Popular baby names in Indiana, 1938

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 1938 were Mary for girls (1,459 babies) and Robert for boys (1,672). Social Security records list 53,059 babies born in Indiana in 1938 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 1938

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: 18 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Sondra: 82 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Jayne: 20 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Ruthann: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Patty: 99 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Sharon: 528 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Saundra: 25 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Sue: 184 babies, 3× the national rate
Linda: 476 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Rosalee: 19 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Max: 133 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Rex: 58 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Phil: 24 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Larry: 919 babies, 3× the national rate
Ronnie: 106 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Phillip: 138 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Ned: 19 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Jon: 87 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jan: 19 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jackie: 112 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Indiana, 1938

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1937	US rank
1	Mary	1,459	–	1
2	Barbara	1,029	–	2
3	Patricia	834	↑1	3
4	Nancy	687	↑2	7
5	Shirley	680	↓2	5
6	Carolyn	636	↑1	15
7	Betty	626	↓2	4
8	Carol	586	–	6
9	Judith	576	↑10	12
10	Sharon	528	↑2	30
11	Janet	512	–	16
12	Sandra	501	↑3	14
13	Marilyn	493	↓4	19
14	Linda	476	↑2	31
15	Donna	440	↓2	20
16	Phyllis	419	↓6	28
17	Beverly	394	↓3	18
18	Joyce	363	–	11
19	Janice	339	↓2	24
20	Ruth	317	↑1	21
21	Margaret	300	↓1	9
22	Martha	288	↑2	26
23	Norma	256	↑2	34
24	Joan	255	↓1	10
25	Judy	254	↑8	41
26	Dorothy	241	↓4	8
27	Helen	225	↓1	13
28	Virginia	208	↓1	22
29	Doris	188	↓1	25
30	Sue	184	↑1	>100
31	Wanda	179	↑1	49
32	Alice	178	↑3	29
33	Elizabeth	178	↓3	17
34	Lois	173	–	33
35	Jane	170	↑6	44
36	Karen	158	↑11	50
37	Rosalie	154	new	66
38	Peggy	150	↓9	35
39	Bonnie	149	↑1	65
40	Marjorie	148	↓2	53
41	Sally	148	↑4	54
42	Marlene	135	↑1	51
43	Kay	131	↑6	81
44	Frances	130	↓8	23
45	Ann	127	new	32
46	Anna	126	↓7	40
47	Wilma	123	↓3	85
48	Delores	120	new	75
49	Gloria	120	↓3	36
50	Rita	120	new	74

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1937	US rank
1	Robert	1,672	–	1
2	James	1,616	–	2
3	John	1,264	–	3
4	William	1,064	–	4
5	Richard	1,044	↑1	5
6	Donald	969	↓1	7
7	Charles	923	–	6
8	Larry	919	–	16
9	David	833	–	8
10	Ronald	810	–	10
11	Jerry	676	–	17
12	Thomas	557	–	9
13	Kenneth	441	↑1	14
14	Paul	437	↓1	15
15	George	377	–	11
16	Jack	368	–	25
17	Joseph	315	–	12
18	Gerald	264	↑2	19
19	Michael	260	↑6	21
20	Harold	258	↓2	23
21	Edward	255	↓2	13
22	Carl	242	↓1	29
23	Gary	228	–	22
24	Raymond	197	↓2	20
25	Ralph	177	↓1	35
26	Walter	177	↑9	26
27	Don	175	↓1	52
28	Norman	170	↑2	43
29	Wayne	170	↓2	40
30	Frank	165	↓2	18
31	Fred	155	↓2	38
32	Dale	144	↑1	56
33	Daniel	138	↑10	39
34	Phillip	138	↑13	95
35	Billy	135	↓4	24
36	Joe	133	↑5	28
37	Max	133	↑9	>100
38	Marvin	131	↓2	53
39	Harry	128	↓2	44
40	Roger	128	↓8	31
41	Terry	128	new	86
42	Eugene	127	↓2	33
43	Arthur	124	↑7	32
44	Bill	123	↓10	67
45	Roy	118	new	41
46	Dennis	115	new	49
47	Jackie	112	↓3	>100
48	Albert	111	new	37
49	Tom	111	new	>100
50	Ronnie	106	new	>100

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