Popular baby names in Indiana, 1959

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 1959 were Mary for girls (1,285 babies) and David for boys (2,390). David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 104,861 babies born in Indiana in 1959 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 1959

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: 76 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Ladonna: 36 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Beth: 400 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Tamara: 234 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Dee: 30 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Darla: 96 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Candy: 57 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Penny: 205 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Sherri: 159 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Lucinda: 44 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Rex: 102 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Dewayne: 32 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Kent: 150 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Bret: 114 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jeffery: 438 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Rick: 297 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Rickie: 44 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Max: 39 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Rusty: 31 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Jeff: 398 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Indiana, 1959

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	Mary	1,285	–	1
2	Karen	1,085	–	4
3	Susan	1,015	↑1	2
4	Linda	965	↑1	3
5	Debra	956	↓2	7
6	Lisa	871	↑8	10
7	Pamela	858	↓1	12
8	Brenda	809	↑3	16
9	Cynthia	800	–	8
10	Donna	790	↑8	5
11	Kathy	751	↓4	15
12	Patricia	717	↓4	6
13	Teresa	713	↑3	24
14	Deborah	678	↓4	9
15	Cheryl	664	↓3	18
16	Debbie	646	↑3	20
17	Barbara	622	↓2	11
18	Nancy	609	↓1	14
19	Julie	589	↓6	26
20	Kimberly	567	↑1	33
21	Cindy	545	↓1	25
22	Sandra	526	↑3	13
23	Carol	504	↓1	22
24	Tammy	484	↑2	31
25	Rebecca	474	↓1	38
26	Sharon	457	↓3	17
27	Janet	456	–	28
28	Laura	424	↑7	30
29	Elizabeth	416	↓1	21
30	Diane	403	↑4	19
31	Beth	400	↑12	80
32	Cathy	391	↓3	39
33	Kim	383	↑8	35
34	Diana	370	↓4	49
35	Rhonda	353	↓3	45
36	Robin	350	↑1	32
37	Lori	341	↑8	27
38	Terri	334	↑4	46
39	Tina	322	↑1	53
40	Kathleen	312	↓1	23
41	Denise	311	↓8	29
42	Theresa	300	↓4	34
43	Peggy	288	↓12	57
44	Connie	285	↓8	48
45	Paula	272	↑2	51
46	Judy	270	↑2	41
47	Dawn	265	new	54
48	Jennifer	255	↑1	78
49	Joyce	255	↓3	50
50	Michelle	245	new	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	David	2,390	↑1	2
2	Michael	2,204	↓1	1
3	James	2,092	–	3
4	Mark	1,998	↑1	6
5	John	1,837	↓1	4
6	Robert	1,818	–	5
7	William	1,210	–	7
8	Timothy	1,181	↑1	12
9	Jeffrey	1,132	↑1	16
10	Richard	1,110	↓2	8
11	Kevin	1,024	↑2	14
12	Thomas	991	↓1	9
13	Steven	983	↓1	10
14	Brian	821	↑3	22
15	Charles	809	↓1	11
16	Donald	744	↓1	19
17	Daniel	712	↑1	18
18	Gregory	690	↑2	23
19	Ronald	683	–	21
20	Gary	637	↓4	20
21	Kenneth	614	–	15
22	Larry	611	–	25
23	Terry	600	↑1	33
24	Paul	589	↓1	17
25	Dennis	588	↑1	29
26	Joseph	586	↓1	13
27	Scott	560	–	24
28	Douglas	513	↑2	30
29	Jerry	461	–	36
30	Randy	457	↓2	31
31	Mike	454	↑4	37
32	Jeffery	438	↓1	55
33	Anthony	398	–	26
34	Jeff	398	↑11	52
35	Stephen	398	↓3	28
36	Bruce	365	↑1	38
37	Keith	341	↓1	39
38	Christopher	338	↑9	35
39	Tim	337	↑7	60
40	Roger	334	↑2	47
41	Steve	333	↑3	41
42	Ricky	327	↓8	34
43	Edward	311	↓5	27
44	George	308	↓3	32
45	Eric	305	new	46
46	Randall	301	↓7	59
47	Tony	300	↑1	53
48	Rick	297	↓8	89
49	Danny	262	↓6	48
50	Dale	261	↓1	49

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