Indiana · 1917

Top 100 names in Indiana, 1917, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	2,231
#2	Helen	1,114
#3	Dorothy	829
#4	Margaret	707
#5	Ruth	670
#6	Mildred	545
#7	Virginia	537
#8	Martha	480
#9	Elizabeth	374
#10	Frances	369
#11	Anna	354
#12	Evelyn	345
#13	Thelma	302
#14	Marjorie	291
#15	Alice	269
#16	Betty	267
#17	Esther	226
#18	Doris	224
#19	Florence	224
#20	Irene	223
#21	Marie	217
#22	Lois	208
#23	Catherine	205
#24	Lucille	195
#25	Ruby	188
#26	Edna	187
#27	Pauline	187
#28	Hazel	182
#29	Lillian	180
#30	Edith	180
#31	Wilma	179
#32	Louise	170
#33	Josephine	169
#34	Kathryn	162
#35	Maxine	159
#36	Grace	154
#37	Clara	153
#38	Gladys	151
#39	Ethel	149
#40	Rose	139
#41	Jane	138
#42	Katherine	137
#43	Juanita	133
#44	Jean	131
#45	Mabel	124
#46	Ann	123
#47	Vivian	120
#48	Violet	119
#49	Agnes	118
#50	Vera	116
#51	Eleanor	112
#52	Gertrude	111
#53	Emma	109
#54	Bernice	106
#55	Rosemary	101
#56	Bertha	101
#57	Eva	101
#58	Genevieve	99
#59	June	98
#60	Julia	96
#61	Leona	95
#62	Geneva	94
#63	Elsie	94
#64	Marian	93
#65	Charlotte	93
#66	Marguerite	89
#67	Naomi	89
#68	Sarah	88
#69	Opal	84
#70	Geraldine	84
#71	Eileen	83
#72	Beatrice	82
#73	Viola	81
#74	Phyllis	81
#75	Laura	80
#76	Norma	77
#77	Nellie	77
#78	Beulah	75
#79	Ellen	73
#80	Barbara	73
#81	Pearl	72
#82	Alma	69
#83	Olive	69
#84	Anne	68
#85	Wanda	68
#86	Jessie	67
#87	Stella	67
#88	Velma	66
#89	Alberta	63
#90	Kathleen	62
#91	Georgia	62
#92	Ida	59
#93	Jeanette	57
#94	Hilda	55
#95	Loretta	55
#96	Audrey	53
#97	Ella	52
#98	Bessie	52
#99	Sylvia	51
#100	Roberta	50

Uniquely popular in Indiana

Names whose share of births in this state is far above the national share (per 10,000 births).

Name	Births	Per 10k in state	Per 10k nationwide
Dorotha	22	9	2
Garnet	27	11	2
Rosemary	101	42	10
Imogene	39	16	5
Delores	25	10	4
Maxine	159	65	24
Annabelle	30	12	5
Berniece	25	10	4
Wilma	179	74	28
Martha	480	198	76
Madge	24	10	4
Naomi	89	37	15

Figures are from the U.S. Social Security Administration Popular Baby Names dataset (public domain). Names with fewer than 5 recorded births in a year or state are suppressed by the source.