Popular baby names in Indiana, 1957

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 1957 were Mary for girls (1,478 babies) and Michael for boys (2,570). Social Security records list 107,967 babies born in Indiana in 1957 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 1957

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: 46 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jerri: 40 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Lana: 45 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Penny: 199 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Beth: 261 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Tamara: 110 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Marsha: 160 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Sherri: 115 babies, 2× the national rate
Tami: 44 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Rex: 115 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Max: 58 babies, 3× the national rate
Dewayne: 30 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Rick: 294 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jeffery: 420 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Kent: 130 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Brent: 98 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Everett: 38 babies, 2× the national rate
Delbert: 30 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Indiana, 1957

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Mary	1,478	↑1	1
2	Debra	1,462	↓1	4
3	Cynthia	1,208	↑5	7
4	Linda	1,175	–	3
5	Karen	1,132	–	5
6	Susan	1,097	↑1	2
7	Deborah	1,046	↓4	6
8	Pamela	902	↓2	12
9	Brenda	887	↑6	13
10	Patricia	882	↓1	8
11	Nancy	785	↓1	11
12	Kathy	765	–	20
13	Cindy	734	↑19	19
14	Teresa	724	↑3	24
15	Cheryl	679	↓1	16
16	Barbara	660	↓5	9
17	Donna	630	↓4	10
18	Sandra	601	–	15
19	Carol	595	↑1	18
20	Rebecca	538	↓1	34
21	Lisa	537	↑9	26
22	Sharon	533	↓6	14
23	Cathy	476	↑2	39
24	Diana	475	↑2	43
25	Julie	472	↑16	28
26	Kimberly	460	↑11	42
27	Janet	457	↓6	23
28	Debbie	425	↑15	27
29	Diane	411	↓7	17
30	Connie	399	↓7	47
31	Robin	397	↑15	30
32	Kathleen	394	↓8	21
33	Denise	393	↓5	25
34	Elizabeth	384	↓7	22
35	Vicki	358	–	51
36	Terri	352	↑14	68
37	Rhonda	340	↓6	52
38	Kim	314	↑9	35
39	Laura	312	↑5	31
40	Sherry	306	↑2	55
41	Theresa	297	↓12	36
42	Janice	290	↓9	32
43	Paula	287	↑2	49
44	Joyce	285	↓10	40
45	Judy	281	new	38
46	Carolyn	277	new	33
47	Tina	274	new	80
48	Vickie	270	↓8	70
49	Peggy	268	↓13	62
50	Margaret	265	new	29

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Michael	2,570	–	1
2	David	2,507	–	3
3	James	2,245	–	2
4	Robert	2,038	–	4
5	John	1,924	–	5
6	Mark	1,858	–	7
7	William	1,434	–	6
8	Richard	1,320	–	8
9	Thomas	1,230	↑1	9
10	Steven	1,161	↓1	10
11	Jeffrey	1,048	↑1	21
12	Kevin	962	↑7	20
13	Timothy	962	↓2	19
14	Charles	917	↓1	11
15	Ronald	860	↑3	17
16	Gary	830	↓2	13
17	Donald	817	↓2	15
18	Daniel	783	↓1	16
19	Gregory	771	↓3	23
20	Kenneth	707	↑1	14
21	Larry	701	↓1	22
22	Terry	695	↑2	33
23	Joseph	662	–	12
24	Paul	659	↑1	18
25	Dennis	626	↓3	28
26	Douglas	622	↑2	30
27	Brian	570	↑4	26
28	Randy	549	↓2	31
29	Jerry	525	–	35
30	Stephen	522	↓3	24
31	Jeffery	420	↑3	52
32	Scott	414	↑7	32
33	Bruce	403	↓3	34
34	Anthony	359	↑1	27
35	Keith	359	↑1	36
36	Edward	353	↓3	25
37	Danny	343	↑3	45
38	Roger	337	↓6	42
39	Randall	331	↓2	59
40	Ricky	328	↑1	40
41	George	318	↓3	29
42	Rick	294	↑8	87
43	Patrick	286	↓1	41
44	Dale	272	↓1	50
45	Tony	236	new	71
46	Steve	234	new	44
47	Jack	231	↓2	67
48	Phillip	229	↓4	79
49	Christopher	228	↓1	43
50	Mike	223	new	53

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