Popular baby names in Indiana, 1929

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 1929 were Mary for girls (1,794 babies) and Robert for boys (2,205). Social Security records list 49,719 babies born in Indiana in 1929 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 1929

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: 34 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Patty: 67 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Deloris: 52 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Joanna: 20 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jerry: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Phyllis: 535 babies, 3× the national rate
Rosemary: 197 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Joann: 100 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Norma: 482 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Frieda: 21 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Verlin: 16 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Merrill: 28 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Omer: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Max: 132 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Jackie: 77 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Rex: 48 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Herschel: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Orval: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Alva: 18 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Loren: 39 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Indiana, 1929

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1928	US rank
1	Mary	1,794	–	1
2	Betty	1,513	–	2
3	Barbara	770	↑1	7
4	Dorothy	668	↓1	3
5	Patricia	623	↑2	10
6	Phyllis	535	↑3	24
7	Norma	482	↓2	25
8	Helen	481	↓2	4
9	Doris	462	↑3	6
10	Ruth	445	↓2	8
11	Joan	427	↑3	13
12	Margaret	409	↓2	5
13	Virginia	401	↓2	11
14	Lois	366	↑2	17
15	Martha	329	↓2	27
16	Marilyn	312	↑9	33
17	Marjorie	294	↓2	30
18	Shirley	286	↓1	9
19	Dolores	257	↑10	14
20	Evelyn	244	↑1	19
21	Jean	242	↓2	12
22	Anna	234	↓2	20
23	Wilma	231	–	66
24	Joyce	230	↑7	23
25	Alice	226	↓7	21
26	Donna	221	–	47
27	Mildred	219	↓5	18
28	Elizabeth	215	–	15
29	Rosemary	197	↓2	80
30	Frances	196	↓6	16
31	Wanda	195	↓1	61
32	Beverly	192	–	39
33	Carol	167	new	63
34	Rose	165	↑1	26
35	Juanita	163	↓2	60
36	Nancy	163	↑9	32
37	Carolyn	157	↑1	77
38	Bonnie	153	↓1	86
39	Delores	148	–	74
40	Peggy	139	new	70
41	Thelma	138	↓7	41
42	Maxine	123	↑7	85
43	Charlotte	116	↑5	73
44	Irene	112	↓1	29
45	June	111	↓9	48
46	Rita	106	new	52
47	Catherine	103	↓6	34
48	Esther	102	↓8	71
49	Joann	100	new	>100
50	Marie	100	–	22

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1928	US rank
1	Robert	2,205	–	1
2	James	1,334	–	2
3	William	1,224	–	4
4	John	1,171	–	3
5	Richard	1,144	–	6
6	Charles	1,047	↑1	5
7	Donald	1,012	↓1	7
8	Jack	555	↑1	14
9	Paul	507	↓1	13
10	George	488	–	8
11	Harold	416	–	16
12	Joseph	349	↑1	9
13	Thomas	348	↑1	11
14	Kenneth	336	↓2	18
15	David	313	↑4	17
16	Edward	297	↓1	10
17	Eugene	274	↑1	20
18	Ralph	271	↓2	26
19	Raymond	265	↑1	15
20	Carl	242	↓3	28
21	Billy	230	↑1	23
22	Walter	194	↓1	19
23	Frank	186	↑1	12
24	Norman	181	↑2	40
25	Harry	178	↓2	27
26	Earl	171	↑5	36
27	Gerald	163	↑8	33
28	Arthur	161	–	22
29	Howard	159	↓2	31
30	Gene	158	↑4	68
31	Herbert	158	↓2	25
32	Wayne	141	–	69
33	Dale	139	↑3	73
34	Albert	138	↓1	24
35	Fred	137	↑4	34
36	Max	132	↓11	>100
37	Ronald	131	↑8	45
38	Roy	126	–	35
39	Russell	125	↑3	56
40	Lawrence	121	↑7	38
41	Clarence	120	↓11	37
42	Don	120	↓5	78
43	Jerry	118	new	61
44	Bill	117	↑4	63
45	Marvin	117	↓2	46
46	Joe	114	↓6	30
47	Henry	109	↑2	21
48	Louis	106	↓2	32
49	Lloyd	103	new	62
50	Floyd	100	–	58

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