Popular baby names in Indiana, 1955

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 1955 were Debra for girls (1,701 babies) and David for boys (2,708). Debra ranked #4 nationally for girls. David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 101,233 babies born in Indiana in 1955 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 1955

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: 34 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Tamara: 47 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Beth: 198 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Lana: 47 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Terri: 289 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Jana: 49 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Lucinda: 47 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Rebecca: 670 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Ronda: 38 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Marcia: 230 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Rex: 107 babies, 3× the national rate
Max: 56 babies, 3× the national rate
Rick: 212 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Kent: 110 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Garry: 123 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Kerry: 89 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Indiana, 1955

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	Debra	1,701	–	4
2	Mary	1,471	–	1
3	Deborah	1,406	↑1	2
4	Linda	1,281	↓1	3
5	Susan	1,145	–	5
6	Pamela	1,049	–	12
7	Karen	995	↑1	8
8	Patricia	946	↓1	6
9	Nancy	858	↑1	9
10	Cynthia	843	↓1	11
11	Barbara	764	–	7
12	Sandra	700	↑1	13
13	Donna	694	↓1	10
14	Rebecca	670	–	27
15	Brenda	656	–	18
16	Cheryl	652	↑4	19
17	Kathy	643	↑1	22
18	Janet	588	↑1	20
19	Carol	587	↓3	15
20	Teresa	560	↑1	26
21	Sharon	530	↓4	16
22	Diane	465	–	14
23	Kathleen	436	–	17
24	Connie	435	–	35
25	Elizabeth	398	↑5	21
26	Diana	388	↓1	55
27	Cathy	372	↑4	44
28	Denise	358	–	23
29	Janice	336	↑4	25
30	Jane	329	↑9	50
31	Vicki	325	↓4	52
32	Paula	322	↑3	39
33	Vickie	313	↑4	68
34	Judith	307	↓5	31
35	Peggy	293	↓1	51
36	Lisa	292	new	48
37	Sherry	292	↑13	56
38	Terri	289	↑10	85
39	Margaret	285	↓3	24
40	Theresa	278	↑9	38
41	Joyce	272	↓15	29
42	Beverly	271	↓1	34
43	Carolyn	268	↓11	30
44	Catherine	264	↑1	28
45	Rhonda	256	new	71
46	Judy	248	↓4	32
47	Marilyn	232	↓9	49
48	Marcia	230	new	98
49	Rita	228	↓9	72
50	Robin	228	new	33

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	David	2,708	↑1	2
2	Michael	2,612	↓1	1
3	James	2,270	–	3
4	Robert	2,025	–	4
5	John	1,952	–	5
6	Mark	1,578	↑2	9
7	William	1,540	↓1	6
8	Steven	1,350	↑2	10
9	Richard	1,333	↓2	7
10	Thomas	1,255	↓1	8
11	Gary	1,065	–	12
12	Charles	904	–	11
13	Jeffrey	888	↑7	20
14	Donald	876	↓1	14
15	Daniel	806	↑1	17
16	Timothy	802	↑3	22
17	Gregory	800	↑4	24
18	Dennis	790	↓1	23
19	Ronald	776	↓5	18
20	Larry	714	↓5	19
21	Terry	677	↓3	28
22	Kenneth	648	–	15
23	Paul	619	↑1	16
24	Stephen	618	↑1	21
25	Joseph	615	↓2	13
26	Kevin	584	–	27
27	Randy	541	↑1	30
28	Jerry	485	↓1	33
29	Douglas	478	–	29
30	Bruce	417	↑1	32
31	Roger	389	↓1	37
32	Edward	359	–	25
33	Keith	349	↑12	39
34	George	346	↓1	26
35	Randall	331	↓1	53
36	Ricky	322	–	46
37	Danny	317	↓2	45
38	Scott	293	↑10	38
39	Anthony	282	↓1	31
40	Jeffery	280	↑3	73
41	Jack	255	↓4	60
42	Patrick	236	↓1	41
43	Dale	232	↓4	52
44	Raymond	227	↑3	36
45	Brian	221	new	40
46	Carl	217	↓6	47
47	Phillip	215	new	74
48	Alan	212	↓6	43
49	Rick	212	↓3	>100
50	Gerald	206	↓6	48

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