Popular baby names in Indiana, 1945

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 1945 were Mary for girls (1,331 babies) and James for boys (1,888). Social Security records list 61,389 babies born in Indiana in 1945 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 1945

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: 59 babies, 4× the national rate
Patty: 78 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Sondra: 35 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Vicki: 131 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Vicky: 32 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Jayne: 24 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Dianna: 63 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Dixie: 50 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Diana: 330 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Connie: 291 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Max: 93 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Stephan: 18 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Rex: 54 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Dannie: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Gerry: 18 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Rickey: 16 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Micheal: 56 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Kent: 43 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Steven: 346 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Phillip: 173 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Indiana, 1945

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	Mary	1,331	–	1
2	Linda	1,214	–	2
3	Sharon	881	–	8
4	Barbara	874	↑1	3
5	Patricia	775	↓1	4
6	Carol	736	↑3	5
7	Nancy	736	↑1	7
8	Sandra	724	↓2	6
9	Judith	701	↓2	9
10	Carolyn	645	↑1	12
11	Karen	601	↓1	16
12	Judy	572	–	13
13	Donna	564	↑1	17
14	Susan	492	↑2	10
15	Janet	467	↓2	20
16	Betty	378	↓1	11
17	Shirley	370	↑2	14
18	Joyce	367	↓1	18
19	Janice	349	↑1	24
20	Diana	330	↑20	43
21	Marilyn	312	↓3	27
22	Margaret	293	↑1	15
23	Connie	291	↑8	47
24	Cheryl	290	↑2	32
25	Jane	285	↑9	36
26	Pamela	271	↓5	42
27	Phyllis	255	↑2	40
28	Ruth	254	↓3	33
29	Martha	248	↓7	30
30	Beverly	244	↓6	37
31	Brenda	244	↑1	29
32	Kathleen	232	↓4	19
33	Bonnie	224	↓6	35
34	Sue	209	↓4	66
35	Virginia	202	↓2	28
36	Diane	201	↑1	22
37	Gloria	190	↑2	23
38	Dorothy	189	↓3	21
39	Elizabeth	188	↓1	26
40	Rebecca	182	↑6	85
41	Rita	179	↓5	59
42	Joan	165	↓1	25
43	Marcia	163	–	88
44	Jean	156	new	38
45	Helen	151	↓3	31
46	Peggy	150	↓2	45
47	Alice	146	↑1	41
48	Ann	136	↑2	39
49	Vicki	131	new	>100
50	Marsha	127	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	James	1,888	–	1
2	Robert	1,665	–	2
3	John	1,649	–	3
4	David	1,298	–	6
5	Richard	1,221	↑1	5
6	William	1,166	↓1	4
7	Larry	1,110	–	11
8	Michael	1,106	–	9
9	Thomas	849	↑1	8
10	Charles	792	↓1	7
11	Ronald	716	–	10
12	Donald	706	–	12
13	Jerry	606	–	20
14	Gary	582	–	13
15	Kenneth	482	↑1	16
16	Stephen	457	↑2	26
17	Paul	447	↓2	17
18	Dennis	443	↓1	19
19	George	357	–	15
20	Steven	346	↑3	43
21	Terry	342	–	33
22	Joseph	304	↓2	14
23	Jack	285	↑1	32
24	Roger	272	↑3	22
25	Edward	267	↓3	18
26	Daniel	260	↓1	24
27	Harold	217	↑3	28
28	Gerald	216	↓2	25
29	Raymond	211	↓1	23
30	Danny	198	↑4	56
31	Carl	184	↓2	39
32	Phillip	173	↑10	85
33	Steve	169	–	79
34	Ralph	157	↓3	44
35	Wayne	154	↑3	35
36	Jim	151	↑8	68
37	Bill	148	↓5	66
38	Dale	147	↑2	61
39	Joe	147	new	36
40	Ronnie	144	↓5	67
41	Mike	142	↑4	69
42	Lawrence	140	↓5	30
43	Frank	139	↓4	21
44	Fred	137	↓3	51
45	Tom	135	↑3	89
46	Walter	135	↓10	27
47	Douglas	134	↑2	29
48	Harry	132	new	47
49	Alan	129	new	52
50	Roy	126	↓7	40

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