Popular baby names in Indiana, 1928

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 1928 were Mary for girls (2,051 babies) and Robert for boys (2,214). Social Security records list 50,840 babies born in Indiana in 1928 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 1928

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: 35 babies, 12.5× the national rate
Patty: 52 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Marietta: 22 babies, 4× the national rate
Joann: 76 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Deloris: 49 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Joanna: 22 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Norma: 581 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Rosemary: 199 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Frieda: 24 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Iona: 17 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Meredith: 16 babies, 8× the national rate
Ora: 19 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Max: 176 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Forest: 22 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Herschel: 18 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Emerson: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Rex: 38 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Darwin: 18 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Lowell: 52 babies, 3× the national rate
Merrill: 19 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Indiana, 1928

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1927	US rank
1	Mary	2,051	–	1
2	Betty	1,640	–	2
3	Dorothy	695	–	3
4	Barbara	693	↑2	8
5	Norma	581	–	23
6	Helen	566	↓2	4
7	Patricia	527	↑4	11
8	Ruth	505	↓1	6
9	Phyllis	469	↓1	26
10	Margaret	457	↓1	5
11	Virginia	444	↑1	9
12	Doris	419	↓2	7
13	Martha	388	–	22
14	Joan	339	↑2	27
15	Marjorie	327	–	29
16	Lois	286	↓2	18
17	Shirley	262	↑8	10
18	Alice	242	↑5	19
19	Jean	240	↑3	12
20	Anna	239	↓3	16
21	Evelyn	237	–	17
22	Mildred	235	↓4	15
23	Wilma	227	↓3	69
24	Frances	226	↓5	13
25	Marilyn	225	↑1	38
26	Donna	204	↑2	61
27	Rosemary	199	↑3	88
28	Elizabeth	194	↓4	14
29	Dolores	189	↑13	20
30	Wanda	180	↓3	63
31	Joyce	175	↓2	30
32	Beverly	163	↓1	46
33	Juanita	163	–	58
34	Thelma	163	–	40
35	Rose	159	↓3	24
36	June	146	↓1	44
37	Bonnie	136	↑4	89
38	Carolyn	136	↑7	91
39	Delores	131	new	94
40	Esther	131	↑3	66
41	Catherine	130	↓2	33
42	Edna	121	↑7	45
43	Irene	120	↓3	28
44	Jane	117	new	62
45	Nancy	117	new	43
46	Ruby	115	↓9	34
47	Clara	112	↑3	65
48	Charlotte	111	new	72
49	Maxine	110	↓13	84
50	Marie	108	new	21

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1927	US rank
1	Robert	2,214	–	1
2	James	1,318	↑1	3
3	William	1,265	↓1	4
4	John	1,223	–	2
5	Richard	1,068	↑1	6
6	Donald	1,052	↑1	7
7	Charles	1,003	↓2	5
8	Paul	547	↑2	13
9	Jack	521	–	15
10	George	495	↓2	8
11	Harold	441	–	14
12	Kenneth	387	–	17
13	Joseph	375	–	9
14	Thomas	359	–	11
15	Edward	311	↑1	10
16	Ralph	295	↑1	24
17	Carl	277	↑2	28
18	Eugene	260	–	20
19	David	258	↑9	19
20	Raymond	256	↓5	16
21	Walter	238	↓1	18
22	Billy	237	–	27
23	Harry	232	↓2	26
24	Frank	212	↓1	12
25	Max	176	↑9	>100
26	Norman	174	–	39
27	Howard	173	↓3	31
28	Arthur	171	↓3	22
29	Herbert	165	↑20	25
30	Clarence	156	–	35
31	Earl	156	↓4	37
32	Wayne	153	–	69
33	Albert	148	↓4	23
34	Gene	146	↑10	62
35	Gerald	146	↓2	41
36	Dale	138	–	75
37	Don	138	new	84
38	Roy	128	–	34
39	Fred	126	–	36
40	Joe	126	↑1	30
41	Melvin	126	↓4	48
42	Russell	125	↓11	55
43	Marvin	124	–	46
44	Alfred	117	new	33
45	Ronald	117	new	50
46	Louis	116	↓6	32
47	Lawrence	115	↓12	38
48	Bill	104	↓6	64
49	Henry	103	↓1	21
50	Floyd	101	↓5	54

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