Popular baby names in Indiana, 1922

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 1922 were Mary for girls (2,376 babies) and Robert for boys (2,083). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 51,127 babies born in Indiana in 1922 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 1922

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: 18 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Madonna: 19 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Crystal: 15 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Bettye: 28 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Joanne: 24 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Freida: 20 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Rosemary: 187 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Joann: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Annabelle: 43 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Deloris: 27 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Ora: 28 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Noble: 25 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Herschel: 29 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Hobart: 15 babies, 5× the national rate
Max: 154 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Lowell: 56 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Merrill: 22 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Omer: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Gene: 76 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Rolland: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Indiana, 1922

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1921	US rank
1	Mary	2,376	–	1
2	Betty	1,284	↑1	6
3	Dorothy	985	↓1	2
4	Helen	905	–	3
5	Ruth	678	–	5
6	Virginia	671	↑1	7
7	Margaret	669	↓1	4
8	Marjorie	546	↑2	16
9	Martha	497	–	21
10	Mildred	469	↓2	8
11	Doris	377	↑3	11
12	Frances	347	–	10
13	Anna	343	–	12
14	Evelyn	339	↓3	13
15	Elizabeth	310	–	9
16	Alice	274	–	15
17	Norma	273	↑3	46
18	Lois	245	↑1	35
19	Wilma	227	↓1	77
20	Thelma	226	↓3	31
21	Jean	223	–	20
22	Irene	209	↑2	17
23	Phyllis	209	↑2	53
24	Ruby	196	↑2	26
25	Maxine	194	↑6	82
26	Lillian	188	↑2	19
27	Barbara	187	↑11	40
28	Catherine	187	↑4	24
29	Rosemary	187	↑8	>100
30	Esther	181	↓8	44
31	Juanita	168	↑8	57
32	Edna	164	↓5	29
33	Pauline	162	↑2	36
34	Florence	160	↓11	18
35	June	160	↓1	45
36	Lucille	154	↓6	33
37	Marie	150	↓8	14
38	Edith	148	↑4	34
39	Kathryn	135	↓3	73
40	Louise	132	↑3	22
41	Rose	130	↑3	23
42	Violet	130	↑4	86
43	Hazel	129	↓3	37
44	Josephine	128	↑3	27
45	Eleanor	123	↑4	28
46	Gladys	123	↓13	25
47	Wanda	123	↑1	92
48	Clara	118	↓7	47
49	Ethel	117	↓4	32
50	Charlotte	114	new	76

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1921	US rank
1	Robert	2,083	–	2
2	John	1,327	↑1	1
3	William	1,284	↓1	3
4	James	1,196	–	4
5	Charles	1,114	–	5
6	Richard	689	–	9
7	George	584	–	6
8	Paul	558	–	14
9	Donald	547	↑1	12
10	Harold	477	↓1	13
11	Joseph	438	–	7
12	Edward	371	–	8
13	Kenneth	364	↑1	21
14	Jack	356	↑1	18
15	Raymond	341	↑1	16
16	Ralph	340	↓3	23
17	Harry	299	–	22
18	Walter	293	↑1	15
19	Thomas	291	↑2	11
20	Carl	262	↑2	30
21	Frank	246	↓1	10
22	Eugene	234	↓4	25
23	Howard	231	↑2	26
24	Arthur	192	↑2	19
25	Earl	181	↓1	31
26	Albert	178	↑3	20
27	David	176	↑1	24
28	Roy	166	↑3	32
29	Max	154	↑11	>100
30	Fred	153	↑5	33
31	Clarence	150	↓4	29
32	Russell	150	↓2	49
33	Lawrence	146	↓1	36
34	Louis	145	↑9	27
35	Norman	145	↑3	44
36	Henry	134	↓2	17
37	Francis	131	↓1	34
38	Wayne	123	↓5	78
39	Herbert	119	↑5	40
40	Dale	118	↑1	89
41	Gerald	115	↑4	58
42	Floyd	114	↓3	61
43	Chester	112	↑4	64
44	Elmer	111	new	54
45	Lloyd	110	↓8	59
46	Ernest	107	↓4	37
47	Virgil	107	new	99
48	Joe	101	new	35
49	Melvin	100	↓1	50
50	Warren	95	↓27	45

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