Popular baby names in Indiana, 1936

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 1936 were Mary for girls (1,370 babies) and Robert for boys (1,523). Social Security records list 47,123 babies born in Indiana in 1936 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 1936

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
Sharon: 332 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Linda: 218 babies, 4× the national rate
Patty: 77 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Sue: 157 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Carolyn: 533 babies, 3× the national rate
Phyllis: 455 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Sondra: 26 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Judy: 105 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Sherry: 31 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Phil: 30 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Max: 127 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Rex: 58 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Merrill: 22 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Larry: 563 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Ronnie: 72 babies, 3× the national rate
Jackie: 118 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Forrest: 25 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Dick: 66 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Phillip: 108 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Indiana, 1936

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1935	US rank
1	Mary	1,370	↑1	1
2	Shirley	1,116	↓1	2
3	Barbara	881	–	3
4	Patricia	785	–	5
5	Nancy	649	↑1	8
6	Betty	614	↓1	4
7	Carolyn	533	↑1	23
8	Marilyn	521	↑1	13
9	Carol	456	↑1	10
10	Phyllis	455	↓3	25
11	Joyce	347	↑3	12
12	Sharon	332	↑12	60
13	Beverly	328	↑6	17
14	Janet	315	↓3	21
15	Joan	314	↑1	7
16	Donna	309	↓3	22
17	Norma	299	↓2	29
18	Dorothy	282	↓6	6
19	Martha	279	↑1	24
20	Margaret	277	↓3	9
21	Ruth	268	↓3	16
22	Sandra	266	↑4	38
23	Janice	255	↑12	31
24	Helen	254	↓2	11
25	Virginia	245	–	14
26	Judith	232	↑2	43
27	Linda	218	new	97
28	Alice	215	↓1	27
29	Doris	210	↓8	15
30	Lois	188	↓7	26
31	Elizabeth	167	↓1	18
32	Sue	157	↑9	>100
33	Marlene	149	↑4	39
34	Wanda	145	↑4	56
35	Frances	142	↑5	19
36	Jean	141	–	20
37	Marjorie	141	↓8	49
38	Delores	139	↑4	58
39	Wilma	138	↓8	78
40	Bonnie	132	↓8	65
41	Peggy	131	new	35
42	Rose	128	↑4	37
43	Patsy	127	new	52
44	Jane	126	↓5	42
45	Evelyn	122	↓11	34
46	Gloria	121	↓3	32
47	Roberta	119	new	64
48	Charlotte	117	–	61
49	Anna	113	↓16	36
50	Sally	112	new	59

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1935	US rank
1	Robert	1,523	–	1
2	James	1,470	–	2
3	John	1,147	–	3
4	Richard	1,035	–	5
5	Donald	1,007	–	7
6	William	941	–	4
7	Charles	818	–	6
8	Ronald	648	–	12
9	Larry	563	↑5	25
10	David	560	↓1	10
11	Jerry	485	↓1	18
12	Thomas	458	↑1	8
13	Paul	425	↓1	15
14	Jack	403	↓3	20
15	George	391	–	9
16	Kenneth	333	–	14
17	Joseph	285	↑1	11
18	Harold	272	↓1	21
19	Edward	238	↑1	13
20	Gerald	222	↑2	19
21	Carl	207	↓2	27
22	Raymond	196	↓1	17
23	Frank	171	↑6	16
24	Ralph	169	↓1	31
25	Joe	166	↑7	23
26	Norman	163	↓2	43
27	Don	158	↓1	51
28	Wayne	154	↑8	45
29	Billy	149	↓4	22
30	Fred	145	↑7	36
31	Dale	143	↑3	59
32	Marvin	139	↓5	49
33	Walter	138	↓5	26
34	Harry	136	↑4	39
35	Eugene	134	↓4	29
36	Gary	130	↑4	38
37	Max	127	↓4	>100
38	Roger	124	↑3	35
39	Jackie	118	↓4	>100
40	Michael	118	↑7	33
41	Howard	111	new	40
42	Arthur	108	↑6	30
43	Daniel	108	new	41
44	Phillip	108	–	>100
45	Bill	106	↓15	61
46	Earl	102	–	47
47	Roy	101	↑3	42
48	Melvin	100	new	53
49	Bob	96	new	77
50	Albert	94	new	34

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