Popular baby names in Indiana, 1944

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 1944 were Mary for girls (1,406 babies) and James for boys (2,133). Social Security records list 63,946 babies born in Indiana in 1944 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 1944

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: 25 babies, 7× the national rate
Becky: 54 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Patty: 79 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Dianna: 54 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Dixie: 59 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Sondra: 35 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Vickie: 35 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Sue: 235 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Marsha: 131 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Marilynn: 22 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Max: 74 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Micheal: 56 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Rex: 43 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Gerry: 21 babies, 3× the national rate
Jeffery: 23 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Stephen: 446 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Steve: 166 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Denny: 17 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Lowell: 41 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Steven: 280 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Indiana, 1944

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1943	US rank
1	Mary	1,406	–	1
2	Linda	1,154	–	3
3	Sharon	1,038	–	8
4	Patricia	904	↑1	4
5	Barbara	886	↑1	2
6	Sandra	883	↑1	6
7	Judith	853	↓3	9
8	Nancy	831	–	7
9	Carol	787	↑1	5
10	Karen	674	↑1	16
11	Carolyn	654	↓2	11
12	Judy	596	–	12
13	Janet	568	–	21
14	Donna	543	–	17
15	Betty	450	–	10
16	Susan	426	↑3	13
17	Joyce	391	↓1	18
18	Marilyn	359	–	27
19	Shirley	339	↓2	15
20	Janice	326	–	28
21	Pamela	308	↑13	44
22	Martha	295	↑4	29
23	Margaret	289	↓2	14
24	Beverly	277	↓2	35
25	Ruth	266	↓1	32
26	Cheryl	260	new	36
27	Bonnie	258	↓2	34
28	Kathleen	251	↑8	20
29	Phyllis	249	↓6	40
30	Sue	235	↓1	62
31	Connie	233	↓4	51
32	Brenda	231	↑3	30
33	Virginia	228	↓2	26
34	Jane	218	↑6	41
35	Dorothy	203	↑2	19
36	Rita	196	↑3	54
37	Diane	195	↓5	24
38	Elizabeth	195	↓5	23
39	Gloria	189	↓1	25
40	Diana	187	↓12	60
41	Joan	185	↓11	22
42	Helen	175	↑5	31
43	Marcia	166	↑5	89
44	Peggy	159	↓2	45
45	Charlotte	157	↑4	50
46	Rebecca	155	↓2	84
47	Wanda	150	new	58
48	Alice	149	↓5	38
49	Lois	147	↓3	47
50	Ann	145	new	39

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1943	US rank
1	James	2,133	–	1
2	Robert	1,821	–	2
3	John	1,633	–	3
4	David	1,364	–	6
5	William	1,287	–	4
6	Richard	1,185	↑1	5
7	Larry	1,103	↓1	12
8	Michael	1,006	↑2	9
9	Charles	951	–	7
10	Thomas	947	↑1	8
11	Ronald	845	↓3	10
12	Donald	790	↑1	11
13	Jerry	697	↓1	19
14	Gary	527	↑2	15
15	Paul	481	↓1	17
16	Kenneth	472	↓1	16
17	Dennis	452	↑1	20
18	Stephen	446	↓1	28
19	George	400	–	14
20	Joseph	385	–	13
21	Terry	299	↑1	43
22	Edward	295	↑1	18
23	Steven	280	↑6	52
24	Jack	271	↓3	30
25	Daniel	267	↑3	25
26	Gerald	250	↓2	24
27	Roger	233	↓1	23
28	Raymond	228	↓1	22
29	Carl	223	↑1	36
30	Harold	207	↓5	27
31	Ralph	182	↑1	42
32	Bill	168	↑5	66
33	Steve	166	↑5	89
34	Danny	159	↑14	76
35	Ronnie	157	↑15	69
36	Walter	155	↓3	26
37	Lawrence	154	↑4	32
38	Wayne	150	↓4	37
39	Frank	149	↓4	21
40	Dale	148	–	61
41	Fred	145	↓5	47
42	Phillip	144	↓11	83
43	Roy	144	↑1	39
44	Jim	143	↓1	68
45	Mike	139	new	80
46	Philip	133	↑1	60
47	Don	127	new	72
48	Tom	127	↓2	87
49	Douglas	125	↓7	34
50	Arthur	124	↓11	29

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