Popular baby names in Indiana, 1949

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 1949 were Linda for girls (2,581 babies) and James for boys (2,375). Social Security records list 86,748 babies born in Indiana in 1949 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 1949

Names given at least 15 times in Indiana that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Penny: 134 babies, 3× the national rate
Sue: 256 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Beth: 90 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Becky: 74 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Rebecca: 560 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Vickie: 163 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Lana: 82 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Tamara: 22 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Pam: 21 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Diana: 442 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Max: 72 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Rex: 89 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Stephan: 31 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Rick: 98 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Tim: 58 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Darrel: 33 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Kenny: 30 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Monte: 24 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Steven: 1,057 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Micheal: 127 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Indiana, 1949

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	Linda	2,581	–	1
2	Mary	1,560	–	2
3	Patricia	1,152	–	3
4	Barbara	1,018	–	4
5	Susan	1,005	–	5
6	Nancy	945	↑1	7
7	Sandra	914	↑1	6
8	Sharon	885	↓2	10
9	Karen	807	–	11
10	Carol	764	–	8
11	Deborah	752	↑11	15
12	Brenda	693	↑4	13
13	Pamela	683	↓1	21
14	Donna	654	↓3	12
15	Janet	579	↓1	23
16	Judith	562	↓3	16
17	Rebecca	560	↑7	40
18	Kathleen	531	↓1	9
19	Carolyn	502	↓4	17
20	Cheryl	476	↓1	28
21	Cynthia	454	↓3	27
22	Connie	450	↑4	43
23	Diana	442	↓3	48
24	Judy	416	↓3	20
25	Janice	410	↓2	24
26	Margaret	384	↑1	14
27	Shirley	365	↑3	18
28	Kathy	363	↑10	42
29	Joyce	362	↓4	26
30	Marilyn	346	↑2	33
31	Diane	342	–	19
32	Jane	324	↑1	41
33	Peggy	323	↑2	38
34	Beverly	318	↓5	31
35	Elizabeth	284	↑8	25
36	Rita	284	↓2	54
37	Ruth	262	↑4	47
38	Vicki	259	↑4	70
39	Betty	257	↓11	22
40	Sue	256	↓4	88
41	Bonnie	253	↓4	35
42	Marsha	252	↑3	79
43	Martha	245	↓4	34
44	Marcia	229	↑3	78
45	Gloria	223	↑3	29
46	Kathryn	215	new	52
47	Phyllis	214	↓7	50
48	Christine	210	new	30
49	Paula	200	↓5	55
50	Sherry	194	↓4	68

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	James	2,375	–	1
2	Michael	2,226	↑2	5
3	John	2,129	↓1	3
4	David	2,030	↑1	6
5	Robert	2,010	↓2	2
6	William	1,567	–	4
7	Richard	1,352	–	7
8	Thomas	1,283	↑1	8
9	Larry	1,161	↓1	10
10	Charles	1,095	↑1	9
11	Steven	1,057	↑2	20
12	Stephen	952	–	19
13	Ronald	884	↓3	11
14	Donald	818	–	13
15	Gary	810	–	12
16	Dennis	759	–	16
17	Kenneth	636	↑1	15
18	Jerry	592	↓1	23
19	Terry	536	–	28
20	Daniel	525	–	22
21	Paul	519	–	17
22	Mark	467	↑3	24
23	Joseph	450	↓1	14
24	George	432	–	18
25	Roger	399	↓2	25
26	Timothy	397	↑4	34
27	Gregory	392	↓1	31
28	Edward	357	↓1	21
29	Bruce	320	↑2	26
30	Danny	312	↓2	40
31	Jack	312	↓2	47
32	Douglas	279	↑7	29
33	Gerald	242	↑1	33
34	Steve	238	↓2	68
35	Raymond	235	↑7	30
36	Patrick	222	↑5	39
37	Phillip	219	↓2	66
38	Lawrence	215	new	32
39	Philip	208	↓1	55
40	Jeffrey	206	new	48
41	Carl	203	↓4	43
42	Alan	201	↑4	45
43	Harold	201	↓7	42
44	Dale	194	↓1	54
45	Randall	194	new	79
46	Wayne	190	↑3	35
47	Ralph	187	↓3	50
48	Mike	172	↓15	88
49	Frank	170	↓9	27
50	Walter	170	↓2	37

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