Eleanor	125	↑8	28
41	Vera	125	new	65
42	Katherine	121	–	49
43	Rose	118	new	16
44	Gertrude	115	↑1	35
45	Opal	111	↑1	90
46	Juanita	108	new	92
47	Elsie	107	new	41
48	Grace	107	↓7	27
49	Violet	107	↓5	82
50	Jean	106	new	48

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1914	US rank
1	Robert	1,113	↑1	4
2	John	1,088	↓1	1
3	William	893	–	2
4	Charles	796	–	7
5	James	772	–	3
6	George	567	–	6
7	Paul	468	↑1	13
8	Joseph	429	↓1	5
9	Harold	421	–	12
10	Richard	336	–	15
11	Edward	316	–	8
12	Raymond	308	↑1	16
13	Kenneth	305	↑1	28
14	Carl	290	↑2	22
15	Ralph	279	–	21
16	Donald	276	↑3	20
17	Walter	273	↓5	11
18	Frank	266	–	9
19	Harry	243	↓2	19
20	Arthur	207	↑1	18
21	Thomas	204	↓1	10
22	Earl	195	↑4	33
23	Howard	195	↓1	25
24	Clarence	192	–	24
25	Albert	190	↓2	17
26	Russell	161	↓1	51
27	Lawrence	155	↑1	37
28	Francis	153	↑4	29
29	Henry	151	↑5	14
30	Jack	130	new	27
31	Louis	130	↓2	23
32	Roy	129	↓5	32
33	Fred	127	–	26
34	Eugene	123	↓4	41
35	Herbert	122	↑3	40
36	Wayne	121	new	97
37	Ernest	120	↓2	35
38	Gerald	116	↑7	78
39	David	113	↑4	31
40	Chester	111	↑6	54
41	Frederick	107	↑3	52
42	Wilbur	105	new	92
43	Willard	105	new	58
44	Elmer	104	↓13	45
45	Lloyd	103	↓3	62
46	Norman	101	↓7	50
47	Herman	99	new	56
48	Ray	98	↑1	67
49	Stanley	98	↓9	34
50	Lester	96	–	57

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