Popular baby names in Indiana, 1941

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 1941 were Mary for girls (1,360 babies) and James for boys (1,788). Social Security records list 58,879 babies born in Indiana in 1941 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 1941

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, 5.5× the national rate
Suellen: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Becky: 38 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Sondra: 64 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Vickie: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Saundra: 47 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Sandy: 37 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Melinda: 23 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Sharon: 923 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Sue: 215 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Max: 98 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Rex: 53 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Monte: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Larry: 1,401 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Phillip: 183 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Phil: 25 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Kenny: 22 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Stephen: 342 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Wilbur: 39 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jan: 27 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Indiana, 1941

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	Mary	1,360	–	1
2	Judith	1,118	–	6
3	Patricia	980	↑1	3
4	Barbara	941	↑1	2
5	Linda	926	↓2	5
6	Sharon	923	↑1	15
7	Nancy	854	↓1	8
8	Sandra	769	↑1	9
9	Carolyn	723	↓1	11
10	Carol	659	–	4
11	Judy	606	↑1	16
12	Janet	581	↓1	18
13	Shirley	469	↑1	10
14	Betty	450	↓1	7
15	Joyce	442	↑4	13
16	Karen	438	↑8	19
17	Donna	419	↑3	20
18	Janice	383	↓3	22
19	Marilyn	380	↓2	30
20	Beverly	375	↓4	29
21	Phyllis	355	↓3	35
22	Ruth	319	↑1	28
23	Margaret	304	↓2	12
24	Martha	279	↓2	25
25	Bonnie	253	↑3	33
26	Susan	247	↑3	27
27	Dorothy	229	↓2	14
28	Virginia	220	↓1	23
29	Sue	215	↑2	75
30	Helen	199	↑3	24
31	Joan	197	↓5	17
32	Rita	178	↑14	63
33	Connie	174	↑14	79
34	Norma	174	↓2	47
35	Brenda	169	↑6	41
36	Gloria	165	↑1	26
37	Alice	160	↓2	34
38	Doris	158	↑2	38
39	Elizabeth	156	↓9	21
40	Jean	154	↑2	32
41	Jane	148	↓5	46
42	Wanda	148	↓8	53
43	Frances	145	new	31
44	Kay	142	new	70
45	Peggy	141	↓6	39
46	Lois	139	↓8	43
47	Rebecca	138	new	86
48	Sally	138	new	61
49	Marjorie	134	new	71
50	Ann	118	↓7	37

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	James	1,788	–	1
2	Robert	1,650	–	2
3	John	1,478	–	3
4	Larry	1,401	–	11
5	William	1,202	–	4
6	David	1,189	↑1	7
7	Richard	1,022	↓1	5
8	Ronald	951	↑3	9
9	Charles	908	↓1	6
10	Jerry	881	↓1	14
11	Donald	754	↓1	10
12	Thomas	742	–	8
13	Michael	529	↑2	16
14	Kenneth	462	–	15
15	Paul	431	↓2	18
16	George	374	–	13
17	Gary	369	–	19
18	Stephen	342	↑8	41
19	Joseph	336	↓1	12
20	Dennis	307	↑5	23
21	Jack	306	↓2	32
22	Edward	300	–	17
23	Gerald	281	↓2	20
24	Roger	229	↑3	25
25	Harold	224	↓5	24
26	Carl	218	↓3	29
27	Terry	198	↑1	64
28	Raymond	189	↓4	22
29	Daniel	188	↑3	31
30	Phillip	183	–	77
31	Ralph	178	↓2	38
32	Frank	172	↑2	21
33	Walter	167	↑3	26
34	Dale	162	↑6	59
35	Wayne	162	↓4	37
36	Norman	145	↑1	49
37	Fred	143	↑2	43
38	Steven	141	new	90
39	Philip	140	↑4	52
40	Don	139	↓7	66
41	Lawrence	139	↓6	34
42	Ronnie	136	↓1	79
43	Joe	133	↓5	30
44	Harry	126	↑2	48
45	Marvin	126	↑3	63
46	Eugene	123	new	42
47	Tom	121	↑2	88
48	Bill	118	↓3	68
49	Arthur	115	↓5	33
50	Melvin	112	new	56

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