Popular baby names in Indiana, 1948

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 1948 were Linda for girls (2,762 babies) and James for boys (2,189). Social Security records list 84,706 babies born in Indiana in 1948 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 1948

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: 95 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Patty: 81 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Ladonna: 22 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Melody: 50 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Vickie: 132 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Rebecca: 426 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Sue: 291 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Penny: 111 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Dianna: 97 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Lana: 87 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Rickie: 30 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Rex: 89 babies, 4× the national rate
Max: 69 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Denny: 28 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jeffery: 54 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Tim: 77 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jerald: 33 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Rick: 74 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Lowell: 36 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Myron: 29 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Indiana, 1948

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	Linda	2,762	–	1
2	Mary	1,663	–	2
3	Patricia	1,060	–	4
4	Barbara	1,054	↑1	3
5	Susan	939	↑4	5
6	Sharon	934	↓2	9
7	Nancy	927	↓1	7
8	Sandra	916	↓1	6
9	Karen	802	↑1	12
10	Carol	711	↓2	8
11	Donna	699	↑1	11
12	Pamela	670	↑3	22
13	Judith	599	↓2	15
14	Janet	578	–	24
15	Carolyn	526	↓2	14
16	Brenda	515	↑7	17
17	Kathleen	476	↑4	10
18	Cynthia	465	↑10	27
19	Cheryl	460	↓2	25
20	Diana	456	↓1	48
21	Judy	440	↓5	16
22	Deborah	432	↑24	30
23	Janice	427	↓3	23
24	Rebecca	426	↑5	50
25	Joyce	402	↓1	21
26	Connie	399	↓8	43
27	Margaret	381	↓2	13
28	Betty	352	↑2	18
29	Beverly	348	↓2	31
30	Shirley	347	↓4	20
31	Diane	326	↑1	19
32	Marilyn	324	↓10	33
33	Jane	307	↓2	39
34	Rita	301	↑4	59
35	Peggy	294	↑2	38
36	Sue	291	↑3	78
37	Bonnie	274	↓2	34
38	Kathy	266	↑5	55
39	Martha	259	↓3	32
40	Phyllis	252	↓7	46
41	Ruth	248	↓7	45
42	Vicki	246	–	81
43	Elizabeth	245	↓2	26
44	Paula	244	↑6	52
45	Marsha	242	↓1	76
46	Sherry	228	↓1	61
47	Marcia	218	↓7	79
48	Gloria	215	↓1	28
49	Teresa	191	new	82
50	Virginia	186	↓1	36

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	James	2,189	–	1
2	John	2,183	–	3
3	Robert	2,096	–	2
4	Michael	1,997	↑1	6
5	David	1,912	↓1	5
6	William	1,506	–	4
7	Richard	1,389	–	7
8	Larry	1,294	–	11
9	Thomas	1,155	–	8
10	Ronald	1,031	↑1	10
11	Charles	1,006	↓1	9
12	Stephen	870	↑3	20
13	Steven	817	↑3	23
14	Donald	810	↓1	14
15	Gary	777	↓1	12
16	Dennis	732	↓4	17
17	Jerry	622	–	21
18	Kenneth	622	↑1	15
19	Terry	596	↓1	26
20	Daniel	548	↑2	22
21	Paul	524	↓1	18
22	Joseph	496	↓1	13
23	Roger	416	↑1	24
24	George	414	↓1	16
25	Mark	375	↑7	29
26	Gregory	340	↑3	32
27	Edward	328	–	19
28	Danny	322	–	39
29	Jack	292	↓4	43
30	Timothy	283	↑3	38
31	Bruce	272	–	28
32	Steve	270	↓6	60
33	Mike	240	↓3	68
34	Gerald	229	–	30
35	Phillip	227	–	69
36	Harold	223	–	36
37	Carl	215	↑1	42
38	Philip	210	↑7	54
39	Douglas	209	↑5	33
40	Frank	199	–	25
41	Patrick	195	new	48
42	Raymond	194	↓5	27
43	Dale	188	↑4	56
44	Ralph	187	↑5	51
45	Ronnie	184	↓6	59
46	Alan	179	↓4	46
47	Jim	169	↑1	86
48	Walter	168	new	35
49	Wayne	168	↓8	34
50	Russell	162	new	67

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