Popular baby names in Indiana, 1932

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 1932 were Mary for girls (1,618 babies) and Robert for boys (1,849). Social Security records list 45,878 babies born in Indiana in 1932 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 1932

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: 23 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Sharon: 65 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Patty: 75 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Deloris: 72 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Lora: 18 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Wilma: 217 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Annabelle: 21 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Phyllis: 423 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Carolyn: 268 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Norma: 458 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Jackie: 125 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Max: 111 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Jerald: 21 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Forrest: 36 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Rex: 40 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Loren: 31 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Phillip: 73 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Delmar: 17 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Dallas: 22 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jack: 542 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Indiana, 1932

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1931	US rank
1	Mary	1,618	–	1
2	Betty	1,074	–	2
3	Barbara	991	–	3
4	Patricia	698	–	6
5	Marilyn	527	↑4	16
6	Dorothy	498	–	4
7	Norma	458	↓2	22
8	Joan	449	↓1	5
9	Phyllis	423	↓1	30
10	Helen	384	–	8
11	Doris	380	↑1	10
12	Ruth	372	↓1	11
13	Shirley	358	–	9
14	Margaret	356	↑1	7
15	Nancy	295	↑2	13
16	Virginia	288	–	14
17	Martha	286	↓3	27
18	Donna	279	↑4	29
19	Lois	277	↓1	20
20	Joyce	274	–	12
21	Carolyn	268	↑3	46
22	Marjorie	243	↓1	37
23	Carol	236	↑15	32
24	Beverly	219	↓5	28
25	Wilma	217	↓2	65
26	Alice	209	↓1	21
27	Evelyn	198	↑3	23
28	Elizabeth	177	↑1	17
29	Anna	173	↓2	24
30	Wanda	173	↑1	52
31	Delores	170	↑5	56
32	Peggy	168	↑8	40
33	Janet	163	↑2	35
34	Mildred	161	↓2	26
35	Bonnie	160	↓1	64
36	Jean	160	↓8	15
37	Frances	158	–	19
38	Dolores	151	↓12	18
39	Rose	137	–	33
40	Gloria	136	↓7	25
41	Charlotte	126	↑8	74
42	Joann	124	–	79
43	Rosemary	121	↓2	100
44	Edna	111	↑4	50
45	Esther	111	new	82
46	Jane	108	↓2	49
47	Rita	108	new	53
48	Thelma	104	↓2	51
49	Patsy	102	new	77
50	Loretta	101	new	89

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1931	US rank
1	Robert	1,849	–	1
2	James	1,266	–	2
3	Donald	1,138	↑1	7
4	Richard	1,101	↓1	5
5	John	1,065	–	3
6	William	1,047	–	4
7	Charles	883	–	6
8	Jack	542	–	17
9	Paul	406	↑1	13
10	George	396	↓1	8
11	Kenneth	372	↑2	14
12	Thomas	358	↓1	10
13	David	341	↓1	12
14	Harold	334	–	18
15	Ronald	298	↑5	16
16	Joseph	289	↓1	9
17	Jerry	253	↑5	34
18	Edward	238	↓2	11
19	Ralph	232	↓2	27
20	Carl	220	↓1	28
21	Raymond	211	↓3	19
22	Norman	194	↑4	37
23	Eugene	192	↓2	22
24	Billy	183	–	20
25	Walter	179	↑2	21
26	Gerald	169	↓1	24
27	Frank	165	↓4	15
28	Don	164	↑2	55
29	Earl	151	↑4	41
30	Dale	150	↑2	61
31	Wayne	142	–	57
32	Gene	140	↑7	64
33	Harry	128	↓5	32
34	Jackie	125	new	>100
35	Arthur	122	–	25
36	Bill	114	↑2	58
37	Albert	113	↑4	26
38	Joe	112	↑4	29
39	Marvin	112	↑1	46
40	Russell	112	↑5	63
41	Max	111	↑3	>100
42	Howard	109	↓6	36
43	Larry	104	new	65
44	Clarence	103	↓7	40
45	Melvin	103	↑2	51
46	Roger	103	new	50
47	Herbert	101	new	44
48	Bob	95	↓2	79
49	Lawrence	94	–	35
50	Fred	92	↓16	33

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