Popular baby names in Indiana, 1953

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 1953 were Linda for girls (1,579 babies) and Michael for boys (2,580). Linda ranked #2 nationally for girls. Michael ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 97,765 babies born in Indiana in 1953 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 1953

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

Girls

Lu: 33 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Tonya: 29 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jerri: 32 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Ladonna: 26 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Sondra: 30 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Beth: 163 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Diana: 430 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Lana: 59 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Glenna: 31 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Vicki: 370 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Rex: 110 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Rick: 249 babies, 3× the national rate
Rickie: 65 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Max: 53 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Garry: 138 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Kent: 93 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Jeffery: 157 babies, 2× the national rate
Jerald: 28 babies, 2× the national rate
Monte: 28 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Indiana, 1953

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	Linda	1,579	–	2
2	Deborah	1,553	↑1	3
3	Mary	1,525	↓1	1
4	Debra	1,360	↑2	7
5	Patricia	1,254	↓1	4
6	Pamela	1,102	↑4	10
7	Susan	1,069	↓2	5
8	Karen	1,012	↓1	9
9	Barbara	869	–	6
10	Nancy	846	↓2	8
11	Cynthia	753	↑6	12
12	Brenda	705	–	18
13	Sandra	697	↑2	11
14	Rebecca	665	↓3	24
15	Sharon	648	↓2	15
16	Carol	647	↓2	16
17	Kathy	623	↑2	23
18	Donna	618	–	13
19	Janet	581	↓3	19
20	Kathleen	539	–	14
21	Connie	441	–	47
22	Cheryl	432	↑3	28
23	Diana	430	↓1	55
24	Diane	422	–	17
25	Teresa	401	↑14	42
26	Judith	392	↓3	30
27	Joyce	377	–	26
28	Vicki	370	↑2	61
29	Cathy	369	↑2	56
30	Peggy	362	↓2	44
31	Janice	357	↓2	22
32	Elizabeth	354	↑3	21
33	Carolyn	350	↓7	25
34	Jane	328	↑2	43
35	Marilyn	328	↑8	36
36	Margaret	327	↓4	20
37	Paula	319	↑5	40
38	Christine	296	↓1	32
39	Judy	296	↓5	27
40	Rita	295	↑4	64
41	Beverly	289	↓8	34
42	Shirley	287	↓4	29
43	Denise	278	↑4	31
44	Catherine	266	↑1	35
45	Marcia	256	↑4	84
46	Kathryn	251	↑4	48
47	Vickie	250	↓1	79
48	Ruth	234	new	62
49	Rhonda	232	new	85
50	Martha	229	↓2	41

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	Michael	2,580	–	3
2	David	2,469	↑1	5
3	James	2,251	↓1	2
4	Robert	2,203	–	1
5	John	2,052	–	4
6	William	1,592	–	6
7	Richard	1,558	–	7
8	Thomas	1,288	–	8
9	Steven	1,235	–	11
10	Gary	1,159	–	10
11	Mark	1,134	↑1	12
12	Charles	1,003	↓1	9
13	Dennis	891	↑1	19
14	Ronald	872	↑2	15
15	Larry	869	↓2	18
16	Donald	817	↓1	14
17	Daniel	734	↑1	20
18	Stephen	686	↓1	21
19	Paul	668	↑1	16
20	Gregory	649	↑2	24
21	Kenneth	648	↓2	17
22	Timothy	623	↑2	26
23	Joseph	608	–	13
24	Terry	604	↓3	30
25	Jeffrey	588	↑3	25
26	Jerry	515	↓1	29
27	Roger	451	–	31
28	Bruce	446	↓2	28
29	Douglas	431	↑1	27
30	Randy	394	↑5	35
31	George	379	–	22
32	Edward	336	↓3	23
33	Ricky	328	↑14	51
34	Danny	314	↓2	41
35	Kevin	305	↑3	36
36	Randall	293	↓2	64
37	Jack	278	↓4	57
38	Patrick	256	↓1	39
39	Anthony	253	↑2	32
40	Rick	249	↑5	>100
41	Keith	248	↓2	47
42	Gerald	234	↑1	42
43	Rodney	219	new	58
44	Dale	217	↓8	48
45	Alan	214	↓1	43
46	Lawrence	208	↑4	37
47	Phillip	208	↑2	76
48	Carl	199	↓6	44
49	Stanley	192	↓1	62
50	Harold	191	new	56

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