Popular baby names in Indiana, 1950

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 1950 were Linda for girls (2,262 babies) and Michael for boys (2,346). Michael ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 86,790 babies born in Indiana in 1950 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 1950

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: 86 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Rebecca: 620 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Ladonna: 21 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Vicki: 370 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Diana: 437 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Beth: 92 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Dianna: 85 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Vicky: 73 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Karla: 34 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Sondra: 27 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Rex: 94 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Max: 62 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Rick: 103 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Rickie: 26 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Kent: 79 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Monte: 34 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Randal: 28 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Kerry: 59 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Tim: 42 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Nick: 23 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Indiana, 1950

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	Linda	2,262	–	1
2	Mary	1,517	–	2
3	Patricia	1,085	–	3
4	Deborah	1,084	↑7	7
5	Susan	938	–	5
6	Nancy	918	–	6
7	Barbara	910	↓3	4
8	Sandra	853	↓1	8
9	Karen	822	–	12
10	Sharon	773	↓2	11
11	Carol	729	↓1	9
12	Pamela	727	↑1	17
13	Rebecca	620	↑4	36
14	Brenda	618	↓2	14
15	Donna	598	↓1	13
16	Janet	593	↓1	18
17	Kathleen	540	↑1	10
18	Cynthia	533	↑3	23
19	Judith	485	↓3	21
20	Carolyn	461	↓1	20
21	Cheryl	460	↓1	29
22	Connie	447	–	44
23	Diana	437	–	47
24	Kathy	423	↑4	38
25	Margaret	388	↑1	15
26	Joyce	384	↑3	27
27	Janice	383	↓2	22
28	Jane	371	↑4	39
29	Vicki	370	↑9	61
30	Beverly	358	↑4	31
31	Diane	352	–	16
32	Shirley	340	↓5	19
33	Rita	309	↑3	56
34	Judy	307	↓10	25
35	Peggy	307	↓2	41
36	Marilyn	303	↓6	37
37	Betty	283	↑2	26
38	Elizabeth	282	↓3	24
39	Debra	261	new	59
40	Marsha	260	↑2	68
41	Bonnie	256	–	33
42	Martha	256	↑1	32
43	Teresa	249	new	81
44	Sherry	235	↑6	62
45	Paula	232	↑4	54
46	Marcia	226	↓2	77
47	Cathy	225	new	75
48	Catherine	224	new	34
49	Phyllis	217	↓2	53
50	Jacqueline	199	new	55

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	Michael	2,346	↑1	4
2	James	2,259	↓1	1
3	Robert	2,059	↑2	2
4	John	2,045	↓1	3
5	David	1,994	↓1	5
6	William	1,495	–	6
7	Richard	1,375	–	7
8	Thomas	1,322	–	8
9	Larry	1,080	–	11
10	Steven	1,079	↑1	16
11	Gary	1,024	↑4	10
12	Charles	957	↓2	9
13	Ronald	883	–	12
14	Stephen	840	↓2	19
15	Donald	820	↓1	14
16	Dennis	785	–	17
17	Kenneth	643	–	15
18	Mark	613	↑4	23
19	Daniel	611	↑1	21
20	Terry	609	↓1	30
21	Paul	586	–	18
22	Jerry	580	↓4	24
23	Gregory	561	↑4	25
24	Joseph	495	↓1	13
25	Timothy	429	↑1	32
26	Roger	411	↓1	27
27	George	406	↓3	20
28	Edward	341	–	22
29	Bruce	326	–	26
30	Douglas	316	↑2	28
31	Danny	310	↓1	39
32	Jack	292	↓1	48
33	Jeffrey	245	↑7	43
34	Randall	242	↑11	70
35	Phillip	240	↑2	64
36	Dale	233	↑8	49
37	Patrick	228	↓1	38
38	Gerald	219	↓5	34
39	Philip	209	–	53
40	Raymond	204	↓5	31
41	Lawrence	200	↓3	33
42	Alan	193	–	41
43	Harold	192	–	45
44	Carl	184	↓3	44
45	Steve	181	↓11	83
46	Stanley	180	new	60
47	Frank	174	↑2	29
48	Wayne	167	↓2	35
49	Randy	164	new	80
50	Keith	161	new	78

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