Popular baby names in Indiana, 1930

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 1930 were Mary for girls (1,885 babies) and Robert for boys (2,287). Social Security records list 50,657 babies born in Indiana in 1930 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 1930

Names given at least 15 times in Indiana that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Nila: 17 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Madonna: 21 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Patty: 88 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Sharon: 51 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Phyllis: 529 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Wilma: 274 babies, 3× the national rate
Marietta: 15 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Norma: 512 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Deloris: 54 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Joann: 125 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Max: 117 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Jackie: 89 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Herschel: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Rex: 47 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Cletus: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Merrill: 21 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Ned: 20 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Lowell: 50 babies, 3× the national rate
Byron: 32 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Forrest: 34 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Indiana, 1930

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1929	US rank
1	Mary	1,885	–	1
2	Betty	1,433	–	2
3	Barbara	880	–	6
4	Patricia	754	↑1	7
5	Dorothy	644	↓1	3
6	Phyllis	529	–	28
7	Norma	512	–	25
8	Joan	466	↑3	8
9	Helen	464	↓1	4
10	Marilyn	438	↑6	22
11	Margaret	410	↑1	5
12	Virginia	400	↑1	12
13	Doris	390	↓4	9
14	Ruth	377	↓4	10
15	Martha	348	–	27
16	Shirley	333	↑2	11
17	Lois	314	↓3	17
18	Wilma	274	↑5	68
19	Marjorie	273	↓2	32
20	Anna	251	↑2	23
21	Dolores	249	↓2	13
22	Nancy	247	↑14	24
23	Beverly	238	↑9	34
24	Evelyn	237	↓4	19
25	Donna	228	↑1	37
26	Jean	226	↓5	14
27	Alice	216	↓2	20
28	Joyce	206	↓4	18
29	Wanda	204	↑2	56
30	Frances	196	–	16
31	Carolyn	190	↑6	72
32	Carol	183	↑1	54
33	Elizabeth	180	↓5	15
34	Mildred	178	↓7	21
35	Rosemary	175	↓6	82
36	Janet	164	new	53
37	Delores	152	↑2	66
38	Bonnie	148	–	78
39	Rose	141	↓5	29
40	Thelma	131	↑1	45
41	Charlotte	130	↑2	75
42	Jane	128	new	55
43	Joann	125	↑6	>100
44	Juanita	124	↓9	57
45	Jacqueline	120	new	74
46	Rita	119	–	42
47	Ruby	117	new	36
48	Gloria	115	new	30
49	June	106	↓4	47
50	Peggy	106	↓10	67

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1929	US rank
1	Robert	2,287	–	1
2	James	1,365	–	2
3	John	1,265	↑1	3
4	William	1,230	↓1	4
5	Richard	1,170	–	5
6	Donald	1,140	↑1	7
7	Charles	1,012	↓1	6
8	Jack	612	–	14
9	Paul	505	–	12
10	George	495	–	8
11	Harold	390	–	18
12	Thomas	374	↑1	11
13	David	367	↑2	15
14	Kenneth	348	–	17
15	Joseph	330	↓3	9
16	Raymond	296	↑3	16
17	Edward	286	↓1	10
18	Eugene	263	↓1	21
19	Ralph	252	↓1	25
20	Carl	230	–	26
21	Billy	228	–	20
22	Walter	205	–	19
23	Norman	195	↑1	40
24	Harry	190	↑1	28
25	Frank	182	↓2	13
26	Gerald	161	↑1	30
27	Howard	152	↑2	31
28	Ronald	152	↑9	37
29	Wayne	149	↑3	65
30	Arthur	148	↓2	23
31	Don	148	↑11	68
32	Earl	144	↓6	38
33	Herbert	143	↓2	35
34	Jerry	141	↑9	51
35	Roy	139	↑3	33
36	Dale	137	↓3	64
37	Russell	136	↑2	60
38	Clarence	133	↑3	39
39	Marvin	133	↑6	48
40	Gene	132	↓10	70
41	Albert	122	↓7	24
42	Fred	122	↓7	32
43	Joe	119	↑3	27
44	Max	117	↓8	>100
45	Bob	111	new	88
46	Henry	105	↑1	22
47	Louis	105	↑1	34
48	Floyd	103	↑2	61
49	Lawrence	103	↓9	36
50	Bobby	101	new	41

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