Popular baby names in Indiana, 1934

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 1934 were Mary for girls (1,466 babies) and Robert for boys (1,628). Social Security records list 45,342 babies born in Indiana in 1934 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 1934

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: 21 babies, 7× the national rate
Patty: 112 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Sharon: 135 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Carolyn: 466 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Marilynn: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Sondra: 30 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Sue: 124 babies, 3× the national rate
Phyllis: 441 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Mona: 38 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Marcia: 72 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Jan: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Max: 119 babies, 4× the national rate
Jackie: 126 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Rex: 42 babies, 3× the national rate
Ned: 18 babies, 3× the national rate
Phil: 18 babies, 3× the national rate
Lowell: 66 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Danny: 38 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Keith: 77 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Jon: 26 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Indiana, 1934

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	Mary	1,466	–	1
2	Barbara	977	–	3
3	Betty	881	–	2
4	Patricia	795	–	6
5	Shirley	671	↑4	4
6	Carolyn	466	↑9	33
7	Nancy	453	↑4	10
8	Marilyn	447	↓2	17
9	Phyllis	441	↓4	28
10	Norma	376	↓3	24
11	Dorothy	371	↓3	5
12	Joan	357	–	7
13	Carol	345	↑6	14
14	Helen	317	↓4	9
15	Margaret	304	↓1	8
16	Janet	302	↑5	21
17	Donna	298	–	23
18	Ruth	295	↓2	13
19	Beverly	293	↑1	22
20	Virginia	288	↑3	15
21	Martha	286	↓3	27
22	Joyce	282	↑2	12
23	Doris	277	↓10	11
24	Lois	259	↓2	20
25	Marjorie	197	–	41
26	Bonnie	167	↑3	58
27	Delores	166	↑6	51
28	Anna	162	↓1	31
29	Wilma	157	↑1	73
30	Alice	156	↓4	25
31	Wanda	156	↓3	47
32	Evelyn	155	↑4	29
33	Elizabeth	147	↓2	18
34	Gloria	146	↑1	30
35	Frances	143	↓1	19
36	Peggy	140	↑3	36
37	Jean	138	↓5	16
38	Sharon	135	new	>100
39	Dolores	131	↓2	26
40	Judith	127	↑3	94
41	Janice	124	↑8	68
42	Sue	124	↑2	>100
43	Joann	121	↑7	50
44	Charlotte	120	↑2	72
45	Jo	114	new	75
46	Patty	112	↑1	>100
47	Mildred	109	↓5	35
48	Sally	109	new	62
49	Rosemary	106	↓1	>100
50	Sandra	105	new	93

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	Robert	1,628	–	1
2	James	1,464	–	2
3	Donald	1,123	–	6
4	Richard	1,086	↑1	5
5	John	1,035	↓1	3
6	William	940	–	4
7	Charles	814	–	7
8	Jack	476	–	17
9	David	435	↑3	12
10	Ronald	430	↑3	11
11	Thomas	418	↓1	9
12	Paul	409	↓3	14
13	George	381	↓2	8
14	Kenneth	361	–	15
15	Jerry	347	–	25
16	Harold	280	–	18
17	Joseph	269	–	10
18	Edward	240	–	13
19	Carl	224	↑1	28
20	Larry	210	↑10	43
21	Raymond	200	–	19
22	Gerald	186	–	22
23	Ralph	184	↓4	31
24	Don	183	↑1	50
25	Norman	180	↓2	38
26	Billy	173	↑1	20
27	Wayne	171	↑2	48
28	Walter	162	–	21
29	Eugene	150	↓3	24
30	Frank	149	↓6	16
31	Bill	143	↑14	59
32	Dale	138	↓1	62
33	Joe	138	↑6	26
34	Marvin	138	↓1	44
35	Earl	133	↑1	41
36	Jackie	126	↑11	>100
37	Harry	121	–	36
38	Max	119	↑5	>100
39	Fred	116	↑9	33
40	Howard	113	↓8	37
41	Lawrence	112	↓3	34
42	Gene	108	↓8	67
43	Arthur	97	↓8	29
44	Daniel	95	↑6	42
45	Roger	92	new	39
46	Albert	91	↓4	32
47	Bob	91	↓1	75
48	Melvin	91	↓4	55
49	Roy	91	↓8	35
50	Clarence	88	↓1	45

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