Popular baby names in Indiana, 1951

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 1951 were Linda for girls (2,045 babies) and Michael for boys (2,568). Michael ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 93,957 babies born in Indiana in 1951 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 1951

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: 30 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Kristina: 27 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Tamara: 35 babies, 3× the national rate
Rebecca: 698 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Sue: 210 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Diana: 442 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Dianna: 94 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Melody: 54 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jennifer: 175 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Becky: 74 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Max: 84 babies, 4× the national rate
Rex: 136 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Stephan: 35 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Rick: 136 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Lowell: 36 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Dallas: 28 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Rickie: 33 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Monte: 30 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jeffery: 87 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Ted: 75 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Indiana, 1951

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	Linda	2,045	–	1
2	Mary	1,620	–	2
3	Deborah	1,384	↑1	4
4	Patricia	1,291	↓1	3
5	Susan	997	–	6
6	Karen	987	↑3	8
7	Barbara	953	–	5
8	Nancy	934	↓2	7
9	Pamela	824	↑3	16
10	Sandra	781	↓2	9
11	Debra	775	↑28	18
12	Sharon	745	↓2	13
13	Brenda	712	↑1	14
14	Carol	706	↓3	11
15	Rebecca	698	↓2	32
16	Donna	660	↓1	12
17	Janet	631	↓1	19
18	Cynthia	622	–	20
19	Kathleen	612	↓2	10
20	Kathy	516	↑4	35
21	Cheryl	482	–	30
22	Connie	479	–	44
23	Carolyn	471	↓3	22
24	Diana	442	↓1	50
25	Janice	436	↑2	21
26	Judith	426	↓7	25
27	Joyce	385	↓1	28
28	Margaret	376	↓3	17
29	Peggy	357	↑6	40
30	Vicki	349	↓1	58
31	Diane	346	–	15
32	Beverly	341	↓2	33
33	Judy	331	↑1	26
34	Marilyn	317	↑2	41
35	Elizabeth	314	↑3	23
36	Shirley	305	↓4	27
37	Jane	303	↓9	43
38	Christine	287	new	24
39	Teresa	283	↑4	63
40	Betty	278	↓3	29
41	Rita	277	↓8	61
42	Bonnie	276	↓1	37
43	Cathy	267	↑4	71
44	Marcia	267	↑2	74
45	Paula	261	–	51
46	Martha	259	↓4	38
47	Marsha	253	↓7	76
48	Sherry	247	↓4	70
49	Ruth	241	new	53
50	Catherine	239	↓2	34

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	Michael	2,568	–	4
2	James	2,358	–	1
3	David	2,262	↑2	5
4	Robert	2,160	↓1	2
5	John	2,121	↓1	3
6	William	1,639	–	6
7	Richard	1,480	–	7
8	Thomas	1,376	–	8
9	Steven	1,258	↑1	13
10	Gary	1,175	↑1	10
11	Charles	1,033	↑1	9
12	Larry	1,009	↓3	11
13	Ronald	848	–	12
14	Mark	847	↑4	20
15	Donald	841	–	15
16	Dennis	826	–	17
17	Stephen	807	↓3	19
18	Kenneth	692	↓1	16
19	Daniel	675	–	21
20	Paul	600	↑1	18
21	Terry	594	↓1	30
22	Jerry	567	–	24
23	Timothy	539	↑2	28
24	Joseph	524	–	14
25	Gregory	518	↓2	25
26	Douglas	427	↑4	27
27	Bruce	413	↑2	26
28	George	410	↓1	22
29	Roger	407	↓3	29
30	Edward	385	↓2	23
31	Danny	330	–	41
32	Jack	276	–	48
33	Jeffrey	273	–	35
34	Randall	271	–	66
35	Patrick	255	↑2	39
36	Dale	241	–	49
37	Keith	232	↑13	59
38	Randy	230	↑11	56
39	Alan	226	↑3	40
40	Gerald	224	↓2	36
41	Carl	216	↑3	43
42	Frank	213	↑5	31
43	Phillip	209	↓8	79
44	Lawrence	204	↓3	33
45	Raymond	202	↓5	32
46	Wayne	202	↑2	37
47	Philip	199	↓8	55
48	Stanley	193	↓2	54
49	Kevin	192	new	53
50	Anthony	181	new	34

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