Popular baby names in Indiana, 1961

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 1961 were Lisa for girls (1,470 babies) and David for boys (2,446). Lisa ranked #2 nationally for girls. David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 104,095 babies born in Indiana in 1961 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 1961

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: 124 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Tamara: 244 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Beth: 401 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Marla: 65 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Jayne: 55 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Sondra: 30 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Lora: 71 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Lana: 45 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Lesa: 42 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Tamera: 32 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Rex: 85 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Kent: 151 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Dewayne: 38 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Brent: 149 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Kerry: 117 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Max: 38 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Randal: 64 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Bret: 41 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Curt: 37 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Brad: 136 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Indiana, 1961

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	Lisa	1,470	↑1	2
2	Mary	1,152	↓1	1
3	Susan	942	↑1	3
4	Karen	941	↓1	5
5	Linda	919	–	4
6	Teresa	781	↑4	18
7	Brenda	763	↓1	11
8	Kimberly	718	↑1	22
9	Lori	676	↑10	14
10	Pamela	675	↑1	15
11	Debra	658	↓4	13
12	Cynthia	642	–	8
13	Kathy	638	↑1	25
14	Julie	618	↑3	23
15	Donna	572	↓7	7
16	Cheryl	563	↑4	20
17	Laura	554	↑6	21
18	Barbara	549	↑4	12
19	Patricia	547	↓6	6
20	Tammy	547	↑5	28
21	Deborah	546	–	10
22	Sandra	538	↓6	9
23	Nancy	514	↓8	16
24	Debbie	492	↓6	31
25	Robin	462	↑6	27
26	Elizabeth	460	↑7	19
27	Rebecca	449	↑1	44
28	Tina	438	↑8	41
29	Carol	432	↓3	24
30	Cindy	409	↓6	33
31	Sharon	404	↓4	17
32	Beth	401	↑3	65
33	Janet	377	↓4	32
34	Denise	367	↑5	30
35	Rhonda	366	↓5	46
36	Kelly	362	↑4	45
37	Michelle	351	↑12	34
38	Diane	347	↓6	26
39	Terri	335	↑5	51
40	Dawn	333	↑2	49
41	Jennifer	329	↑6	47
42	Connie	328	↓1	50
43	Angela	324	↑7	38
44	Cathy	321	↓7	55
45	Kim	304	↓11	36
46	Diana	300	↓8	56
47	Kathleen	282	↓1	29
48	Theresa	280	↓3	35
49	Jill	250	new	74
50	Sherry	248	↓7	53

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	David	2,446	–	2
2	Michael	2,217	–	1
3	James	1,971	–	4
4	Mark	1,911	–	6
5	John	1,891	–	3
6	Robert	1,673	–	5
7	Jeffrey	1,247	↑2	11
8	William	1,170	–	7
9	Kevin	1,052	↑3	14
10	Timothy	1,049	↓3	15
11	Richard	1,016	↓1	8
12	Thomas	945	↓1	9
13	Brian	910	↑1	20
14	Steven	849	↓1	10
15	Gregory	740	↑2	23
16	Charles	733	↓1	13
17	Scott	704	↑2	19
18	Donald	696	↑2	22
19	Daniel	670	↓3	17
20	Gary	636	↑1	21
21	Ronald	621	↑3	24
22	Kenneth	564	↓4	16
23	Paul	559	–	18
24	Joseph	554	↓2	12
25	Douglas	543	↑1	28
26	Larry	527	↓1	30
27	Christopher	492	↑6	26
28	Terry	479	↓1	32
29	Anthony	467	↑2	25
30	Jeff	440	↑4	49
31	Jerry	420	↓1	37
32	Jeffery	415	↑3	50
33	Randy	408	↓4	33
34	Mike	401	↓2	36
35	Dennis	384	↓7	34
36	Stephen	372	–	27
37	Tony	352	↑4	53
38	Keith	350	–	35
39	Roger	346	↑4	47
40	Todd	320	new	46
41	Steve	318	↓2	45
42	Bruce	316	↓5	40
43	Eric	314	↑3	38
44	Tim	312	↓2	65
45	Edward	291	↓1	29
46	Patrick	274	↑3	39
47	Danny	270	↓2	54
48	Randall	267	↓1	63
49	Chris	262	↓1	57
50	Ricky	256	↓10	44

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