Popular baby names in Indiana, 1918

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 1918 were Mary for girls (2,316 babies) and Robert for boys (1,558). Robert ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 49,344 babies born in Indiana in 1918 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 1918

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: 21 babies, 12× the national rate
Waneta: 20 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Emogene: 15 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Crystal: 17 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Deloris: 23 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Dorotha: 17 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Rosemary: 112 babies, 4× the national rate
Garnet: 22 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Imogene: 41 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Harriett: 39 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Clem: 15 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Herschel: 32 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Noble: 21 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Cletus: 21 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Forest: 32 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Merrill: 27 babies, 4× the national rate
Lowell: 49 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Max: 126 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Russel: 25 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Emerson: 22 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Indiana, 1918

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1917	US rank
1	Mary	2,316	–	1
2	Helen	1,097	–	2
3	Dorothy	932	–	3
4	Ruth	784	↑1	5
5	Margaret	706	↓1	4
6	Virginia	639	↑1	7
7	Mildred	526	↓1	6
8	Martha	498	–	25
9	Betty	471	↑7	21
10	Frances	386	–	8
11	Evelyn	383	↑1	11
12	Elizabeth	372	↓3	9
13	Marjorie	349	↑1	34
14	Alice	319	↑1	13
15	Anna	312	↓4	10
16	Thelma	265	↓3	32
17	Esther	246	–	38
18	Doris	238	–	19
19	Lois	230	↑3	42
20	Florence	227	↓1	14
21	Irene	225	↓1	16
22	Marie	225	↓1	12
23	Pauline	215	↑4	35
24	Edna	214	↑2	23
25	Maxine	205	↑10	87
26	Catherine	200	↓3	20
27	Wilma	200	↑4	82
28	Lucille	192	↓4	29
29	Louise	189	↑3	18
30	Edith	184	↓1	30
31	Lillian	180	↓1	15
32	Ruby	177	↓7	27
33	Hazel	159	↓5	33
34	Kathryn	158	–	63
35	Josephine	156	↓2	24
36	Gladys	147	↑2	22
37	Ethel	144	↑2	28
38	Grace	140	↓2	31
39	June	140	new	66
40	Clara	138	↓3	43
41	Katherine	132	↑1	50
42	Jean	130	↑2	37
43	Agnes	129	↑6	47
44	Rose	127	↓4	17
45	Eleanor	125	new	26
46	Violet	124	↑2	83
47	Juanita	123	↓4	85
48	Leona	121	new	79
49	Vivian	121	↓2	72
50	Bernice	119	new	41

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1917	US rank
1	Robert	1,558	–	4
2	John	1,307	–	1
3	William	1,161	–	2
4	Charles	1,036	–	5
5	James	934	–	3
6	Paul	542	↑1	14
7	George	541	↓1	6
8	Richard	484	↑2	12
9	Joseph	476	–	7
10	Harold	437	↓2	13
11	Donald	396	–	18
12	Edward	352	–	8
13	Frank	319	↑4	9
14	Walter	317	↑2	11
15	Ralph	314	↓1	22
16	Raymond	313	↓3	15
17	Harry	292	↑1	20
18	Carl	284	↑2	25
19	Kenneth	281	↓4	27
20	Thomas	248	↓1	10
21	Arthur	236	–	17
22	Earl	222	↑3	31
23	Howard	220	↓1	26
24	Jack	215	↑2	21
25	Clarence	211	↓2	23
26	Albert	199	↓2	19
27	Eugene	185	↑1	35
28	Russell	182	↑3	50
29	Roy	179	↑1	32
30	Francis	164	↓1	30
31	Fred	152	↑13	33
32	Louis	146	↑2	24
33	Lawrence	140	–	38
34	Henry	138	↓7	16
35	Herbert	135	↓3	40
36	Ernest	134	↑5	37
37	Chester	133	↑5	54
38	Elmer	132	↑2	44
39	Lloyd	129	↓3	51
40	Max	126	↓2	>100
41	David	125	↓4	28
42	Gerald	125	↑1	72
43	Wayne	123	↓4	91
44	Floyd	115	↓9	61
45	Norman	115	new	49
46	Maurice	109	new	>100
47	Dale	108	new	>100
48	Frederick	104	–	59
49	Herman	103	new	65
50	Melvin	101	↓1	56

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