Popular baby names in Indiana, 1919

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 1919 were Mary for girls (2,209 babies) and Robert for boys (1,568). Robert ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 45,535 babies born in Indiana in 1919 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 1919

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: 16 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Bettye: 15 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Garnet: 23 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Dorotha: 16 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Deloris: 21 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Rosemary: 121 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Harriett: 46 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Ilene: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Marietta: 21 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Leota: 24 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Ora: 23 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Herschel: 28 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Omer: 22 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Noble: 20 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Forrest: 58 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Loren: 40 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Alva: 21 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Lowell: 48 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Max: 108 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Emerson: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Indiana, 1919

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1918	US rank
1	Mary	2,209	–	1
2	Helen	1,018	–	2
3	Dorothy	812	–	3
4	Ruth	754	–	5
5	Margaret	690	–	4
6	Mildred	559	↑1	6
7	Betty	557	↑2	15
8	Virginia	527	↓2	7
9	Martha	441	↓1	25
10	Evelyn	377	↑1	11
11	Frances	363	↓1	9
12	Marjorie	336	↑1	33
13	Elizabeth	313	↓1	8
14	Anna	305	↑1	10
15	Thelma	254	↑1	31
16	Alice	244	↓2	13
17	Marie	236	↑5	12
18	Doris	234	–	18
19	Lois	219	–	40
20	Esther	209	↓3	38
21	Wilma	202	↑6	86
22	Lucille	201	↑6	27
23	Irene	200	↓2	16
24	Florence	196	↓4	14
25	Maxine	192	–	85
26	Edna	191	↓2	22
27	Catherine	190	↓1	23
28	Pauline	184	↓5	36
29	Ruby	176	↑3	24
30	Jean	175	↑12	37
31	Edith	164	↓1	29
32	Josephine	153	↑3	26
33	Kathryn	148	↑1	66
34	Ethel	147	↑3	28
35	Rose	146	↑9	19
36	Gladys	143	–	21
37	Lillian	143	↓6	17
38	Louise	140	↓9	20
39	June	131	–	64
40	Katherine	130	↑1	51
41	Juanita	129	↑6	73
42	Clara	128	↓2	43
43	Hazel	128	↓10	32
44	Violet	128	↑2	74
45	Eleanor	125	–	30
46	Rosemary	121	new	>100
47	Jane	118	new	53
48	Bernice	117	↑2	42
49	Geraldine	116	new	68
50	Julia	112	new	48

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1918	US rank
1	Robert	1,568	–	4
2	John	1,204	–	1
3	William	1,072	–	2
4	James	965	↑1	3
5	Charles	923	↓1	5
6	George	578	↑1	6
7	Paul	477	↓1	15
8	Harold	451	↑2	13
9	Richard	429	↓1	12
10	Joseph	394	↓1	7
11	Donald	367	–	17
12	Raymond	339	↑4	14
13	Edward	302	↓1	8
14	Kenneth	283	↑5	26
15	Walter	273	↓1	11
16	Carl	265	↑2	29
17	Harry	262	–	20
18	Ralph	256	↓3	22
19	Thomas	246	↑1	10
20	Jack	234	↑4	21
21	Frank	226	↓8	9
22	Howard	208	↑1	24
23	Earl	204	↓1	31
24	Arthur	194	↓3	19
25	Clarence	183	–	25
26	Eugene	167	↑1	33
27	Albert	164	↓1	18
28	Russell	162	–	50
29	David	155	↑12	27
30	Roy	151	↓1	32
31	Francis	142	↓1	34
32	Lawrence	140	↑1	38
33	Ernest	137	↑3	36
34	Louis	137	↓2	28
35	Fred	134	↓4	30
36	Henry	125	↓2	16
37	Herbert	114	↓2	40
38	Chester	113	↓1	53
39	Wayne	112	↑4	90
40	Lloyd	111	↓1	58
41	Elmer	109	↓3	44
42	Max	108	↓2	>100
43	Joe	105	new	35
44	Floyd	103	–	59
45	Leo	103	new	49
46	Stanley	102	new	37
47	Norman	97	↓2	48
48	Gerald	95	↓6	70
49	Clifford	94	new	60
50	Lester	92	new	62

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