State roster

Top names in Indiana

The names most likely to appear on 1966 Indiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 87,578 Indiana births in 1966 across 1,169 distinct names.

Distinctively Indiana

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

#99Loraoutside the national top 200
#87Kent#172 nationally
#78Brad#150 nationally
#58Brent#114 nationally
#98Tom#153 nationally
#46Tamara#98 nationally
#66Brett#118 nationally
#57Tim#103 nationally
#67Penny#112 nationally
#76Julia#117 nationally
#93Darin#134 nationally
#96Traci#137 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa1,616US #1
#2Kimberly1,204US #2
#3Michelle880US #4
#4Angela809US #9
#5Mary684US #3
#6Susan655US #6
#7Jennifer639US #10
#8Tammy638US #8
#9Julie628US #13
#10Karen581US #5
#11Lori554US #21
#12Tina550US #23
#13Melissa548US #22
#14Amy539US #30
#15Laura531US #19
#16Dawn515US #24
#17Teresa486US #29
#18Kelly476US #26
#19Pamela473US #15
#20Cynthia419US #11
#21Rhonda400US #39
#22Patricia390US #7
#23Deborah389US #14
#24Tracy389US #31
#25Linda381US #18
#26Brenda372US #25
#27Elizabeth369US #16
#28Sandra364US #17
#29Donna357US #12
#30Rebecca347US #40
#31Barbara343US #27
#32Robin324US #42
#33Cheryl319US #34
#34Christine305US #20
#35Debra288US #35
#36Jill283US #49
#37Denise277US #32
#38Nancy269US #33
#39Beth262US #65
#40Michele254US #36
#41Paula253US #50
#42Stephanie251US #38
#43Kathy240US #59
#44Sharon237US #28
#45Sherry229US #53
#46Tamara226US #98
#47Carol223US #48
#48Andrea201US #52
#49Kathleen201US #37
#50Theresa201US #46
#51Sheila196US #51
#52Janet189US #57
#53Cindy184US #56
#54Diana177US #64
#55Christina176US #67
#56Diane176US #45
#57Tonya176US #96
#58Carla171US #77
#59Wendy171US #41
#60Kim166US #43
#61Gina159US #58
#62Melinda159US #102
#63Jacqueline152US #47
#64Connie151US #70
#65Sherri151US #92
#66Anita148US #88
#67Penny145US #112
#68Shelly145US #89
#69Debbie144US #73
#70Catherine142US #54
#71Dana140US #68
#72Cathy135US #99
#73Regina134US #82
#74Terri134US #72
#75Jane132US #111
#76Julia127US #117
#77Monica125US #75
#78Annette123US #79
#79Suzanne122US #62
#80Tracey122US #69
#81Carolyn121US #60
#82April120US #108
#83Margaret120US #55
#84Ann118US #61
#85Stacey118US #76
#86Leslie116US #71
#87Maria116US #44
#88Stacy115US #91
#89Sarah112US #85
#90Deanna111US #105
#91Katherine110US #78
#92Laurie109US #63
#93Holly107US #101
#94Vicki107US #115
#95Kathryn106US #86
#96Traci105US #137
#97Shannon104US #120
#98Peggy103US #139
#99Lora101
#100Rita99US #135

Boys

#1Michael2,033US #1
#2David1,881US #2
#3James1,740US #3
#4John1,615US #4
#5Robert1,587US #5
#6Brian1,153US #14
#7Jeffrey1,129US #9
#8Mark1,115US #7
#9Timothy981US #11
#10William951US #6
#11Scott886US #16
#12Kevin858US #17
#13Richard811US #8
#14Steven751US #13
#15Thomas743US #10
#16Christopher700US #12
#17Charles626US #20
#18Daniel611US #19
#19Anthony580US #22
#20Gregory572US #23
#21Joseph547US #15
#22Ronald518US #24
#23Kenneth516US #21
#24Todd492US #29
#25Paul480US #18
#26Donald454US #27
#27Douglas428US #33
#28Eric413US #25
#29Larry395US #38
#30Gary391US #28
#31Jeffery362US #42
#32Jerry360US #41
#33Rodney354US #35
#34Stephen348US #26
#35Terry337US #40
#36Troy310US #48
#37Matthew308US #34
#38Keith302US #32
#39Patrick291US #31
#40Andrew276US #36
#41Bradley256US #68
#42Randy245US #45
#43Tony245US #49
#44Dennis244US #44
#45Bryan240US #52
#46Edward222US #30
#47Roger217US #51
#48Randall198US #70
#49Jeff197US #72
#50Chris193US #55
#51Mike182US #69
#52Jon176US #76
#53George174US #37
#54Danny171US #62
#55Craig170US #46
#56Phillip164US #71
#57Tim159US #103
#58Brent155US #114
#59Bruce153US #53
#60Shawn153US #54
#61Ricky152US #64
#62Carl148US #56
#63Alan135US #57
#64Tracy131US #98
#65Steve130US #67
#66Brett126US #118
#67Russell126US #61
#68Dale122US #85
#69Jay121US #91
#70Gerald117US #60
#71Darrell112US #95
#72Curtis111US #75
#73Darren108US #63
#74Barry107US #87
#75Billy107US #80
#76Raymond107US #47
#77Joe105US #74
#78Brad102US #150
#79Frank101US #43
#80Kurt100US #110
#81Sean100US #50
#82Peter98US #39
#83Jack96US #107
#84Harold95US #99
#85Bobby94US #82
#86Jonathan94US #65
#87Kent94US #172
#88Wayne94US #59
#89Darrin92US #119
#90Greg90US #126
#91Johnny90US #73
#92Samuel90US #81
#93Darin89US #134
#94Dean87US #84
#95Jimmy87US #77
#96Philip84US #86
#97Lawrence82US #66
#98Tom82US #153
#99Ronnie81US #108
#100Darryl80US #88

On the move since 1965

Rising

↑24Tracy#64
↑21Gerald#70
↑21Joe#77
↑19Brett#66
↑19Kurt#80
↑16Andrea#48
↑15Tonya#57
↑15Brent#58

Falling

↓21Greg#90
↓19Darryl#100
↓18Philip#96
↓17Darren#73
↓16Kim#60
↓16Peggy#98
↓15Ann#84
↓14Laurie#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1965 rankings.