Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Indiana, 1944

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,406
2	Linda	1,154
3	Sharon	1,038
4	Patricia	904
5	Barbara	886
6	Sandra	883
7	Judith	853
8	Nancy	831
9	Carol	787
10	Karen	674
11	Carolyn	654
12	Judy	596
13	Janet	568
14	Donna	543
15	Betty	450
16	Susan	426
17	Joyce	391
18	Marilyn	359
19	Shirley	339
20	Janice	326
21	Pamela	308
22	Martha	295
23	Margaret	289
24	Beverly	277
25	Ruth	266
26	Cheryl	260
27	Bonnie	258
28	Kathleen	251
29	Phyllis	249
30	Sue	235
31	Connie	233
32	Brenda	231
33	Virginia	228
34	Jane	218
35	Dorothy	203
36	Rita	196
37	Diane	195
37	Elizabeth	195
39	Gloria	189
40	Diana	187
41	Joan	185
42	Helen	175
43	Marcia	166
44	Peggy	159
45	Charlotte	157
46	Rebecca	155
47	Wanda	150
48	Alice	149
49	Lois	147
50	Ann	145

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,133
2	Robert	1,821
3	John	1,633
4	David	1,364
5	William	1,287
6	Richard	1,185
7	Larry	1,103
8	Michael	1,006
9	Charles	951
10	Thomas	947
11	Ronald	845
12	Donald	790
13	Jerry	697
14	Gary	527
15	Paul	481
16	Kenneth	472
17	Dennis	452
18	Stephen	446
19	George	400
20	Joseph	385
21	Terry	299
22	Edward	295
23	Steven	280
24	Jack	271
25	Daniel	267
26	Gerald	250
27	Roger	233
28	Raymond	228
29	Carl	223
30	Harold	207
31	Ralph	182
32	Bill	168
33	Steve	166
34	Danny	159
35	Ronnie	157
36	Walter	155
37	Lawrence	154
38	Wayne	150
39	Frank	149
40	Dale	148
41	Fred	145
42	Phillip	144
42	Roy	144
44	Jim	143
45	Mike	139
46	Philip	133
47	Don	127
47	Tom	127
49	Douglas	125
50	Arthur	124