Popular baby names in Indiana, 1935

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 1935 were Shirley for girls (1,412 babies) and Robert for boys (1,594). Shirley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 46,292 babies born in Indiana in 1935 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 1935

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: 18 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Madonna: 16 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Ladonna: 17 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Sharon: 234 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Patty: 86 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Marietta: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Sue: 134 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Phyllis: 475 babies, 3× the national rate
Carolyn: 441 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Judy: 83 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Max: 137 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Fredric: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Phil: 22 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Rex: 48 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jackie: 130 babies, 3× the national rate
Larry: 378 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Forrest: 26 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Dallas: 24 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Phillip: 101 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Lowell: 57 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Indiana, 1935

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1934	US rank
1	Shirley	1,412	↑4	2
2	Mary	1,407	↓1	1
3	Barbara	921	↓1	3
4	Patricia	742	–	5
5	Betty	717	↓2	4
6	Nancy	486	↑1	9
7	Phyllis	475	↑2	27
8	Carolyn	441	↓2	28
9	Marilyn	440	↓1	14
10	Carol	396	↑3	11
11	Janet	348	↑5	22
12	Dorothy	336	↓1	6
13	Donna	314	↑4	23
14	Joyce	307	↑8	12
15	Norma	304	↓5	29
16	Joan	295	↓4	7
17	Margaret	292	↓2	8
18	Ruth	290	–	15
19	Beverly	282	–	20
20	Martha	282	↑1	24
21	Doris	267	↑2	13
22	Helen	243	↓8	10
23	Lois	237	↑1	21
24	Sharon	234	↑14	96
25	Virginia	205	↓5	16
26	Sandra	201	↑24	50
27	Alice	182	↑3	25
28	Judith	178	↑12	54
29	Marjorie	171	↓4	46
30	Elizabeth	160	↑3	17
31	Wilma	155	↓2	70
32	Bonnie	150	↓6	62
33	Anna	148	↓5	34
34	Evelyn	147	↓2	31
35	Janice	147	↑6	47
36	Jean	142	↑1	18
37	Marlene	140	new	39
38	Wanda	140	↓7	49
39	Jane	138	new	43
40	Frances	136	↓5	19
41	Sue	134	↑1	>100
42	Delores	131	↓15	57
43	Gloria	129	↓9	32
44	Dolores	124	↓5	26
45	Rosemary	118	↑4	97
46	Rose	112	new	37
47	Joann	110	↓4	53
48	Charlotte	109	↓4	65
49	Rita	105	new	63
50	Ann	104	new	30

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1934	US rank
1	Robert	1,594	–	1
2	James	1,424	–	2
3	John	1,108	↑2	3
4	Richard	1,103	–	5
5	Donald	1,074	↓2	7
6	William	922	–	4
7	Charles	842	–	6
8	Ronald	492	↑2	12
9	David	485	–	11
10	Jerry	461	↑5	22
11	Jack	460	↓3	18
12	Paul	446	–	14
13	Thomas	425	↓2	9
14	Larry	378	↑6	33
15	George	362	↓2	8
16	Kenneth	337	↓2	15
17	Harold	315	↓1	20
18	Joseph	245	↓1	10
19	Carl	235	–	28
20	Edward	234	↓2	13
21	Raymond	231	–	17
22	Gerald	224	–	21
23	Ralph	182	–	32
24	Norman	174	↑1	38
25	Billy	171	↑1	19
26	Don	150	↓2	51
27	Marvin	149	↑7	45
28	Walter	149	–	23
29	Frank	147	↑1	16
30	Bill	140	↑1	60
31	Eugene	138	↓2	26
32	Joe	137	↑1	25
33	Max	137	↑5	>100
34	Dale	136	↓2	61
35	Jackie	130	↑1	>100
36	Wayne	130	↓9	49
37	Fred	129	↑2	34
38	Harry	117	↓1	37
39	Lawrence	108	↑2	35
40	Gary	105	new	44
41	Roger	104	↑4	36
42	Gene	102	–	66
43	Philip	102	new	65
44	Phillip	101	new	>100
45	Clarence	98	↑5	48
46	Earl	98	↓11	46
47	Michael	98	new	41
48	Arthur	97	↓5	29
49	Russell	92	new	68
50	Roy	90	↓1	40

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