Popular baby names in Indiana, 1937

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 1937 were Mary for girls (1,436 babies) and Robert for boys (1,658). Social Security records list 49,390 babies born in Indiana in 1937 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 1937

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: 17 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Sharon: 412 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Patty: 94 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Linda: 334 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Sue: 165 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Phyllis: 445 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Carolyn: 532 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Judy: 160 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Sondra: 33 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Judith: 329 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Max: 115 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Jan: 22 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Rex: 53 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kenny: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Loren: 38 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Gail: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Larry: 787 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Phil: 22 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Merrill: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Dallas: 28 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Indiana, 1937

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1936	US rank
1	Mary	1,436	–	1
2	Barbara	941	↑1	2
3	Shirley	824	↓1	4
4	Patricia	801	–	3
5	Betty	610	↑1	5
6	Nancy	608	↓1	7
7	Carolyn	532	–	20
8	Carol	518	↑1	6
9	Marilyn	465	↓1	13
10	Phyllis	445	–	27
11	Janet	439	↑3	18
12	Sharon	412	–	41
13	Donna	362	↑3	21
14	Beverly	346	↓1	14
15	Sandra	343	↑7	26
16	Linda	334	↑11	49
17	Janice	329	↑6	25
18	Joyce	329	↓7	11
19	Judith	329	↑7	34
20	Margaret	310	–	10
21	Ruth	294	–	15
22	Dorothy	283	↓4	8
23	Joan	263	↓8	9
24	Martha	257	↓5	24
25	Norma	242	↓8	33
26	Helen	236	↓2	12
27	Virginia	224	↓2	16
28	Doris	202	↑1	22
29	Peggy	168	↑12	31
30	Elizabeth	167	↑1	17
31	Sue	165	↑1	>100
32	Wanda	162	↑2	55
33	Judy	160	new	91
34	Lois	159	↓4	29
35	Alice	154	↓7	28
36	Frances	147	↓1	19
37	Jean	143	↓1	23
38	Marjorie	141	↓1	57
39	Anna	138	↑10	39
40	Bonnie	133	–	64
41	Jane	130	↑3	42
42	Roberta	130	↑5	66
43	Marlene	128	↓10	40
44	Wilma	125	↓5	80
45	Sally	122	↑5	59
46	Gloria	117	–	32
47	Karen	115	new	>100
48	Loretta	111	new	63
49	Kay	110	new	79
50	Charlotte	108	↓2	67

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1936	US rank
1	Robert	1,658	–	1
2	James	1,501	–	2
3	John	1,155	–	3
4	William	1,070	↑2	4
5	Donald	1,043	–	7
6	Richard	1,028	↓2	5
7	Charles	882	–	6
8	Larry	787	↑1	16
9	David	719	↑1	8
10	Ronald	694	↓2	11
11	Jerry	577	–	17
12	Thomas	505	–	9
13	Paul	449	–	15
14	Kenneth	411	↑2	14
15	George	403	–	10
16	Jack	391	↓2	23
17	Joseph	297	–	12
18	Harold	262	–	21
19	Edward	247	–	13
20	Gerald	239	–	20
21	Carl	222	–	28
22	Raymond	208	–	19
23	Gary	177	↑13	29
24	Ralph	169	–	34
25	Michael	161	↑15	27
26	Don	160	↑1	51
27	Wayne	160	↑1	44
28	Frank	157	↓5	18
29	Fred	155	↑1	35
30	Norman	155	↓4	43
31	Billy	143	↓2	22
32	Roger	143	↑6	36
33	Dale	140	↓2	59
34	Bill	132	↑11	64
35	Walter	131	↓2	26
36	Marvin	127	↓4	49
37	Harry	126	↓3	41
38	Earl	120	↑8	48
39	Lawrence	120	new	38
40	Eugene	116	↓5	33
41	Joe	116	↓16	25
42	Melvin	116	↑6	50
43	Daniel	115	–	39
44	Jackie	115	↓5	>100
45	Jim	115	new	82
46	Max	115	↓9	>100
47	Phillip	114	↓3	98
48	Philip	109	new	62
49	Russell	107	new	67
50	Arthur	105	↓8	31

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