Indiana · 1921

Top 100 names in Indiana, 1921, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	2,632
#2	Dorothy	1,073
#3	Betty	1,044
#4	Helen	972
#5	Ruth	777
#6	Margaret	717
#7	Virginia	658
#8	Mildred	542
#9	Martha	536
#10	Marjorie	492
#11	Evelyn	412
#12	Frances	395
#13	Anna	345
#14	Doris	341
#15	Elizabeth	327
#16	Alice	286
#17	Thelma	263
#18	Wilma	241
#19	Lois	232
#20	Norma	227
#21	Jean	226
#22	Esther	225
#23	Florence	207
#24	Irene	192
#25	Phyllis	191
#26	Ruby	188
#27	Edna	187
#28	Lillian	185
#29	Marie	183
#30	Lucille	181
#31	Maxine	177
#32	Catherine	175
#33	Gladys	174
#34	June	173
#35	Pauline	167
#36	Kathryn	164
#37	Rosemary	163
#38	Juanita	161
#39	Barbara	161
#40	Hazel	160
#41	Clara	155
#42	Edith	154
#43	Louise	150
#44	Rose	147
#45	Ethel	139
#46	Violet	136
#47	Wanda	135
#48	Josephine	135
#49	Eleanor	133
#50	Jane	130
#51	Vivian	120
#52	Emma	120
#53	Geraldine	119
#54	Vera	116
#55	Katherine	115
#56	Elsie	109
#57	Marian	106
#58	Kathleen	106
#59	Charlotte	104
#60	Alma	101
#61	Eva	100
#62	Naomi	96
#63	Bernice	95
#64	Beulah	94
#65	Julia	94
#66	Agnes	93
#67	Viola	92
#68	Grace	90
#69	Patricia	89
#70	Mabel	88
#71	Bertha	86
#72	Jeanne	84
#73	Marcella	83
#74	Sarah	83
#75	Laura	83
#76	Geneva	82
#77	Eileen	82
#78	Beatrice	81
#79	Leona	81
#80	Alberta	81
#81	Opal	80
#82	Gertrude	78
#83	Ellen	77
#84	Joan	76
#85	Genevieve	74
#86	Margie	73
#87	Roberta	73
#88	Olive	72
#89	Nellie	72
#90	Anne	70
#91	Audrey	69
#92	Velma	68
#93	Bessie	67
#94	Ida	67
#95	Bette	66
#96	Ann	66
#97	Stella	65
#98	Georgia	63
#99	Bonnie	63
#100	Ella	62

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
Bettye	25	9	2
Deloris	30	11	3
Rosemary	163	59	16
Annabelle	47	17	5
Iona	23	8	3
Wilma	241	87	31
Betty	1,044	378	143
Rosella	25	9	3
Martha	536	194	75
Bettie	47	17	7
Marcella	83	30	12
Harriett	29	11	4

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.