Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Indiana, 1937

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,436
2	Barbara	941
3	Shirley	824
4	Patricia	801
5	Betty	610
6	Nancy	608
7	Carolyn	532
8	Carol	518
9	Marilyn	465
10	Phyllis	445
11	Janet	439
12	Sharon	412
13	Donna	362
14	Beverly	346
15	Sandra	343
16	Linda	334
17	Janice	329
17	Joyce	329
17	Judith	329
20	Margaret	310
21	Ruth	294
22	Dorothy	283
23	Joan	263
24	Martha	257
25	Norma	242
26	Helen	236
27	Virginia	224
28	Doris	202
29	Peggy	168
30	Elizabeth	167
31	Sue	165
32	Wanda	162
33	Judy	160
34	Lois	159
35	Alice	154
36	Frances	147
37	Jean	143
38	Marjorie	141
39	Anna	138
40	Bonnie	133
41	Jane	130
41	Roberta	130
43	Marlene	128
44	Wilma	125
45	Sally	122
46	Gloria	117
47	Karen	115
48	Loretta	111
49	Kay	110
50	Charlotte	108

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,658
2	James	1,501
3	John	1,155
4	William	1,070
5	Donald	1,043
6	Richard	1,028
7	Charles	882
8	Larry	787
9	David	719
10	Ronald	694
11	Jerry	577
12	Thomas	505
13	Paul	449
14	Kenneth	411
15	George	403
16	Jack	391
17	Joseph	297
18	Harold	262
19	Edward	247
20	Gerald	239
21	Carl	222
22	Raymond	208
23	Gary	177
24	Ralph	169
25	Michael	161
26	Don	160
26	Wayne	160
28	Frank	157
29	Fred	155
29	Norman	155
31	Billy	143
31	Roger	143
33	Dale	140
34	Bill	132
35	Walter	131
36	Marvin	127
37	Harry	126
38	Earl	120
38	Lawrence	120
40	Eugene	116
40	Joe	116
40	Melvin	116
43	Daniel	115
43	Jackie	115
43	Jim	115
43	Max	115
47	Phillip	114
48	Philip	109
49	Russell	107
50	Arthur	105