State roster

Top names in Indiana

The names most likely to appear on 1971 Indiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 86,937 Indiana births in 1971 across 1,321 distinct names.

Distinctively Indiana

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

#72Brad#139 nationally
#87Jeff#140 nationally
#50Beth#100 nationally
#82Julia#130 nationally
#86Krista#134 nationally
#33Tamara#80 nationally
#95Cathy#141 nationally
#72Kristina#117 nationally
#75Jamie#118 nationally
#71Tricia#109 nationally
#48Melinda#85 nationally
#79Kyle#116 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,784US #1
#2Angela1,247US #6
#3Michelle1,118US #2
#4Amy1,029US #5
#5Kimberly957US #4
#6Lisa853US #3
#7Melissa835US #7
#8Dawn576US #14
#9Julie575US #10
#10Tammy548US #8
#11Heather495US #12
#12Tina446US #20
#13Stephanie436US #11
#14Laura432US #16
#15Mary422US #9
#16Lori418US #25
#17Tracy416US #13
#18Kelly393US #22
#19Shannon390US #21
#20Susan381US #17
#21Rebecca366US #23
#22Christina349US #30
#23Karen340US #15
#24Stacy330US #32
#25Elizabeth313US #19
#26Cynthia277US #24
#27Wendy274US #29
#28Teresa269US #34
#29Christine263US #18
#30Patricia262US #26
#31Tonya260US #45
#32Nicole256US #27
#33Tamara255US #80
#34Andrea240US #35
#35Pamela239US #28
#36Rhonda233US #46
#37Carrie228US #55
#38Stacey228US #41
#39April225US #56
#40Michele219US #39
#41Deborah205US #33
#42Sandra194US #31
#43Jill193US #59
#44Denise188US #36
#45Donna188US #38
#46Dana184US #44
#47Robin179US #51
#48Melinda175US #85
#49Paula175US #63
#50Beth174US #100
#51Barbara172US #47
#52Amanda168US #84
#53Linda168US #42
#54Cheryl162US #50
#55Rachel161US #54
#56Sarah159US #58
#57Sherry159US #60
#58Debra153US #57
#59Brenda151US #43
#60Ann148US #78
#61Monica147US #48
#62Holly146US #76
#63Theresa146US #61
#64Deanna145US #95
#65Kathy145US #91
#66Leslie138US #68
#67Tara135US #49
#68Tracey134US #74
#69Katherine132US #67
#70Nancy132US #52
#71Tricia130US #109
#72Kristina129US #117
#73Shelly129US #103
#74Crystal128US #79
#75Jamie127US #118
#76Cindy126US #70
#77Erin126US #93
#78Sharon125US #40
#79Kathleen120US #53
#80Renee120US #73
#81Tiffany117US #62
#82Julia116US #130
#83Carla115US #107
#84Sheila115US #81
#85Catherine112US #65
#86Krista112US #134
#87Terri112US #115
#88Christy111US #89
#89Kristi110US #113
#90Heidi106US #77
#91Regina105US #90
#92Jodi102US #94
#93Diana100US #82
#94Jessica100US #64
#95Cathy99US #141
#96Sara99US #114
#97Traci96US #116
#98Melanie95US #66
#99Kelli94US #135
#100Anna93US #106

Boys

#1Michael2,193US #1
#2James1,631US #2
#3David1,463US #3
#4John1,429US #4
#5Christopher1,334US #6
#6Robert1,327US #5
#7Jason1,184US #8
#8Brian1,152US #9
#9Scott1,042US #10
#10William961US #7
#11Jeffrey870US #12
#12Matthew794US #19
#13Mark788US #13
#14Steven690US #16
#15Eric689US #18
#16Kevin684US #14
#17Timothy650US #21
#18Richard623US #11
#19Thomas614US #17
#20Joseph571US #15
#21Charles559US #22
#22Daniel545US #20
#23Chad540US #29
#24Anthony516US #23
#25Gregory503US #26
#26Todd463US #30
#27Paul405US #24
#28Kenneth379US #25
#29Shawn373US #28
#30Andrew369US #33
#31Bradley355US #58
#32Donald352US #34
#33Stephen349US #27
#34Ronald348US #31
#35Douglas335US #39
#36Troy323US #46
#37Larry311US #44
#38Aaron309US #41
#39Gary307US #38
#40Jeremy306US #45
#41Ryan262US #51
#42Jerry258US #50
#43Patrick252US #35
#44Keith247US #37
#45Jeffery240US #53
#46Jonathan237US #40
#47Craig227US #43
#48Sean218US #36
#49Brent215US #73
#50Terry204US #56
#51Dennis202US #49
#52Bryan200US #48
#53Edward196US #32
#54Shane190US #60
#55Rodney180US #59
#56Travis176US #61
#57Tony167US #62
#58Adam163US #57
#59George163US #42
#60Chris149US #68
#61Raymond142US #52
#62Carl139US #72
#63Jon135US #78
#64Derek129US #63
#65Roger129US #71
#66Phillip125US #76
#67Brett124US #90
#68Nathan123US #104
#69Danny121US #82
#70Randy120US #67
#71Randall116US #102
#72Brad115US #139
#73Russell110US #64
#74Benjamin109US #69
#75Peter109US #47
#76Samuel107US #66
#77Marc104US #70
#78Shannon104US #106
#79Kyle102US #116
#80Jamie101US #96
#81Jay101US #114
#82Darrell99US #118
#83Brandon98US #95
#84Curtis98US #89
#85Billy97US #75
#86Darren97US #100
#87Jeff97US #140
#88Marcus94US #65
#89Lance91US #98
#90Bruce90US #108
#91Joshua90US #80
#92Frank86US #54
#93Corey84US #77
#94Derrick84US #84
#95Wayne83US #92
#96Alan82US #99
#97Dale82US #125
#98Jack82US #132
#99Bobby81US #79
#100Philip81US #94

On the move since 1970

Rising

↑48Ryan#41
↑41Amanda#52
↑30Tara#67
↑27Holly#62
↑27Nathan#68
↑24Crystal#74
↑22Carrie#37
↑21Jamie#75

Falling

↓21Traci#97
↓17Terri#87
↓17Jodi#92
↓17Dale#97
↓15Carla#83
↓14Kathy#65
↓14Jay#81
↓14Lance#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1970 rankings.