Popular baby names in Indiana, 1943

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 1943 were Mary for girls (1,588 babies) and James for boys (2,250). Social Security records list 66,755 babies born in Indiana in 1943 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 1943

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: 20 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Sondra: 70 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Ladonna: 19 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Patty: 89 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Becky: 40 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Dixie: 73 babies, 3× the national rate
Trudy: 33 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Sandy: 48 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Dianna: 46 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Pam: 17 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Max: 85 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Rex: 51 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Denny: 24 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Phil: 32 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Lowell: 56 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Phillip: 195 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Steve: 153 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Micheal: 38 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Kenny: 25 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Larry: 1,258 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Indiana, 1943

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	Mary	1,588	–	1
2	Linda	1,268	–	4
3	Sharon	1,212	↑1	8
4	Judith	1,010	↓1	7
5	Patricia	983	↑1	3
6	Barbara	967	↓1	2
7	Sandra	956	–	6
8	Nancy	802	–	9
9	Carolyn	773	–	11
10	Carol	764	–	5
11	Karen	726	–	15
12	Judy	683	↑1	13
13	Janet	600	↓1	20
14	Donna	530	–	17
15	Betty	470	–	10
16	Joyce	433	↑1	16
17	Shirley	413	↓1	12
18	Marilyn	384	–	27
19	Susan	378	↑2	18
20	Janice	375	↓1	26
21	Margaret	349	↑3	14
22	Beverly	348	↓2	32
23	Phyllis	328	–	39
24	Ruth	317	↑1	33
25	Bonnie	296	↓3	34
26	Martha	280	↑1	29
27	Connie	233	↑2	59
28	Diana	229	↑13	62
29	Sue	228	↑2	72
30	Joan	211	↓2	21
31	Virginia	210	↑1	25
32	Diane	205	↑7	24
33	Elizabeth	205	↑2	23
34	Pamela	203	new	54
35	Brenda	202	↑11	35
36	Kathleen	202	↓3	22
37	Dorothy	197	↓7	19
38	Gloria	197	–	30
39	Rita	197	↓5	52
40	Jane	188	↓4	44
41	Carole	187	↓15	42
42	Peggy	178	↓5	41
43	Alice	173	↑6	38
44	Rebecca	172	↓4	87
45	Norma	169	↓2	58
46	Lois	168	↑4	43
47	Helen	159	↓3	28
48	Marcia	158	new	96
49	Charlotte	156	new	47
50	Kay	151	new	81

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	James	2,250	–	1
2	Robert	1,895	–	2
3	John	1,648	–	3
4	David	1,369	↑2	6
5	William	1,351	↓1	4
6	Larry	1,258	↓1	12
7	Richard	1,179	–	5
8	Ronald	1,025	–	9
9	Charles	1,006	–	7
10	Michael	915	↑3	10
11	Thomas	848	↓1	8
12	Jerry	839	↓1	17
13	Donald	834	↓1	11
14	Paul	504	–	19
15	Kenneth	484	–	15
16	Gary	465	↑1	16
17	Stephen	436	↑1	29
18	Dennis	402	↑1	20
19	George	398	↓3	14
20	Joseph	371	–	13
21	Jack	305	↑1	34
22	Terry	301	↑2	49
23	Edward	285	↓2	18
24	Gerald	277	↓1	23
25	Harold	255	–	27
26	Roger	253	↑2	24
27	Raymond	244	–	22
28	Daniel	237	↓2	25
29	Steven	223	↑4	58
30	Carl	210	↓1	33
31	Phillip	195	↓1	81
32	Ralph	191	–	40
33	Walter	184	↑3	26
34	Wayne	170	↑1	41
35	Frank	165	↓1	21
36	Fred	163	↑8	45
37	Bill	159	new	65
38	Steve	153	new	93
39	Arthur	151	↑3	30
40	Dale	151	–	59
41	Lawrence	146	↓4	32
42	Douglas	141	↓11	28
43	Jim	141	↓4	75
44	Roy	141	↑3	38
45	Stanley	141	↑4	54
46	Tom	140	↓8	87
47	Philip	136	↓6	57
48	Danny	133	new	88
49	Marvin	131	↑1	66
50	Ronnie	127	↓4	71

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