Popular baby names in Indiana, 1960

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 1960 were Mary for girls (1,256 babies) and David for boys (2,548). Social Security records list 104,638 babies born in Indiana in 1960 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 1960

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: 92 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Tamara: 230 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Kristina: 26 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Beth: 368 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Tamera: 33 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Ladonna: 31 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jenny: 76 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Candy: 45 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Jerri: 30 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Joni: 74 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Bret: 93 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Rex: 93 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Rickie: 33 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Brent: 136 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Kris: 29 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Rusty: 29 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Jeffery: 404 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Rick: 229 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Max: 35 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Jeffry: 28 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Indiana, 1960

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	Mary	1,256	–	1
2	Lisa	1,146	↑4	6
3	Karen	1,065	↓1	4
4	Susan	962	↓1	2
5	Linda	888	↓1	3
6	Brenda	850	↑2	13
7	Debra	817	↓2	8
8	Donna	789	↑2	5
9	Kimberly	779	↑11	26
10	Teresa	754	↑3	19
11	Pamela	710	↓4	14
12	Cynthia	668	↓3	9
13	Patricia	663	↓1	7
14	Kathy	659	↓3	21
15	Nancy	631	↑3	15
16	Sandra	616	↑6	11
17	Julie	592	↑2	28
18	Debbie	581	↓2	24
19	Lori	550	↑18	20
20	Cheryl	542	↓5	17
21	Deborah	540	↓7	10
22	Barbara	514	↓5	12
23	Laura	492	↑5	25
24	Cindy	482	↓3	30
25	Tammy	468	↓1	31
26	Carol	456	↓3	23
27	Sharon	433	↓1	16
28	Rebecca	430	↓3	38
29	Janet	424	↓2	32
30	Rhonda	395	↑5	44
31	Robin	389	↑5	33
32	Diane	383	↓2	22
33	Elizabeth	379	↓4	18
34	Kim	378	↓1	34
35	Beth	368	↓4	72
36	Tina	365	↑3	45
37	Cathy	357	↓5	46
38	Diana	349	↓4	53
39	Denise	343	↑2	29
40	Kelly	320	new	52
41	Connie	314	↑3	47
42	Dawn	305	↑5	57
43	Sherry	302	new	54
44	Terri	302	↓6	49
45	Theresa	299	↓3	35
46	Kathleen	287	↓6	27
47	Jennifer	280	↑1	61
48	Paula	278	↓3	55
49	Michelle	264	↑1	39
50	Angela	256	new	50

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	David	2,548	–	1
2	Michael	2,175	–	2
3	James	2,015	–	3
4	Mark	1,988	–	6
5	John	1,845	–	4
6	Robert	1,705	–	5
7	Timothy	1,173	↑1	11
8	William	1,132	↓1	7
9	Jeffrey	1,129	–	14
10	Richard	1,007	–	8
11	Thomas	970	↑1	9
12	Kevin	964	↓1	15
13	Steven	925	–	10
14	Brian	861	–	20
15	Charles	782	–	13
16	Daniel	734	↑1	17
17	Gregory	728	↑1	24
18	Kenneth	668	↑3	16
19	Scott	652	↑8	23
20	Donald	608	↓4	19
21	Gary	603	↓1	22
22	Joseph	589	↑4	12
23	Paul	585	↑1	18
24	Ronald	580	↓5	21
25	Larry	532	↓3	28
26	Douglas	523	↑2	30
27	Terry	522	↓4	34
28	Dennis	510	↓3	31
29	Randy	483	↑1	32
30	Jerry	442	↓1	37
31	Anthony	438	↑2	25
32	Mike	427	↓1	36
33	Christopher	420	↑5	29
34	Jeff	420	–	49
35	Jeffery	404	↓3	55
36	Stephen	377	↓1	27
37	Bruce	357	↓1	39
38	Keith	352	↓1	35
39	Steve	348	↑2	43
40	Ricky	335	↑2	38
41	Tony	334	↑6	52
42	Tim	320	↓3	60
43	Roger	308	↓3	47
44	Edward	307	↓1	26
45	Danny	294	↑4	48
46	Eric	289	↓1	44
47	Randall	272	↓1	59
48	Chris	255	new	63
49	Patrick	248	new	45
50	George	245	↓6	33

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