Popular baby names in Indiana, 1924

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 1924 were Mary for girls (2,399 babies) and Robert for boys (2,419). Social Security records list 55,124 babies born in Indiana in 1924 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 1924

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: 17 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Madonna: 19 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Maryellen: 16 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Marietta: 23 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Joann: 35 babies, 4× the national rate
Deloris: 36 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Bettye: 36 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Wilma: 318 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Marianne: 19 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Rosemary: 210 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Max: 140 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Lowell: 72 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Gail: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Omer: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Forrest: 56 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Herschel: 20 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Byron: 47 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Dallas: 25 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Forest: 20 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Gale: 18 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Indiana, 1924

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1923	US rank
1	Mary	2,399	–	1
2	Betty	1,852	–	4
3	Dorothy	987	–	2
4	Helen	896	–	3
5	Virginia	683	↑2	7
6	Margaret	656	–	5
7	Ruth	647	↓2	6
8	Martha	512	–	21
9	Marjorie	477	–	17
10	Norma	410	↑6	40
11	Doris	403	–	9
12	Mildred	393	↓2	8
13	Evelyn	362	↓1	12
14	Anna	337	↓1	13
15	Lois	334	↑3	22
16	Alice	326	↓1	15
17	Wilma	318	↑4	67
18	Phyllis	305	↑2	44
19	Jean	302	–	16
20	Frances	291	↓3	10
21	Barbara	280	↑2	28
22	Elizabeth	269	↓8	11
23	Patricia	253	↑9	35
24	Thelma	223	↓2	33
25	Rosemary	210	–	>100
26	Wanda	197	↑11	74
27	Esther	192	↑6	51
28	Edna	186	↑7	31
29	Maxine	183	↓5	77
30	Juanita	182	↓3	48
31	Irene	176	↓2	18
32	June	174	↑2	45
33	Joan	172	↑7	95
34	Ruby	172	↓6	26
35	Pauline	170	↓5	38
36	Lillian	165	↑12	23
37	Marie	165	↓6	14
38	Florence	157	↓12	20
39	Catherine	145	↓3	27
40	Eleanor	145	↑5	29
41	Edith	137	–	36
42	Clara	130	↑5	56
43	Rose	130	↑1	25
44	Marilyn	127	new	>100
45	Hazel	126	↓2	42
46	Vivian	126	↑4	71
47	Shirley	125	new	19
48	Ethel	124	↓2	39
49	Kathryn	124	new	81
50	Marian	123	new	64

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1923	US rank
1	Robert	2,419	–	1
2	William	1,446	–	3
3	John	1,389	–	2
4	James	1,250	–	4
5	Charles	1,110	–	5
6	Richard	815	–	8
7	Donald	711	↑1	10
8	George	618	↓1	6
9	Paul	573	–	14
10	Harold	511	–	13
11	Jack	461	↑1	17
12	Joseph	454	↓1	7
13	Edward	419	–	9
14	Kenneth	375	–	19
15	Raymond	374	↑1	15
16	Thomas	332	↑2	11
17	Ralph	316	↓2	23
18	Eugene	271	↑4	25
19	Walter	268	–	16
20	Frank	266	↑1	12
21	Harry	256	↓1	22
22	Carl	254	↓5	27
23	Earl	216	↑3	33
24	Arthur	201	↓1	20
25	Russell	200	↑4	52
26	Albert	198	↑1	21
27	David	188	↓2	24
28	Clarence	184	–	29
29	Howard	184	↓5	26
30	Fred	173	↑2	32
31	Norman	173	↑15	42
32	Lawrence	159	↓1	36
33	Louis	158	↑1	28
34	Henry	150	↓1	18
35	Wayne	150	↑1	74
36	Roy	149	↓6	31
37	Herbert	145	↑2	41
38	Francis	143	↓1	34
39	Max	140	↓4	>100
40	Dale	139	↑3	84
41	Gerald	135	↓3	49
42	Ernest	129	↑8	37
43	Marvin	128	new	50
44	Bernard	125	↓2	46
45	Elmer	123	↓5	57
46	Billy	113	new	63
47	Wilbur	112	new	>100
48	Melvin	110	new	48
49	Chester	106	new	67
50	Floyd	106	new	66

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