Popular baby names in Indiana, 1921

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 1921 were Mary for girls (2,632 babies) and Robert for boys (2,254). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 53,313 babies born in Indiana in 1921 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 1921

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

Girls

Bettye: 25 babies, 5× the national rate
Garnet: 18 babies, 4× the national rate
Rosemary: 163 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Deloris: 30 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Dorotha: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Annabelle: 47 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Iona: 23 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Wilma: 241 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Betty: 1,044 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Martha: 536 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Herschel: 39 babies, 6× the national rate
Ora: 17 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Cletus: 19 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Forest: 22 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Max: 128 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lowell: 57 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Rex: 41 babies, 3× the national rate
Merrill: 19 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Dale: 127 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Loren: 31 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Indiana, 1921

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1920	US rank
1	Mary	2,632	–	1
2	Dorothy	1,073	↑1	2
3	Betty	1,044	↑2	8
4	Helen	972	↓2	3
5	Ruth	777	↓1	5
6	Margaret	717	–	4
7	Virginia	658	–	6
8	Mildred	542	–	7
9	Martha	536	–	21
10	Marjorie	492	–	16
11	Evelyn	412	↑1	12
12	Frances	395	↓1	9
13	Anna	345	↑1	11
14	Doris	341	↑1	13
15	Elizabeth	327	↓2	10
16	Alice	286	↑2	15
17	Thelma	263	–	30
18	Wilma	241	↑1	72
19	Lois	232	↓3	38
20	Norma	227	↑14	51
21	Jean	226	↑6	25
22	Esther	225	–	42
23	Florence	207	–	17
24	Irene	192	↓4	18
25	Phyllis	191	↑22	60
26	Ruby	188	↑5	26
27	Edna	187	↓1	27
28	Lillian	185	↑5	19
29	Marie	183	↓5	14
30	Lucille	181	↓1	31
31	Maxine	177	↓3	77
32	Catherine	175	↓11	23
33	Gladys	174	↑13	24
34	June	173	↑3	50
35	Pauline	167	↓10	37
36	Kathryn	164	↑2	64
37	Rosemary	163	↓7	>100
38	Barbara	161	new	40
39	Juanita	161	↑3	57
40	Hazel	160	↓8	34
41	Clara	155	↑4	45
42	Edith	154	↓7	33
43	Louise	150	↓4	22
44	Rose	147	new	20
45	Ethel	139	↓4	32
46	Violet	136	↓3	81
47	Josephine	135	↓3	28
48	Wanda	135	new	>100
49	Eleanor	133	↓13	29
50	Jane	130	↓2	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1920	US rank
1	Robert	2,254	–	2
2	William	1,340	↑1	3
3	John	1,320	↓1	1
4	James	1,189	–	4
5	Charles	1,122	–	5
6	Richard	649	↑1	10
7	George	616	↓1	6
8	Paul	559	–	14
9	Harold	522	–	12
10	Donald	496	↑1	13
11	Joseph	446	↓1	7
12	Edward	374	↑2	8
13	Ralph	351	–	23
14	Kenneth	336	↑1	22
15	Jack	332	↑4	18
16	Raymond	326	↓4	16
17	Harry	303	↑3	21
18	Eugene	287	↑5	26
19	Walter	285	↓3	15
20	Frank	276	↓2	9
21	Thomas	265	↑1	11
22	Carl	263	↓5	30
23	Warren	232	↑3	24
24	Earl	230	↑1	31
25	Howard	230	↓1	27
26	Arthur	229	↓5	19
27	Clarence	212	–	28
28	David	185	–	25
29	Albert	179	–	20
30	Russell	177	↑3	52
31	Roy	176	–	32
32	Lawrence	161	↑4	37
33	Wayne	143	↑2	81
34	Henry	142	↑6	17
35	Fred	141	↑2	33
36	Francis	138	↓6	35
37	Lloyd	135	↑6	58
38	Norman	135	↑8	46
39	Floyd	131	↑5	63
40	Max	128	↑2	>100
41	Dale	127	↓2	93
42	Ernest	127	↓8	38
43	Louis	126	↓2	29
44	Herbert	121	↓12	42
45	Gerald	119	↓7	60
46	Lester	119	↑3	66
47	Chester	114	–	56
48	Melvin	114	↑2	53
49	Leonard	108	new	39
50	Frederick	106	new	61

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