Popular baby names in Indiana, 1958

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 1958 were Mary for girls (1,353 babies) and Michael for boys (2,456). Social Security records list 105,198 babies born in Indiana in 1958 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 1958

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: 63 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Tamara: 221 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Lana: 44 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Beth: 299 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Kristy: 30 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Tamera: 27 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Darla: 79 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Candy: 50 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Leann: 27 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Marsha: 140 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Rex: 86 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jeffery: 432 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Brent: 125 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Delbert: 34 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Rick: 310 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Kerry: 82 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Kent: 131 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Brett: 113 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Max: 40 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Monte: 29 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Indiana, 1958

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	Mary	1,353	–	1
2	Karen	1,116	↑3	4
3	Debra	1,115	↓1	6
4	Susan	1,102	↑2	2
5	Linda	1,038	↓1	3
6	Pamela	880	↑2	11
7	Kathy	873	↑5	14
8	Patricia	832	↑2	5
9	Cynthia	831	↓6	8
10	Deborah	781	↓3	7
11	Brenda	750	↓2	16
12	Cheryl	721	↑3	13
13	Julie	690	↑12	23
14	Lisa	664	↑7	19
15	Barbara	660	↑1	9
16	Teresa	646	↓2	26
17	Nancy	606	↓6	12
18	Donna	603	↓1	10
19	Debbie	564	↑9	24
20	Cindy	556	↓7	25
21	Kimberly	519	↑5	39
22	Carol	503	↓3	20
23	Sharon	492	↓1	17
24	Rebecca	485	↓4	41
25	Sandra	483	↓7	15
26	Tammy	463	new	44
27	Janet	447	–	28
28	Elizabeth	416	↑6	22
29	Cathy	415	↓6	34
30	Diana	405	↓6	45
31	Peggy	396	↑18	42
32	Rhonda	390	↑5	48
33	Denise	372	–	27
34	Diane	361	↓5	18
35	Laura	334	↑4	29
36	Connie	327	↓6	50
37	Robin	323	↓6	32
38	Theresa	318	↑3	33
39	Kathleen	313	↓7	21
40	Tina	305	↑7	71
41	Kim	304	↓3	40
42	Terri	304	↓6	51
43	Beth	299	new	95
44	Vicki	291	↓9	57
45	Lori	280	new	30
46	Joyce	272	↓2	46
47	Paula	271	↓4	53
48	Judy	267	↓3	36
49	Jennifer	260	new	81
50	Christine	258	new	43

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	Michael	2,456	–	1
2	David	2,449	–	2
3	James	2,015	–	3
4	John	1,904	↑1	5
5	Mark	1,864	↑1	7
6	Robert	1,802	↓2	4
7	William	1,326	–	6
8	Richard	1,256	–	8
9	Timothy	1,124	↑4	13
10	Jeffrey	1,077	↑1	21
11	Thomas	1,060	↓2	9
12	Steven	992	↓2	10
13	Kevin	963	↓1	20
14	Charles	829	–	11
15	Donald	758	↑2	18
16	Gary	746	–	17
17	Brian	737	↑10	24
18	Daniel	714	–	16
19	Ronald	695	↓4	19
20	Gregory	670	↓1	23
21	Kenneth	650	↓1	14
22	Larry	631	↓1	22
23	Paul	607	↑1	15
24	Terry	597	↓2	33
25	Joseph	593	↓2	12
26	Dennis	569	↓1	29
27	Scott	554	↑5	25
28	Randy	532	–	32
29	Jerry	525	–	35
30	Douglas	503	↓4	30
31	Jeffery	432	–	59
32	Stephen	421	↓2	26
33	Anthony	403	↑1	27
34	Ricky	391	↑6	34
35	Mike	359	↑15	40
36	Keith	354	↓1	37
37	Bruce	351	↓4	36
38	Edward	320	↓2	28
39	Randall	314	–	62
40	Rick	310	↑2	77
41	George	305	–	31
42	Roger	305	↓4	47
43	Danny	302	↓6	45
44	Steve	296	↑2	44
45	Jeff	293	new	68
46	Tim	281	new	74
47	Christopher	271	↑2	39
48	Tony	262	↓3	57
49	Dale	261	↓5	46
50	Patrick	260	↓7	42

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