Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Indiana, 1926

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,064
2	Betty	1,760
3	Dorothy	871
4	Helen	720
5	Margaret	557
6	Ruth	544
7	Doris	502
8	Norma	494
9	Virginia	484
10	Barbara	456
11	Phyllis	446
12	Marjorie	414
13	Martha	406
14	Patricia	384
15	Mildred	367
16	Lois	328
17	Anna	305
18	Evelyn	295
19	Joan	280
20	Alice	270
21	Wilma	263
22	Frances	258
23	Elizabeth	231
24	Jean	214
25	Rosemary	192
26	Wanda	181
27	Marilyn	180
28	Juanita	174
29	Thelma	171
30	Gloria	155
31	June	154
32	Rose	151
33	Donna	147
34	Shirley	141
35	Irene	140
36	Maxine	138
37	Edna	137
37	Marie	137
39	Esther	134
40	Dolores	133
41	Ruby	132
42	Florence	130
43	Catherine	128
43	Pauline	128
45	Lucille	123
46	Kathryn	118
47	Eleanor	114
47	Joyce	114
49	Beverly	111
50	Bonnie	107

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	2,308
2	William	1,408
3	James	1,356
4	John	1,305
5	Charles	979
6	Richard	971
7	Donald	787
8	Paul	609
9	George	531
10	Jack	495
11	Harold	460
12	Joseph	403
13	Kenneth	387
14	Raymond	324
15	Thomas	323
16	Ralph	313
17	Edward	297
18	Walter	286
19	Eugene	271
20	Carl	265
21	Frank	247
22	Harry	242
23	David	200
24	Earl	192
25	Arthur	191
26	Norman	182
27	Billy	180
28	Albert	173
28	Clarence	173
30	Howard	168
31	Wayne	166
32	Max	152
33	Russell	149
34	Roy	147
35	Joe	141
36	Gerald	133
37	Dale	131
38	Henry	129
39	Fred	128
40	Ernest	121
41	Louis	118
42	Lloyd	117
43	Herbert	115
43	Lawrence	115
43	Melvin	115
46	Francis	113
47	Bill	111
48	Marvin	107
49	Floyd	104
50	Frederick	103