Popular baby names in Indiana, 1927

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 1927 were Mary for girls (2,188 babies) and Robert for boys (2,342). Social Security records list 52,168 babies born in Indiana in 1927 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 1927

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: 18 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Lavon: 16 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Patty: 43 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Joann: 68 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Marietta: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Rosalyn: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jo: 76 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Norma: 557 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Phyllis: 495 babies, 3× the national rate
Bettye: 45 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Meredith: 16 babies, 9× the national rate
Max: 140 babies, 5× the national rate
Herschel: 22 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Noble: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Merrill: 25 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Orval: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Dallas: 34 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Cletus: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Russel: 23 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Lowell: 53 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Indiana, 1927

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1926	US rank
1	Mary	2,188	–	1
2	Betty	1,766	–	3
3	Dorothy	841	–	2
4	Helen	625	–	4
5	Norma	557	↑3	26
6	Barbara	546	↑4	10
7	Ruth	513	↓1	6
8	Phyllis	495	↑3	29
9	Margaret	486	↓4	5
10	Doris	472	↓3	7
11	Patricia	451	↑3	18
12	Virginia	432	↓3	8
13	Martha	391	–	24
14	Lois	373	↑2	19
15	Marjorie	366	↓3	25
16	Joan	304	↑3	41
17	Anna	297	–	16
18	Mildred	287	↓3	11
19	Frances	272	↑3	12
20	Wilma	261	↑1	68
21	Evelyn	254	↓3	15
22	Jean	246	↑2	14
23	Alice	243	↓3	17
24	Elizabeth	224	↓1	13
25	Shirley	206	↑9	9
26	Marilyn	205	↑1	46
27	Wanda	205	↓1	66
28	Donna	193	↑5	70
29	Joyce	185	↑19	35
30	Rosemary	185	↓5	86
31	Beverly	184	↑18	57
32	Rose	177	–	23
33	Juanita	176	↓5	55
34	Thelma	163	↓5	38
35	June	153	↓4	43
36	Maxine	153	–	87
37	Ruby	150	↑4	30
38	Gloria	136	↓8	22
39	Catherine	130	↑4	31
40	Irene	129	↓5	21
41	Bonnie	127	↑9	100
42	Dolores	126	↓2	34
43	Esther	126	↓4	65
44	Pauline	126	–	42
45	Carolyn	124	new	99
46	Florence	123	↓4	28
47	Lillian	122	new	32
48	Lucille	119	↓3	45
49	Edna	116	↓12	40
50	Clara	113	new	63

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1926	US rank
1	Robert	2,342	–	1
2	William	1,396	–	4
3	James	1,308	–	3
4	John	1,226	–	2
5	Charles	1,068	–	5
6	Richard	1,023	–	6
7	Donald	909	–	8
8	George	543	↑1	7
9	Jack	538	↑1	16
10	Paul	533	↓2	13
11	Harold	462	–	14
12	Kenneth	384	↑1	18
13	Joseph	362	↓1	9
14	Thomas	336	↑1	11
15	Raymond	308	↓1	15
16	Edward	307	↑1	10
17	Ralph	289	↓1	24
18	Eugene	288	↑1	20
19	Carl	256	↑1	26
20	Walter	251	↓2	17
21	Harry	240	↑1	25
22	Billy	218	↑5	31
23	Frank	216	↓2	12
24	Howard	197	↑6	28
25	Arthur	193	–	22
26	Norman	192	–	39
27	Earl	180	↓3	33
28	David	169	↓5	21
29	Albert	166	↓1	23
30	Clarence	166	↓1	32
31	Russell	160	↑2	54
32	Wayne	153	↓1	67
33	Gerald	145	↑3	38
34	Max	140	↓2	>100
35	Lawrence	137	↑9	37
36	Dale	131	↑1	81
37	Melvin	131	↑8	48
38	Roy	130	↓4	34
39	Fred	128	–	35
40	Louis	127	↑1	29
41	Joe	124	↓6	30
42	Bill	123	↑5	69
43	Marvin	117	↑5	47
44	Gene	111	new	72
45	Floyd	107	↑4	53
46	Bernard	102	new	50
47	Stanley	102	new	44
48	Henry	100	↓10	19
49	Herbert	100	↓6	42
50	Lloyd	100	↓8	58

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