Popular baby names in Indiana, 1947

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 1947 were Linda for girls (3,014 babies) and James for boys (2,534). Social Security records list 88,088 babies born in Indiana in 1947 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 1947

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: 27 babies, 6× the national rate
Cinda: 24 babies, 6× the national rate
Becky: 102 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Ladonna: 22 babies, 3× the national rate
Sondra: 44 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Tamara: 25 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Vickie: 113 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Dee: 23 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Diana: 470 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Vicki: 236 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Max: 90 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Rex: 86 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Denny: 32 babies, 3× the national rate
Dallas: 29 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Gerry: 25 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jerald: 36 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Eldon: 26 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Steve: 352 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Darrel: 37 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Steven: 742 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Indiana, 1947

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	Linda	3,014	↑1	1
2	Mary	1,611	↓1	2
3	Patricia	1,204	↑1	3
4	Sharon	1,157	↓1	9
5	Barbara	1,096	↑1	4
6	Nancy	1,088	↑1	7
7	Sandra	1,034	↓2	5
8	Carol	905	–	6
9	Susan	836	↑1	8
10	Karen	799	↑1	13
11	Judith	734	↓2	12
12	Donna	728	–	10
13	Carolyn	665	–	15
14	Janet	628	↑1	23
15	Pamela	619	↑4	28
16	Judy	600	↓2	14
17	Cheryl	534	–	24
18	Connie	487	↑2	43
19	Diana	470	↓3	48
20	Janice	446	↑2	22
21	Kathleen	436	↑5	11
22	Marilyn	428	↑3	29
23	Brenda	412	↑7	21
24	Joyce	407	↓1	20
25	Margaret	404	↑2	16
26	Shirley	401	↓5	19
27	Beverly	400	↓3	31
28	Cynthia	396	↑12	33
29	Rebecca	372	↑6	52
30	Betty	364	↓12	17
31	Jane	362	↓3	36
32	Diane	347	↓1	18
33	Phyllis	319	↓4	37
34	Ruth	298	–	44
35	Bonnie	288	↑3	35
36	Martha	283	↓4	32
37	Peggy	280	–	42
38	Rita	280	↓2	60
39	Sue	254	↓6	69
40	Marcia	248	↑2	81
41	Elizabeth	244	–	25
42	Vicki	236	↑1	>100
43	Kathy	228	new	64
44	Marsha	225	↑1	88
45	Sherry	225	↓1	67
46	Deborah	215	new	62
47	Gloria	215	↓8	27
48	Alice	205	new	47
49	Virginia	204	↓1	34
50	Paula	187	new	54

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	James	2,534	–	1
2	John	2,233	↑1	3
3	Robert	2,196	↓1	2
4	David	2,054	–	6
5	Michael	1,860	–	7
6	William	1,610	↑1	4
7	Richard	1,552	↓1	5
8	Larry	1,397	–	10
9	Thomas	1,194	–	8
10	Charles	1,042	↑1	9
11	Ronald	1,011	↓1	11
12	Dennis	828	↑2	17
13	Donald	821	↓1	13
14	Gary	790	↓1	12
15	Stephen	777	↑1	21
16	Steven	742	↑4	24
17	Jerry	684	↓2	20
18	Terry	660	↑1	26
19	Kenneth	630	↓2	15
20	Paul	570	↓2	18
21	Joseph	515	↑1	14
22	Daniel	454	↑1	22
23	George	450	↓2	16
24	Roger	384	–	25
25	Jack	354	↑1	37
26	Steve	352	↑3	58
27	Edward	345	↓2	19
28	Danny	338	↓1	39
29	Gregory	283	↑15	33
30	Mike	277	–	65
31	Bruce	255	↑14	29
32	Mark	252	new	47
33	Timothy	247	↑2	52
34	Gerald	232	↓6	28
35	Phillip	223	↓1	74
36	Harold	217	↓3	35
37	Raymond	215	↓1	27
38	Carl	213	↓7	40
39	Ronnie	205	↓1	61
40	Frank	204	↑3	23
41	Wayne	203	↓9	30
42	Alan	199	↓1	45
43	Tom	198	↓3	87
44	Douglas	197	↑3	31
45	Philip	197	↓3	57
46	Bill	187	↑3	76
47	Dale	187	↓1	63
48	Jim	184	↓11	77
49	Ralph	180	↓10	50
50	Lawrence	172	↓2	32

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