Popular baby names in Indiana, 1942

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 1942 were Mary for girls (1,547 babies) and James for boys (2,044). Social Security records list 66,209 babies born in Indiana in 1942 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 1942

Names given at least 15 times in Indiana that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Becky: 51 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Patty: 98 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Karon: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Marsha: 107 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jayne: 19 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Vickie: 23 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Dixie: 69 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Vicky: 19 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Sondra: 55 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Melanie: 24 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Max: 81 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Rex: 44 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Gerry: 26 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Denny: 22 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jan: 34 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Phil: 27 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Larry: 1,429 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Lowell: 56 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Phillip: 201 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jon: 105 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Indiana, 1942

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1941	US rank
1	Mary	1,547	–	1
2	Linda	1,116	↑3	4
3	Judith	1,109	↓1	7
4	Sharon	1,076	↑2	11
5	Barbara	1,007	↓1	2
6	Patricia	1,000	↓3	3
7	Sandra	908	↑1	6
8	Nancy	886	↓1	8
9	Carolyn	872	–	10
10	Carol	802	–	5
11	Karen	640	↑5	16
12	Janet	595	–	19
13	Judy	589	↓2	15
14	Donna	521	↑3	20
15	Betty	467	↓1	9
16	Shirley	461	↓3	12
17	Joyce	446	↓2	13
18	Marilyn	396	↑1	27
19	Janice	385	↓1	25
20	Beverly	326	–	32
21	Susan	325	↑5	21
22	Bonnie	323	↑3	34
23	Phyllis	310	↓2	37
24	Margaret	307	↓1	14
25	Ruth	293	↓3	33
26	Carole	278	new	35
27	Martha	275	↓3	29
28	Joan	241	↑3	18
29	Connie	223	↑4	70
30	Dorothy	218	↓3	17
31	Sue	216	↓2	73
32	Virginia	209	↓4	23
33	Kathleen	201	new	24
34	Rita	199	↓2	55
35	Elizabeth	198	↑4	22
36	Jane	197	↑5	46
37	Peggy	191	↑8	42
38	Gloria	186	↓2	31
39	Diane	182	new	28
40	Rebecca	177	↑7	85
41	Diana	176	new	68
42	Wanda	174	–	54
43	Norma	167	↓9	52
44	Helen	163	↓14	26
45	Sally	160	↑3	56
46	Brenda	156	↓11	40
47	Jean	154	↓7	36
48	Doris	150	↓10	41
49	Alice	146	↓12	39
50	Lois	145	↓4	44

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1941	US rank
1	James	2,044	–	1
2	Robert	1,859	–	2
3	John	1,652	–	3
4	William	1,451	↑1	4
5	Larry	1,429	↓1	12
6	David	1,410	–	6
7	Richard	1,159	–	5
8	Ronald	1,016	–	9
9	Charles	952	–	7
10	Thomas	942	↑2	8
11	Jerry	871	↓1	16
12	Donald	793	↓1	10
13	Michael	780	–	13
14	Paul	510	↑1	19
15	Kenneth	488	↓1	15
16	George	439	–	14
17	Gary	433	–	18
18	Stephen	403	–	32
19	Dennis	379	↑1	20
20	Joseph	377	↓1	11
21	Edward	334	↑1	17
22	Jack	334	↓1	34
23	Gerald	326	–	22
24	Terry	266	↑3	52
25	Harold	265	–	27
26	Daniel	231	↑3	28
27	Raymond	231	↑1	24
28	Roger	230	↓4	25
29	Carl	219	↓3	36
30	Phillip	201	–	77
31	Douglas	199	new	23
32	Ralph	194	↓1	38
33	Steven	192	↑5	75
34	Frank	186	↓2	21
35	Wayne	184	–	41
36	Walter	173	↓3	26
37	Lawrence	165	↑4	30
38	Tom	155	↑9	89
39	Jim	152	new	74
40	Dale	149	↓6	63
41	Philip	146	↓2	54
42	Arthur	143	↑7	29
43	Norman	142	↓7	53
44	Fred	139	↓7	46
45	Harry	138	↓1	48
46	Ronnie	138	↓4	78
47	Roy	136	new	42
48	Eugene	135	↓2	45
49	Stanley	133	new	56
50	Marvin	132	↓5	66

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