State roster

Top names in Indiana

The names most likely to appear on 1965 Indiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 90,238 Indiana births in 1965 across 1,195 distinct names.

Distinctively Indiana

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Indiana more than they say America.

#70Brad#148 nationally
#90Kent#161 nationally
#68Rick#137 nationally
#85Shannon#144 nationally
#73Brent#131 nationally
#47Tamara#104 nationally
#72Tonya#129 nationally
#92Becky#143 nationally
#90Jamie#140 nationally
#85Brett#132 nationally
#81Julia#123 nationally
#82Peggy#124 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa1,741US #1
#2Kimberly1,103US #4
#3Mary845US #2
#4Karen791US #3
#5Angela758US #10
#6Julie653US #14
#7Susan628US #5
#8Teresa587US #24
#9Tammy580US #11
#10Lori551US #19
#11Jennifer544US #20
#12Michelle524US #18
#13Tina501US #29
#14Kelly479US #30
#15Cynthia475US #9
#16Patricia471US #6
#17Laura469US #17
#18Pamela463US #12
#19Dawn461US #26
#20Brenda449US #23
#21Donna429US #7
#22Rhonda428US #37
#23Deborah424US #13
#24Amy423US #35
#25Linda414US #8
#26Melissa409US #38
#27Debra384US #27
#28Rebecca373US #41
#29Tracy371US #36
#30Sandra369US #15
#31Barbara350US #25
#32Denise338US #28
#33Elizabeth336US #16
#34Robin330US #33
#35Cheryl304US #31
#36Kathy296US #54
#37Sharon293US #22
#38Jill285US #51
#39Beth284US #66
#40Nancy283US #32
#41Christine281US #21
#42Sherry270US #56
#43Carol247US #42
#44Kim246US #43
#45Michele236US #48
#46Paula236US #49
#47Tamara228US #104
#48Stephanie223US #44
#49Sheila222US #50
#50Janet217US #55
#51Diana211US #64
#52Theresa207US #45
#53Christina200US #74
#54Connie200US #61
#55Cindy198US #53
#56Kathleen194US #34
#57Diane187US #40
#58Sherri181US #91
#59Carla179US #76
#60Jacqueline178US #47
#61Terri177US #69
#62Penny175US #97
#63Debbie171US #62
#64Andrea168US #63
#65Wendy158US #39
#66Anita157US #94
#67Cathy157US #88
#68Jane154US #95
#69Ann153US #59
#70Melinda151US #100
#71Gina145US #70
#72Tonya141US #129
#73Carolyn140US #58
#74Margaret139US #52
#75Monica138US #72
#76Shelly137US #98
#77Deanna136US #110
#78Laurie129US #60
#79Catherine128US #57
#80Dana125US #78
#81Julia124US #123
#82Peggy122US #124
#83Annette120US #71
#84Sarah117US #92
#85Shannon117US #144
#86Stacey115US #84
#87Regina113US #82
#88Suzanne113US #65
#89Tracey110US #85
#90Jamie108US #140
#91Katherine106US #79
#92Becky103US #143
#93Maria103US #46
#94Darlene102US #83
#95April99US #136
#96Joyce99US #90
#97Leslie99US #75
#98Rita98US #126
#99Anna97US #96
#100Judy97US #86

Boys

#1Michael2,028US #1
#2David1,899US #3
#3James1,865US #4
#4John1,786US #2
#5Robert1,499US #5
#6Mark1,262US #7
#7Jeffrey1,067US #10
#8Timothy999US #12
#9William980US #6
#10Brian979US #19
#11Kevin916US #13
#12Richard885US #8
#13Scott879US #15
#14Thomas831US #9
#15Steven793US #14
#16Daniel682US #17
#17Christopher621US #18
#18Charles620US #20
#19Joseph590US #11
#20Gregory569US #23
#21Paul562US #16
#22Todd542US #30
#23Ronald540US #24
#24Kenneth536US #21
#25Anthony492US #22
#26Donald475US #26
#27Gary432US #27
#28Rodney432US #33
#29Douglas425US #32
#30Eric416US #25
#31Stephen381US #28
#32Larry368US #38
#33Jeffery367US #47
#34Terry364US #40
#35Jerry339US #41
#36Randy306US #42
#37Keith284US #35
#38Patrick283US #31
#39Dennis274US #44
#40Matthew264US #36
#41Bradley257US #72
#42Edward254US #29
#43Tony252US #48
#44Jeff250US #62
#45Roger249US #49
#46Troy247US #53
#47Bryan220US #63
#48Andrew219US #37
#49Chris205US #60
#50Randall204US #73
#51Mike203US #51
#52Jon192US #78
#53Carl181US #54
#54Danny180US #56
#55Steve180US #55
#56Darren179US #52
#57George178US #34
#58Alan175US #59
#59Bruce174US #50
#60Tim174US #97
#61Phillip169US #70
#62Ricky169US #57
#63Craig168US #46
#64Jay151US #90
#65Russell148US #58
#66Shawn137US #69
#67Raymond133US #45
#68Rick133US #137
#69Greg130US #105
#70Brad129US #148
#71Dale128US #83
#72Curtis127US #75
#73Brent126US #131
#74Peter126US #39
#75Frank123US #43
#76Darrin122US #102
#77Barry121US #86
#78Philip121US #87
#79Jack117US #104
#80Billy113US #77
#81Darryl113US #68
#82Samuel112US #84
#83Darin111US #123
#84Allen107US #92
#85Brett106US #132
#86Darrell103US #91
#87Jim103US #116
#88Tracy103US #110
#89Dean100US #88
#90Kent100US #161
#91Gerald99US #64
#92Lawrence97US #66
#93Bobby96US #80
#94Wayne96US #65
#95Jonathan95US #74
#96Martin94US #67
#97Harold93US #99
#98Joe92US #71
#99Kurt92US #112
#100Roy86US #95

On the move since 1964

Rising

↑35Wendy#65
↑32Rodney#28
↑25Andrea#64
↑23Shawn#66
↑18Michele#45
↑18Carl#53
↑14Allen#84
↑13Melissa#26

Falling

↓25Judy#100
↓24Dana#80
↓21Joe#98
↓20Kent#90
↓18Gerald#91
↓17Dean#89
↓15Annette#83
↓14Cindy#55

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1964 rankings.