Popular baby names in Indiana, 1933

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 1933 were Mary for girls (1,497 babies) and Robert for boys (1,600). Social Security records list 43,480 babies born in Indiana in 1933 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 1933

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

Girls

Patty: 105 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Madonna: 16 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Sharon: 101 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Deloris: 79 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Marietta: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Sue: 108 babies, 3× the national rate
Annabelle: 17 babies, 3× the national rate
Carolyn: 301 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Phyllis: 410 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Judith: 108 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Max: 102 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Jackie: 97 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Phillip: 89 babies, 3× the national rate
Lowell: 57 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Forrest: 29 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Rex: 38 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Danny: 29 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Byron: 26 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Jerald: 15 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Virgil: 60 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Indiana, 1933

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1932	US rank
1	Mary	1,497	–	1
2	Barbara	905	↑1	3
3	Betty	857	↓1	2
4	Patricia	714	–	6
5	Phyllis	410	↑4	28
6	Marilyn	406	↓1	16
7	Norma	400	–	23
8	Dorothy	389	↓2	4
9	Shirley	378	↑4	9
10	Helen	372	–	8
11	Nancy	361	↑4	11
12	Joan	359	↓4	5
13	Doris	320	↓2	10
14	Margaret	312	–	7
15	Carolyn	301	↑6	40
16	Ruth	300	↓4	13
17	Donna	294	↑1	24
18	Martha	290	↓1	27
19	Carol	288	↑4	20
20	Beverly	280	↑4	26
21	Janet	266	↑12	25
22	Lois	262	↓3	19
23	Virginia	260	↓7	15
24	Joyce	252	↓4	12
25	Marjorie	193	↓3	41
26	Alice	175	–	22
27	Anna	175	↑2	29
28	Wanda	170	↑2	48
29	Bonnie	169	↑6	68
30	Wilma	165	↓5	66
31	Elizabeth	162	↓3	17
32	Jean	158	↑4	14
33	Delores	155	↓2	52
34	Frances	140	↑3	18
35	Gloria	137	↑5	31
36	Evelyn	135	↓9	30
37	Dolores	131	↑1	21
38	Jane	128	↑8	47
39	Peggy	124	↓7	36
40	Rose	115	↓1	35
41	Marlene	113	new	50
42	Mildred	110	↓8	32
43	Judith	108	new	>100
44	Sue	108	new	>100
45	Ann	107	new	34
46	Charlotte	106	↓5	79
47	Patty	105	new	>100
48	Rosemary	104	↓5	>100
49	Janice	102	new	81
50	Joann	101	↓8	72

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1932	US rank
1	Robert	1,600	–	1
2	James	1,358	–	2
3	Donald	1,103	–	7
4	John	1,049	↑1	3
5	Richard	1,023	↓1	5
6	William	916	–	4
7	Charles	823	–	6
8	Jack	481	–	17
9	Paul	454	–	14
10	Thomas	414	↑2	10
11	George	384	↓1	8
12	David	379	↑1	13
13	Ronald	352	↑2	12
14	Kenneth	325	↓3	15
15	Jerry	297	↑2	31
16	Harold	270	↓2	18
17	Joseph	266	↓1	9
18	Edward	217	–	11
19	Ralph	207	–	29
20	Carl	205	–	28
21	Raymond	197	–	19
22	Gerald	194	↑4	22
23	Norman	189	↓1	37
24	Frank	163	↑3	16
25	Don	160	↑3	54
26	Eugene	148	↓3	23
27	Billy	146	↓3	20
28	Walter	141	↓3	21
29	Wayne	137	↑2	52
30	Larry	134	↑13	58
31	Dale	131	↓1	65
32	Howard	131	↑10	36
33	Marvin	126	↑6	44
34	Gene	123	↓2	66
35	Arthur	122	–	25
36	Earl	120	↓7	41
37	Harry	118	↓4	35
38	Lawrence	110	↑11	38
39	Joe	108	↓1	27
40	Franklin	106	new	33
41	Roy	104	new	39
42	Albert	102	↓5	30
43	Max	102	↓2	>100
44	Melvin	101	↑1	51
45	Bill	99	↓9	59
46	Bob	98	↑2	82
47	Jackie	97	↓13	>100
48	Fred	93	↑2	34
49	Clarence	91	↓5	43
50	Daniel	91	new	42

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