Popular baby names in Indiana, 1923

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 1923 were Mary for girls (2,398 babies) and Robert for boys (2,282). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 52,830 babies born in Indiana in 1923 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 1923

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: 33 babies, 13.3× the national rate
Waneta: 26 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Joanne: 32 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Marietta: 25 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Marilynn: 22 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Joann: 22 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Dorotha: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Bettye: 32 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Rosemary: 189 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Deloris: 31 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Noble: 19 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Max: 138 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Orval: 20 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Lowell: 61 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Merrill: 22 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Loren: 42 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Emerson: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Marion: 108 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Fredrick: 37 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Russel: 22 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Indiana, 1923

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1922	US rank
1	Mary	2,398	–	1
2	Betty	1,584	–	5
3	Dorothy	1,068	–	2
4	Helen	963	–	3
5	Ruth	681	–	6
6	Margaret	647	↑1	4
7	Virginia	646	↓1	7
8	Martha	489	↑1	21
9	Marjorie	472	↓1	16
10	Mildred	419	–	8
11	Doris	367	–	11
12	Evelyn	340	↑2	12
13	Anna	326	–	13
14	Elizabeth	316	↑1	9
15	Alice	314	↑1	15
16	Norma	313	↑1	41
17	Frances	309	↓5	10
18	Lois	254	–	27
19	Jean	244	↑2	19
20	Phyllis	238	↑3	45
21	Wilma	235	↓2	74
22	Thelma	233	↓2	31
23	Barbara	205	↑4	33
24	Maxine	192	↑1	76
25	Rosemary	189	↑4	>100
26	Florence	188	↑8	18
27	Juanita	183	↑4	51
28	Ruby	180	↓4	25
29	Irene	179	↓7	17
30	Pauline	167	↑3	37
31	Marie	166	↑6	14
32	Patricia	166	new	56
33	Esther	163	↓3	47
34	June	161	↑1	42
35	Edna	155	↓3	32
36	Catherine	152	↓8	24
37	Wanda	151	↑10	80
38	Lucille	149	↓2	35
39	Gladys	147	↑7	29
40	Joan	138	new	>100
41	Edith	137	↓3	36
42	Emma	134	new	53
43	Hazel	133	–	40
44	Rose	128	↓3	23
45	Eleanor	125	–	28
46	Ethel	123	↑3	38
47	Clara	121	↑1	49
48	Lillian	118	↓22	20
49	Louise	118	↓9	22
50	Vivian	114	new	69

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1922	US rank
1	Robert	2,282	–	2
2	William	1,439	↑1	3
3	John	1,294	↓1	1
4	James	1,290	–	4
5	Charles	1,102	–	5
6	Richard	753	–	9
7	George	657	–	6
8	Donald	636	↑1	10
9	Paul	550	↓1	14
10	Harold	491	–	13
11	Joseph	433	–	7
12	Jack	404	↑2	17
13	Edward	366	↓1	8
14	Kenneth	364	↓1	21
15	Ralph	349	↑1	23
16	Raymond	328	↓1	15
17	Carl	285	↑3	28
18	Thomas	280	↑1	12
19	Walter	279	↓1	16
20	Harry	277	↓3	22
21	Frank	256	–	11
22	Eugene	237	–	25
23	Arthur	232	↑1	19
24	Howard	220	↓1	26
25	David	201	↑2	24
26	Earl	199	↓1	31
27	Albert	178	↓1	20
28	Clarence	173	↑3	29
29	Russell	169	↑3	52
30	Roy	163	↓2	32
31	Lawrence	155	↑2	36
32	Fred	152	↓2	33
33	Henry	147	↑3	18
34	Louis	138	–	27
35	Max	138	↓6	>100
36	Wayne	138	↑2	75
37	Francis	134	–	34
38	Gerald	133	↑3	54
39	Herbert	127	–	40
40	Elmer	120	↑4	57
41	Lloyd	119	↑4	59
42	Bernard	118	new	46
43	Dale	116	↓3	90
44	Leonard	115	new	37
45	Glenn	113	new	84
46	Norman	112	↓11	44
47	Joe	110	↑1	35
48	Warren	109	↑2	43
49	Marion	108	new	>100
50	Ernest	107	↓4	38

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