Popular baby names in Indiana, 1931

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 1931 were Mary for girls (1,581 babies) and Robert for boys (1,994). Social Security records list 47,523 babies born in Indiana in 1931 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 1931

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

Girls

Waneta: 16 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Joretta: 28 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Madonna: 18 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Patty: 90 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Sharon: 60 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Joanna: 25 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Deloris: 63 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Frieda: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Marietta: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Norma: 546 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Max: 113 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Jackie: 89 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Rex: 39 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Byron: 35 babies, 3× the national rate
Ivan: 43 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Merrill: 17 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Ned: 17 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Lowell: 71 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Dick: 54 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Irvin: 30 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Indiana, 1931

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1930	US rank
1	Mary	1,581	–	1
2	Betty	1,197	–	2
3	Barbara	956	–	4
4	Patricia	693	–	8
5	Norma	546	↑2	22
6	Dorothy	517	↓1	3
7	Joan	465	↑1	5
8	Phyllis	455	↓2	29
9	Marilyn	444	↑1	19
10	Helen	439	↓1	6
11	Ruth	405	↑3	11
12	Doris	390	↑1	10
13	Shirley	349	↑3	9
14	Martha	345	↑1	28
15	Margaret	339	↓4	7
16	Virginia	319	↓4	12
17	Nancy	294	↑5	17
18	Lois	284	↓1	20
19	Beverly	261	↑4	31
20	Joyce	259	↑8	15
21	Marjorie	244	↓2	34
22	Donna	236	↑3	32
23	Wilma	229	↓5	69
24	Carolyn	226	↑7	60
25	Alice	217	↑2	21
26	Dolores	217	↓5	14
27	Anna	207	↓7	25
28	Jean	202	↓2	13
29	Elizabeth	185	↑4	16
30	Evelyn	181	↓6	24
31	Wanda	170	↓2	54
32	Mildred	168	↑2	26
33	Gloria	165	↑15	23
34	Bonnie	163	↑4	73
35	Janet	163	↑1	45
36	Delores	161	↑1	58
37	Frances	159	↓7	18
38	Carol	155	↓6	46
39	Rose	151	–	30
40	Peggy	143	↑10	42
41	Rosemary	139	↓6	88
42	Joann	128	↑1	90
43	Juanita	125	↑1	57
44	Jane	121	↓2	50
45	June	120	↑4	44
46	Thelma	115	↓6	53
47	Jacqueline	108	↓2	78
48	Edna	102	new	52
49	Charlotte	98	↓8	75
50	Joanne	97	new	68

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1930	US rank
1	Robert	1,994	–	1
2	James	1,262	–	2
3	Richard	1,152	↑2	5
4	Donald	1,109	↑2	7
5	John	1,107	↓2	3
6	William	1,107	↓2	4
7	Charles	905	–	6
8	Jack	548	–	15
9	George	427	↑1	8
10	Paul	424	↓1	12
11	Thomas	400	↑1	10
12	David	361	↑1	13
13	Kenneth	359	↑1	14
14	Harold	355	↓3	18
15	Joseph	318	–	9
16	Edward	272	↑1	11
17	Ralph	231	↑2	25
18	Raymond	230	↓2	17
19	Carl	225	↑1	28
20	Ronald	222	↑8	27
21	Eugene	193	↓3	21
22	Jerry	191	↑12	43
23	Frank	182	↑2	16
24	Billy	179	↓3	19
25	Gerald	171	↑1	26
26	Norman	170	↓3	36
27	Walter	167	↓5	20
28	Harry	155	↓4	30
29	Roy	151	↑6	35
30	Don	149	↑1	59
31	Wayne	146	↓2	58
32	Dale	142	↑4	62
33	Earl	141	↓1	40
34	Fred	137	↑8	33
35	Arthur	136	↓5	23
36	Howard	132	↓9	34
37	Clarence	126	↑1	39
38	Bill	119	new	57
39	Gene	119	↑1	64
40	Marvin	119	↓1	45
41	Albert	118	–	24
42	Joe	116	↑1	29
43	Francis	114	new	42
44	Max	113	–	>100
45	Russell	113	↓8	63
46	Bob	108	↓1	78
47	Melvin	107	new	51
48	Louis	106	↓1	37
49	Lawrence	101	–	38
50	Floyd	95	↓2	66

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