State roster

Top names in Indiana

The names most likely to appear on 1972 Indiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 78,675 Indiana births in 1972 across 1,248 distinct names.

Distinctively Indiana

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

#85Amber#161 nationally
#62Misty#125 nationally
#82Angel#145 nationally
#88Brad#149 nationally
#73Julia#132 nationally
#84Jack#142 nationally
#56Beth#113 nationally
#87Damon#137 nationally
#80Darrell#122 nationally
#45Tamara#84 nationally
#82Randall#120 nationally
#77Jamie#114 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,992US #1
#2Angela1,101US #6
#3Amy971US #5
#4Michelle905US #2
#5Kimberly800US #4
#6Melissa763US #7
#7Lisa715US #3
#8Heather571US #9
#9Julie492US #12
#10Stephanie469US #8
#11Dawn419US #20
#12Nicole413US #10
#13Tina407US #18
#14Christina400US #26
#15Tammy391US #11
#16Rebecca384US #14
#17Kelly378US #23
#18Lori364US #28
#19Mary357US #13
#20Tracy348US #19
#21Shannon341US #22
#22Laura319US #17
#23Elizabeth284US #15
#24Susan284US #24
#25Tonya268US #37
#26Christine266US #16
#27Stacy247US #33
#28Carrie241US #53
#29Karen234US #21
#30Cynthia224US #25
#31Wendy223US #29
#32April219US #48
#33Michele218US #36
#34Andrea215US #30
#35Rachel210US #40
#36Stacey204US #41
#37Patricia203US #27
#38Sarah201US #49
#39Teresa192US #39
#40Pamela191US #34
#41Jill185US #62
#42Robin184US #55
#43Amanda180US #76
#44Deborah169US #43
#45Tamara168US #84
#46Denise167US #35
#47Melanie166US #42
#48Tara166US #38
#49Rhonda162US #60
#50Sandra159US #31
#51Holly157US #71
#52Crystal156US #59
#53Dana152US #52
#54Paula147US #72
#55Monica139US #47
#56Beth133US #113
#57Jessica131US #46
#58Melinda131US #81
#59Leslie128US #75
#60Debra126US #66
#61Brenda125US #44
#62Misty125US #125
#63Tiffany124US #61
#64Sherry122US #70
#65Donna120US #45
#66Barbara119US #58
#67Cheryl119US #56
#68Christy118US #74
#69Sharon117US #50
#70Linda116US #51
#71Heidi114US #64
#72Catherine111US #65
#73Julia110US #132
#74Ann108US #91
#75Theresa107US #68
#76Kristina106US #112
#77Jamie105US #114
#78Carla104US #106
#79Kristin104US #67
#80Shelly103US #94
#81Gina100US #78
#82Angel99US #145
#83Erin99US #93
#84Jodi99US #97
#85Amber98US #161
#86Deanna96US #107
#87Kristi96US #102
#88Katherine95US #69
#89Kathleen95US #57
#90Tanya95US #54
#91Tricia95US #120
#92Kathy94US #108
#93Shelley94US #126
#94Cindy91US #80
#95Jenny89US #119
#96Sherri89US #129
#97Sara88US #101
#98Valerie88US #100
#99Diana87US #83
#100Traci87US #121

Boys

#1Michael1,946US #1
#2Christopher1,358US #2
#3Jason1,352US #7
#4David1,308US #4
#5James1,295US #3
#6Brian1,243US #8
#7John1,144US #5
#8Robert1,119US #6
#9William885US #9
#10Matthew804US #10
#11Scott767US #11
#12Jeffrey711US #17
#13Chad688US #25
#14Eric665US #16
#15Kevin656US #13
#16Mark655US #18
#17Daniel593US #15
#18Richard562US #14
#19Steven554US #19
#20Timothy550US #21
#21Anthony545US #22
#22Thomas526US #20
#23Joseph523US #12
#24Charles477US #23
#25Ryan420US #39
#26Todd401US #31
#27Gregory398US #26
#28Shawn374US #28
#29Paul342US #24
#30Andrew335US #30
#31Jeremy327US #42
#32Kenneth316US #27
#33Donald315US #36
#34Aaron302US #40
#35Douglas286US #43
#36Stephen283US #29
#37Ronald263US #32
#38Bradley260US #61
#39Troy254US #49
#40Larry247US #47
#41Gary235US #41
#42Bryan227US #45
#43Shane222US #55
#44Sean221US #33
#45Craig220US #46
#46Keith213US #38
#47Edward211US #34
#48Patrick210US #35
#49Jonathan208US #37
#50Brent204US #77
#51Jeffery200US #58
#52Travis193US #57
#53Jerry188US #53
#54Adam171US #51
#55Terry162US #62
#56Dennis155US #52
#57Brandon151US #63
#58Rodney147US #65
#59Benjamin146US #64
#60Tony138US #68
#61George136US #44
#62Joshua135US #59
#63Danny123US #87
#64Nathan123US #79
#65Billy120US #81
#66Jamie119US #72
#67Shannon118US #94
#68Chris117US #82
#69Carl115US #85
#70Phillip115US #75
#71Samuel113US #66
#72Derek112US #67
#73Jon108US #89
#74Roger108US #76
#75Brett105US #80
#76Russell103US #69
#77Justin100US #60
#78Raymond99US #54
#79Jay94US #115
#80Darrell89US #122
#81Randy88US #70
#82Randall87US #120
#83Marc85US #83
#84Jack83US #142
#85Joel83US #78
#86Kyle82US #113
#87Damon81US #137
#88Brad80US #149
#89Marcus80US #71
#90Nicholas79US #99
#91Bobby78US #90
#92Darren78US #106
#93Alan75US #110
#94Erik75US #86
#95Peter75US #48
#96Frank73US #56
#97Philip73US #104
#98Walter73US #98
#99Wayne70US #103
#100Cory69US #136

On the move since 1971

Rising

↑51Melanie#47
↑37Jessica#57
↑29Joshua#62
↑26Brandon#57
↑22Crystal#52
↑20Nicole#12
↑20Rachel#35
↑20Christy#68

Falling

↓27Kathy#92
↓22Deanna#86
↓20Donna#65
↓20Tricia#91
↓20Peter#95
↓19Katherine#88
↓18Cindy#94
↓17Linda#70

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1971 rankings.