Popular baby names in Indiana, 1920

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 1920 were Mary for girls (2,395 babies) and Robert for boys (1,850). Robert ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 50,368 babies born in Indiana in 1920 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 1920

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: 19 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Waneta: 17 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Freida: 23 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Rosemary: 181 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Dortha: 24 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Dorotha: 16 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Deloris: 24 babies, 4× the national rate
Annabelle: 43 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Garnet: 19 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Wilma: 238 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Devon: 15 babies, 25.7× the national rate
Meredith: 16 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Ora: 16 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Cletus: 22 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Noble: 24 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Lowell: 75 babies, 5× the national rate
Herschel: 24 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Max: 127 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Omer: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Dale: 130 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Indiana, 1920

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1919	US rank
1	Mary	2,395	–	1
2	Helen	1,055	–	3
3	Dorothy	958	–	2
4	Ruth	764	–	5
5	Betty	760	↑2	11
6	Margaret	742	↓1	4
7	Virginia	574	↑1	7
8	Mildred	521	↓2	6
9	Martha	460	–	23
10	Marjorie	435	↑2	24
11	Frances	381	–	9
12	Evelyn	356	↓2	12
13	Elizabeth	323	–	8
14	Anna	315	–	10
15	Doris	285	↑3	14
16	Lois	269	↑3	38
17	Thelma	268	↓2	31
18	Alice	259	↓2	15
19	Wilma	238	↑2	78
20	Irene	229	↑3	17
21	Catherine	227	↑6	21
22	Esther	225	↓2	39
23	Florence	225	↑1	16
24	Marie	209	↓7	13
25	Pauline	208	↑3	36
26	Edna	194	–	27
27	Jean	189	↑3	33
28	Maxine	188	↓3	81
29	Lucille	184	↓7	29
30	Rosemary	181	↑16	>100
31	Ruby	179	↓2	26
32	Hazel	174	↑11	34
33	Lillian	172	↑4	18
34	Norma	167	new	69
35	Edith	164	↓4	32
36	Eleanor	163	↑9	25
37	June	162	↑2	53
38	Kathryn	152	↓5	67
39	Louise	152	↓1	19
40	Vivian	151	new	64
41	Ethel	148	↓7	30
42	Juanita	148	↓1	61
43	Violet	147	↑1	77
44	Josephine	141	↓12	28
45	Clara	140	↓3	44
46	Gladys	138	↓10	22
47	Phyllis	131	new	72
48	Jane	126	↓1	48
49	Grace	122	new	37
50	Katherine	122	↓10	45

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1919	US rank
1	Robert	1,850	–	3
2	John	1,229	–	1
3	William	1,196	–	2
4	James	1,124	–	4
5	Charles	1,035	–	5
6	George	620	–	6
7	Richard	564	↑2	10
8	Paul	548	↓1	14
9	Harold	486	↓1	12
10	Joseph	444	–	7
11	Donald	426	–	16
12	Raymond	363	–	15
13	Ralph	338	↑5	22
14	Edward	337	↓1	8
15	Kenneth	329	↓1	23
16	Walter	301	↓1	13
17	Carl	283	↓1	27
18	Frank	278	↑3	9
19	Jack	259	↑1	20
20	Harry	243	↓3	21
21	Arthur	242	↑3	18
22	Thomas	239	↓3	11
23	Eugene	217	↑3	30
24	Howard	206	↓2	24
25	Earl	196	↓2	31
26	Warren	191	new	39
27	Clarence	187	↓2	26
28	David	171	↑1	25
29	Albert	170	↓2	19
30	Francis	162	↑1	34
31	Roy	152	↓1	32
32	Herbert	151	↑5	41
33	Russell	139	↓5	51
34	Ernest	135	↓1	37
35	Wayne	134	↑4	86
36	Lawrence	132	↓4	36
37	Fred	131	↓2	33
38	Gerald	131	↑10	64
39	Dale	130	new	>100
40	Henry	129	↓4	17
41	Louis	129	↓7	28
42	Max	127	–	>100
43	Lloyd	124	↓3	58
44	Floyd	119	–	61
45	Stanley	117	↑1	40
46	Norman	115	↑1	47
47	Chester	108	↓9	55
48	Maurice	107	new	>100
49	Lester	106	↑1	69
50	Melvin	106	new	54

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