State roster

Top names in Indiana

The names most likely to appear on 1968 Indiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 83,716 Indiana births in 1968 across 1,183 distinct names.

Distinctively Indiana

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

#98Kent#194 nationally
#90Rick#182 nationally
#84Brad#158 nationally
#80Tim#139 nationally
#87Greg#142 nationally
#54Brent#102 nationally
#39Tamara#80 nationally
#84Penny#124 nationally
#92Ryan#131 nationally
#85Kurt#123 nationally
#68Brett#105 nationally
#54Melinda#90 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa1,395US #1
#2Kimberly1,055US #3
#3Michelle996US #2
#4Angela950US #7
#5Melissa859US #5
#6Jennifer835US #4
#7Amy697US #13
#8Julie593US #16
#9Tammy592US #8
#10Kelly591US #12
#11Tina550US #18
#12Laura541US #11
#13Mary537US #6
#14Susan518US #10
#15Dawn473US #21
#16Lori453US #22
#17Karen433US #9
#18Teresa388US #30
#19Tracy371US #25
#20Elizabeth326US #17
#21Rhonda323US #42
#22Christina318US #44
#23Patricia318US #15
#24Christine317US #14
#25Cynthia314US #19
#26Pamela314US #20
#27Rebecca314US #33
#28Deborah312US #27
#29Stephanie302US #23
#30Michele300US #29
#31Jill280US #46
#32Donna274US #24
#33Brenda264US #34
#34Sandra246US #26
#35Cheryl236US #37
#36Linda234US #28
#37Debra233US #38
#38Sherry230US #52
#39Tamara229US #80
#40Shannon225US #53
#41Denise224US #35
#42Wendy223US #31
#43Robin220US #43
#44Beth216US #74
#45Tonya215US #60
#46Andrea211US #48
#47Nancy203US #39
#48Barbara201US #36
#49Paula192US #45
#50Sharon192US #32
#51Theresa192US #47
#52Carol179US #49
#53Kathy173US #76
#54Melinda172US #90
#55Kathleen168US #40
#56Ann160US #54
#57Diana160US #71
#58Sheila159US #59
#59Stacy157US #64
#60Stacey153US #55
#61Cindy141US #67
#62April139US #96
#63Heather139US #62
#64Terri135US #83
#65Sarah134US #78
#66Connie133US #87
#67Sherri132US #95
#68Dana131US #70
#69Kim131US #57
#70Deanna130US #104
#71Diane128US #51
#72Carrie126US #86
#73Catherine126US #56
#74Annette123US #102
#75Shelly123US #98
#76Carla122US #91
#77Jacqueline122US #50
#78Tracey122US #72
#79Jodi121US #97
#80Gina120US #58
#81Leslie117US #66
#82Renee116US #65
#83Janet115US #73
#84Penny115US #124
#85Julia113US #113
#86Carolyn112US #61
#87Regina111US #81
#88Jamie110US #120
#89Valerie110US #77
#90Anita106US #109
#91Maria106US #41
#92Suzanne106US #69
#93Margaret102US #63
#94Katherine100US #75
#95Vicki98US #114
#96Anne97US #88
#97Traci97US #127
#98Holly95US #103
#99Kathryn95US #100
#100Monica94US #68

Boys

#1Michael2,195US #1
#2David1,796US #2
#3James1,730US #4
#4Robert1,579US #5
#5John1,513US #3
#6Brian1,204US #10
#7Mark1,047US #7
#8William969US #6
#9Jeffrey957US #11
#10Timothy887US #13
#11Scott870US #14
#12Christopher835US #9
#13Richard819US #8
#14Kevin772US #17
#15Steven706US #15
#16Thomas701US #12
#17Charles598US #20
#18Anthony575US #21
#19Daniel542US #18
#20Joseph539US #16
#21Todd536US #28
#22Gregory510US #26
#23Eric482US #22
#24Ronald478US #25
#25Paul465US #19
#26Kenneth454US #23
#27Matthew450US #24
#28Donald427US #29
#29Stephen424US #27
#30Douglas405US #33
#31Larry361US #38
#32Gary348US #32
#33Jeffery323US #46
#34Patrick315US #30
#35Troy310US #40
#36Andrew309US #34
#37Jerry305US #44
#38Terry253US #48
#39Bradley252US #57
#40Keith251US #35
#41Rodney238US #42
#42Edward236US #31
#43Shawn221US #43
#44Dennis211US #45
#45Tony198US #52
#46Craig196US #41
#47Bryan187US #51
#48Roger184US #55
#49George181US #36
#50Sean177US #37
#51Randy175US #54
#52Jon171US #65
#53Jason170US #47
#54Brent166US #102
#55Randall146US #79
#56Danny141US #72
#57Darren139US #60
#58Chris138US #64
#59Russell135US #56
#60Bruce132US #61
#61Aaron130US #87
#62Jeff129US #90
#63Jay128US #88
#64Jonathan127US #53
#65Phillip124US #71
#66Raymond122US #50
#67Billy118US #76
#68Brett111US #105
#69Carl109US #59
#70Philip109US #82
#71Alan108US #74
#72Dale104US #91
#73Kelly103US #97
#74Samuel101US #66
#75Curtis98US #75
#76Mike98US #93
#77Ricky96US #70
#78Allen95US #100
#79Chad95US #104
#80Tim94US #139
#81Gerald93US #62
#82Jack92US #110
#83Peter92US #39
#84Brad91US #158
#85Kurt89US #123
#86Jimmy88US #77
#87Greg87US #142
#88Darrell85US #86
#89Frank85US #49
#90Rick85US #182
#91Steve85US #89
#92Ryan84US #131
#93Shane84US #120
#94Bobby83US #81
#95Tracy83US #111
#96Johnny81US #69
#97Dean80US #78
#98Kent80US #194
#99Lawrence77US #67
#100Ronnie76US #115

On the move since 1967

Rising

↑40Shannon#40
↑34Heather#63
↑27Sarah#65
↑24Curtis#75
↑22Kelly#73
↑20Sean#50
↑18Christina#22
↑16Jodi#79

Falling

↓28Tracy#95
↓21Monica#100
↓20Janet#83
↓18Tim#80
↓17Steve#91
↓16Margaret#93
↓15Chad#79
↓14Shelly#75

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1967 rankings.