Popular baby names in Indiana, 1954

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 1954 were Debra for girls (1,607 babies) and Michael for boys (2,783). Debra ranked #6 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 101,305 babies born in Indiana in 1954 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 1954

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

Girls

Tonya: 26 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Tamara: 46 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Beth: 197 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Lu: 26 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Sue: 243 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Candy: 26 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Terri: 243 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Lucinda: 57 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Diana: 415 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Lana: 45 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Dewayne: 27 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Rex: 107 babies, 3× the national rate
Rickie: 73 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Max: 53 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Rick: 226 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Garry: 149 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Jeffery: 232 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Jan: 45 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Brent: 69 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Kent: 95 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Indiana, 1954

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Debra	1,607	↑3	6
2	Mary	1,603	↑1	1
3	Linda	1,464	↓2	2
4	Deborah	1,452	↓2	3
5	Susan	1,186	↑2	5
6	Pamela	1,125	–	12
7	Patricia	1,114	↓2	4
8	Karen	988	–	8
9	Cynthia	952	↑2	10
10	Nancy	890	–	9
11	Barbara	797	↓2	7
12	Donna	723	↑6	11
13	Sandra	711	–	13
14	Rebecca	692	–	26
15	Brenda	689	↓3	18
16	Carol	657	–	15
17	Sharon	641	↓2	16
18	Kathy	633	↓1	23
19	Janet	612	–	19
20	Cheryl	524	↑2	22
21	Teresa	486	↑4	34
22	Diane	485	↑2	17
23	Kathleen	443	↓3	14
24	Connie	433	↓3	39
25	Diana	415	↓2	57
26	Joyce	380	↑1	28
27	Vicki	378	↑1	50
28	Denise	361	↑15	24
29	Judith	354	↓3	30
30	Elizabeth	348	↑2	20
31	Cathy	344	↓2	59
32	Carolyn	333	↑1	27
33	Janice	327	↓2	25
34	Peggy	324	↓4	48
35	Paula	309	↑2	38
36	Margaret	301	–	21
37	Vickie	300	↑10	69
38	Marilyn	296	↓3	35
39	Jane	295	↓5	49
40	Rita	286	–	67
41	Beverly	284	–	31
42	Judy	283	↓3	29
43	Marsha	259	new	86
44	Betty	258	new	36
45	Catherine	252	↓1	32
46	Kathryn	250	–	51
47	Sue	243	new	>100
48	Terri	243	new	100
49	Theresa	242	new	47
50	Sherry	240	new	62

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Michael	2,783	–	1
2	David	2,446	–	5
3	James	2,252	–	3
4	Robert	2,150	–	2
5	John	2,039	–	4
6	William	1,549	–	6
7	Richard	1,495	–	7
8	Mark	1,325	↑3	12
9	Thomas	1,283	↓1	8
10	Steven	1,260	↓1	11
11	Gary	1,190	↓1	9
12	Charles	971	–	10
13	Donald	883	↑3	14
14	Ronald	831	–	15
15	Larry	826	–	19
16	Daniel	792	↑1	18
17	Dennis	773	↓4	21
18	Terry	744	↑6	27
19	Timothy	729	↑3	26
20	Jeffrey	725	↑5	23
21	Gregory	702	↓1	25
22	Kenneth	694	↓1	17
23	Joseph	684	–	13
24	Paul	660	↓5	16
25	Stephen	627	↓7	20
26	Kevin	534	↑9	28
27	Jerry	513	↓1	31
28	Randy	485	↑2	33
29	Douglas	449	–	29
30	Roger	441	↓3	34
31	Bruce	411	↓3	30
32	Edward	380	–	22
33	George	374	↓2	24
34	Randall	332	↑2	55
35	Danny	297	↓1	42
36	Ricky	288	↓3	46
37	Jack	279	–	57
38	Anthony	269	↑1	32
39	Dale	252	↑5	50
40	Carl	250	↑8	47
41	Patrick	249	↓3	38
42	Alan	248	↑3	43
43	Jeffery	232	new	90
44	Gerald	231	↓2	44
45	Keith	231	↓4	45
46	Rick	226	↓6	>100
47	Raymond	209	new	35
48	Scott	208	new	40
49	Philip	205	new	62
50	Rodney	194	↓7	66

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