Popular baby names in Indiana, 1926

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 1926 were Mary for girls (2,064 babies) and Robert for boys (2,308). Social Security records list 51,980 babies born in Indiana in 1926 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 1926

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: 30 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Waneta: 18 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Janis: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Joanna: 28 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Patty: 29 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Deloris: 41 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Norma: 494 babies, 3× the national rate
Rosemary: 192 babies, 3× the national rate
Annabelle: 42 babies, 3× the national rate
Joann: 41 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Ora: 19 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Max: 152 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Rex: 46 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Herschel: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Merrill: 23 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Loren: 42 babies, 3× the national rate
Forrest: 42 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Byron: 34 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Wayne: 166 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Marion: 93 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Indiana, 1926

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1925	US rank
1	Mary	2,064	–	1
2	Betty	1,760	–	3
3	Dorothy	871	–	2
4	Helen	720	–	4
5	Margaret	557	↑1	5
6	Ruth	544	↓1	6
7	Doris	502	↑3	7
8	Norma	494	↑1	29
9	Virginia	484	↓2	8
10	Barbara	456	↑3	16
11	Phyllis	446	↑1	33
12	Marjorie	414	↓1	22
13	Martha	406	↓5	24
14	Patricia	384	↑4	23
15	Mildred	367	↓1	9
16	Lois	328	↑1	19
17	Anna	305	↓2	15
18	Evelyn	295	↓2	13
19	Joan	280	↑5	51
20	Alice	270	↓1	17
21	Wilma	263	↓1	67
22	Frances	258	–	10
23	Elizabeth	231	–	11
24	Jean	214	↓3	12
25	Rosemary	192	↑1	95
26	Wanda	181	↑1	66
27	Marilyn	180	↑16	65
28	Juanita	174	↑1	52
29	Thelma	171	↓4	36
30	Gloria	155	↑7	20
31	June	154	–	40
32	Rose	151	↑6	25
33	Donna	147	new	90
34	Shirley	141	–	14
35	Irene	140	–	21
36	Maxine	138	↓4	85
37	Edna	137	↑2	38
38	Marie	137	↓5	18
39	Esther	134	↓11	62
40	Dolores	133	new	49
41	Ruby	132	↑3	30
42	Florence	130	↓1	26
43	Catherine	128	↓13	31
44	Pauline	128	↓4	39
45	Lucille	123	new	43
46	Kathryn	118	↓10	87
47	Eleanor	114	↑2	32
48	Joyce	114	new	44
49	Beverly	111	new	74
50	Bonnie	107	↓3	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1925	US rank
1	Robert	2,308	–	1
2	William	1,408	–	4
3	James	1,356	–	3
4	John	1,305	–	2
5	Charles	979	–	5
6	Richard	971	–	7
7	Donald	787	–	9
8	Paul	609	–	13
9	George	531	–	6
10	Jack	495	↑1	16
11	Harold	460	↓1	14
12	Joseph	403	–	8
13	Kenneth	387	–	18
14	Raymond	324	↑2	15
15	Thomas	323	–	11
16	Ralph	313	↑1	24
17	Edward	297	↓3	10
18	Walter	286	↑1	17
19	Eugene	271	↑2	23
20	Carl	265	↑2	26
21	Frank	247	↓3	12
22	Harry	242	↓2	25
23	David	200	↑1	22
24	Earl	192	↑2	32
25	Arthur	191	↓2	20
26	Norman	182	↑2	39
27	Billy	180	↑8	40
28	Albert	173	↓1	21
29	Clarence	173	–	29
30	Howard	168	↓5	27
31	Wayne	166	–	68
32	Max	152	↓2	>100
33	Russell	149	↓1	52
34	Roy	147	–	34
35	Joe	141	↑9	33
36	Gerald	133	↓3	41
37	Dale	131	↑6	84
38	Henry	129	↓2	19
39	Fred	128	↑3	31
40	Ernest	121	–	37
41	Louis	118	↓2	30
42	Lloyd	117	↑3	60
43	Herbert	115	new	44
44	Lawrence	115	↓7	36
45	Melvin	115	↑2	47
46	Francis	113	↓8	35
47	Bill	111	new	74
48	Marvin	107	↓7	50
49	Floyd	104	↓3	53
50	Frederick	103	new	64

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