Popular baby names in Indiana, 1946

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 1946 were Mary for girls (1,611 babies) and James for boys (2,294). Social Security records list 77,820 babies born in Indiana in 1946 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 1946

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: 31 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Becky: 90 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Ladonna: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Dianna: 109 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Vicki: 196 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jayne: 32 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Diana: 475 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Vickie: 75 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Patty: 78 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Connie: 413 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Max: 96 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Rex: 61 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Gerry: 25 babies, 3× the national rate
Denny: 25 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Rickey: 30 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Steven: 537 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Phillip: 218 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Dallas: 22 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Steve: 244 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Wilbur: 29 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Indiana, 1946

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	Mary	1,611	–	1
2	Linda	1,529	–	2
3	Sharon	1,170	–	9
4	Patricia	1,082	↑1	3
5	Sandra	998	↑3	6
6	Barbara	993	↓2	4
7	Nancy	941	–	7
8	Carol	934	↓2	5
9	Judith	773	–	10
10	Susan	769	↑4	8
11	Karen	750	–	15
12	Donna	680	↑1	13
13	Carolyn	664	↓3	12
14	Judy	661	↓2	11
15	Janet	652	–	21
16	Diana	475	↑4	42
17	Cheryl	441	↑7	27
18	Betty	438	↓2	14
19	Pamela	414	↑7	34
20	Connie	413	↑3	45
21	Shirley	408	↓4	18
22	Janice	405	↓3	22
23	Joyce	392	↓5	20
24	Beverly	377	↑6	30
25	Marilyn	364	↓4	29
26	Kathleen	351	↑6	16
27	Margaret	346	↓5	17
28	Jane	341	↓3	35
29	Phyllis	317	↓2	41
30	Brenda	313	↑1	24
31	Diane	305	↑5	19
32	Martha	286	↓3	32
33	Sue	285	↑1	61
34	Ruth	278	↓6	38
35	Rebecca	271	↑5	68
36	Rita	267	↑5	56
37	Peggy	250	↑9	43
38	Bonnie	248	↓5	33
39	Gloria	230	↓2	26
40	Cynthia	219	new	46
41	Elizabeth	198	↓2	25
42	Marcia	198	↑1	89
43	Vicki	196	↑6	>100
44	Sherry	191	new	73
45	Marsha	190	↑5	98
46	Joan	189	↓4	28
47	Dorothy	183	↓9	23
48	Virginia	182	↓13	31
49	Anita	164	new	84
50	Ann	164	↓2	40

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	James	2,294	–	1
2	Robert	2,024	–	2
3	John	1,987	–	3
4	David	1,644	–	6
5	Michael	1,613	↑3	7
6	Richard	1,468	↓1	5
7	William	1,379	↓1	4
8	Larry	1,259	↓1	11
9	Thomas	1,047	–	8
10	Ronald	982	↑1	10
11	Charles	967	↓1	9
12	Donald	885	–	13
13	Gary	755	↑1	12
14	Dennis	708	↑4	17
15	Jerry	673	↓2	20
16	Stephen	625	–	24
17	Kenneth	571	↓2	15
18	Paul	569	↓1	18
19	Terry	550	↑2	26
20	Steven	537	–	28
21	George	425	↓2	16
22	Joseph	404	–	14
23	Daniel	403	↑3	21
24	Roger	386	–	23
25	Edward	333	–	19
26	Jack	320	↓3	35
27	Danny	289	↑3	46
28	Gerald	252	–	27
29	Steve	244	↑4	69
30	Mike	227	↑11	64
31	Carl	226	–	39
32	Wayne	225	↑3	29
33	Harold	219	↓6	33
34	Phillip	218	↓2	83
35	Timothy	217	new	60
36	Raymond	200	↓7	25
37	Jim	196	↓1	73
38	Ronnie	194	↑2	54
39	Ralph	190	↓5	48
40	Tom	188	↑5	87
41	Alan	187	↑8	49
42	Philip	178	new	61
43	Frank	177	–	22
44	Gregory	173	new	56
45	Bruce	172	new	32
46	Dale	168	↓8	62
47	Douglas	168	–	34
48	Lawrence	167	↓6	31
49	Bill	163	↓12	72
50	Joe	158	↓11	37

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