Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Indiana, 1916

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,223
2	Helen	1,004
3	Dorothy	864
4	Margaret	705
5	Ruth	657
6	Mildred	535
7	Martha	434
8	Virginia	405
9	Frances	363
10	Anna	362
11	Elizabeth	310
12	Evelyn	304
13	Alice	279
14	Marjorie	272
15	Esther	254
16	Thelma	246
17	Marie	242
18	Florence	238
19	Edna	232
20	Catherine	222
21	Irene	216
22	Doris	210
23	Pauline	206
24	Lois	201
25	Edith	197
25	Lucille	197
27	Hazel	196
28	Louise	186
29	Betty	177
30	Gladys	176
31	Kathryn	174
32	Ruby	172
32	Wilma	172
34	Lillian	170
35	Maxine	162
36	Ethel	153
37	Josephine	146
38	Katherine	133
39	Bernice	131
39	Clara	131
41	Vera	126
42	Grace	125
42	Mabel	125
44	Ann	121
44	Gertrude	121
46	Eleanor	119
47	Sarah	117
48	Juanita	111
49	Violet	109
50	Elsie	108

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,272
2	John	1,189
3	Charles	928
4	William	915
5	James	825
6	George	554
7	Paul	451
8	Harold	449
9	Joseph	442
10	Richard	372
11	Edward	351
12	Donald	301
13	Ralph	286
14	Walter	282
15	Kenneth	272
16	Harry	262
17	Raymond	260
18	Carl	258
19	Frank	237
20	Thomas	220
21	Howard	207
22	Earl	201
23	Arthur	199
24	Albert	190
25	Clarence	160
25	Russell	160
27	Eugene	154
28	Jack	139
29	Henry	138
30	Louis	132
30	Roy	132
32	Fred	130
33	Francis	128
34	Lawrence	126
35	Herbert	125
36	Chester	122
37	Wayne	114
38	Floyd	113
39	Norman	112
40	Ernest	111
41	David	110
42	Elmer	103
42	Gerald	103
44	Lloyd	102
44	Stanley	102
46	Lester	98
47	Herman	95
48	Dale	89
49	Alfred	87
49	Virgil	87