Popular baby names in Indiana, 1916

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 1916 were Mary for girls (2,223 babies) and Robert for boys (1,272). Robert ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 44,061 babies born in Indiana in 1916 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 1916

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

Girls

Waneta: 19 babies, 12.7× the national rate
Madonna: 15 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Dorotha: 31 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Deloris: 24 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Crystal: 18 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Garnet: 25 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Freida: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Orpha: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Rosemary: 72 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Delores: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Noble: 23 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Ora: 20 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Lowell: 52 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Herschel: 22 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Loren: 40 babies, 4× the national rate
Cletus: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Dale: 89 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Forest: 22 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Alva: 19 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Wayne: 114 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Indiana, 1916

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1915	US rank
1	Mary	2,223	–	1
2	Helen	1,004	–	2
3	Dorothy	864	–	3
4	Margaret	705	↑1	4
5	Ruth	657	↓1	5
6	Mildred	535	–	6
7	Martha	434	↑1	24
8	Virginia	405	↓1	10
9	Frances	363	–	9
10	Anna	362	↑1	7
11	Elizabeth	310	↑2	8
12	Evelyn	304	–	11
13	Alice	279	↑1	13
14	Marjorie	272	↑2	37
15	Esther	254	–	34
16	Thelma	246	↓6	29
17	Marie	242	↑1	12
18	Florence	238	↑2	14
19	Edna	232	↓2	19
20	Catherine	222	↓1	20
21	Irene	216	↑1	17
22	Doris	210	↑5	32
23	Pauline	206	↑2	33
24	Lois	201	↑5	43
25	Edith	197	↑3	28
26	Lucille	197	↓3	30
27	Hazel	196	↓6	31
28	Louise	186	↓4	18
29	Betty	177	new	44
30	Gladys	176	↑1	22
31	Kathryn	174	↓1	60
32	Ruby	172	↓6	23
33	Wilma	172	–	82
34	Lillian	170	↓2	16
35	Maxine	162	↑3	96
36	Ethel	153	↓2	25
37	Josephine	146	↓1	21
38	Katherine	133	↑4	51
39	Bernice	131	–	42
40	Clara	131	↓5	39
41	Vera	126	–	66
42	Grace	125	↑6	26
43	Mabel	125	↓6	65
44	Ann	121	new	40
45	Gertrude	121	↓1	35
46	Eleanor	119	↓6	27
47	Sarah	117	new	52
48	Juanita	111	↓2	90
49	Violet	109	–	83
50	Elsie	108	↓3	48

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1915	US rank
1	Robert	1,272	–	4
2	John	1,189	–	1
3	Charles	928	↑1	6
4	William	915	↓1	2
5	James	825	–	3
6	George	554	–	7
7	Paul	451	–	12
8	Harold	449	↑1	13
9	Joseph	442	↓1	5
10	Richard	372	–	15
11	Edward	351	–	8
12	Donald	301	↑4	20
13	Ralph	286	↑2	21
14	Walter	282	↑3	11
15	Kenneth	272	↓2	27
16	Harry	262	↑3	19
17	Raymond	260	↓5	16
18	Carl	258	↓4	23
19	Frank	237	↓1	9
20	Thomas	220	↑1	10
21	Howard	207	↑2	25
22	Earl	201	–	32
23	Arthur	199	↓3	18
24	Albert	190	↑1	17
25	Clarence	160	↓1	24
26	Russell	160	–	51
27	Eugene	154	↑7	39
28	Jack	139	↑2	26
29	Henry	138	–	14
30	Louis	132	↑1	22
31	Roy	132	↑1	33
32	Fred	130	↑1	29
33	Francis	128	↓5	31
34	Lawrence	126	↓7	38
35	Herbert	125	–	40
36	Chester	122	↑4	54
37	Wayne	114	↓1	98
38	Floyd	113	new	60
39	Norman	112	↑7	48
40	Ernest	111	↓3	36
41	David	110	↓2	28
42	Elmer	103	↑2	45
43	Gerald	103	↓5	76
44	Lloyd	102	↑1	58
45	Stanley	102	↑4	34
46	Lester	98	↑4	59
47	Herman	95	–	56
48	Dale	89	new	>100
49	Alfred	87	new	43
50	Virgil	87	new	>100

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