State roster

Top names in Indiana

The names most likely to appear on 1974 Indiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 74,437 Indiana births in 1974 across 1,241 distinct names.

Distinctively Indiana

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

#99Jeremiah#178 nationally
#75Randall#123 nationally
#74Beth#117 nationally
#52Amber#92 nationally
#64Kristina#101 nationally
#68Brad#105 nationally
#70Brandi#106 nationally
#47Brandy#80 nationally
#48Melinda#81 nationally
#95Samantha#128 nationally
#34Misty#66 nationally
#84Cory#114 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,903US #1
#2Amy1,092US #2
#3Angela1,040US #5
#4Michelle844US #3
#5Heather785US #4
#6Melissa760US #7
#7Kimberly633US #6
#8Lisa541US #8
#9Stephanie536US #9
#10Rebecca412US #10
#11Julie410US #14
#12Christina395US #16
#13Shannon357US #18
#14Dawn343US #22
#15Kelly337US #15
#16Amanda333US #34
#17Nicole332US #11
#18Mary312US #13
#19April304US #28
#20Lori287US #30
#21Tracy281US #23
#22Sarah277US #20
#23Carrie273US #42
#24Elizabeth269US #12
#25Tina264US #25
#26Laura262US #21
#27Tammy256US #24
#28Andrea249US #35
#29Stacy238US #38
#30Tonya230US #37
#31Susan228US #27
#32Jessica227US #17
#33Rachel207US #36
#34Misty193US #66
#35Karen188US #26
#36Wendy187US #32
#37Holly182US #56
#38Jill181US #58
#39Christine179US #19
#40Tiffany175US #41
#41Christy174US #57
#42Cynthia174US #33
#43Erin174US #47
#44Crystal171US #49
#45Stacey170US #48
#46Michele162US #50
#47Brandy155US #80
#48Melinda152US #81
#49Danielle151US #40
#50Patricia151US #29
#51Sara148US #61
#52Amber146US #92
#53Tamara145US #64
#54Monica139US #43
#55Emily137US #69
#56Tara137US #39
#57Robin132US #63
#58Kristen129US #45
#59Sandra128US #44
#60Dana127US #55
#61Melanie127US #51
#62Denise126US #53
#63Teresa125US #52
#64Kristina123US #101
#65Leslie123US #65
#66Rhonda121US #86
#67Heidi113US #60
#68Sherry112US #89
#69Tanya111US #46
#70Brandi109US #106
#71Jamie107US #97
#72Brenda106US #59
#73Donna99US #67
#74Beth98US #117
#75Barbara95US #77
#76Kristi95US #102
#77Erica94US #74
#78Maria93US #31
#79Shelly93US #107
#80Kristin92US #72
#81Debra90US #94
#82Pamela90US #54
#83Renee90US #85
#84Theresa87US #79
#85Deborah86US #68
#86Katherine86US #62
#87Kathryn85US #98
#88Tracey85US #108
#89Natalie84US #119
#90Catherine83US #73
#91Anna82US #82
#92Jodi81US #91
#93Joy81US #109
#94Linda80US #75
#95Samantha80US #128
#96Sharon80US #70
#97Megan79US #105
#98Nancy79US #78
#99Paula79US #96
#100Deanna78US #115

Boys

#1Jason1,924US #2
#2Michael1,802US #1
#3Christopher1,351US #3
#4James1,165US #5
#5Brian1,112US #8
#6David1,104US #4
#7Robert1,028US #7
#8Matthew940US #9
#9John902US #6
#10William714US #10
#11Scott644US #18
#12Chad606US #26
#13Daniel602US #11
#14Eric589US #13
#15Ryan586US #25
#16Mark567US #16
#17Jeremy564US #24
#18Jeffrey560US #15
#19Kevin511US #14
#20Steven502US #19
#21Joseph491US #12
#22Joshua462US #29
#23Andrew461US #28
#24Richard456US #17
#25Anthony454US #21
#26Timothy432US #22
#27Thomas428US #20
#28Aaron426US #32
#29Charles400US #23
#30Shawn377US #30
#31Gregory310US #31
#32Paul305US #27
#33Todd283US #39
#34Adam266US #36
#35Stephen263US #35
#36Bradley261US #58
#37Kenneth258US #34
#38Jonathan247US #33
#39Donald239US #41
#40Larry230US #55
#41Shane228US #56
#42Nathan218US #52
#43Ronald215US #42
#44Travis214US #54
#45Benjamin211US #46
#46Bryan208US #45
#47Sean204US #37
#48Brandon201US #51
#49Douglas201US #53
#50Patrick195US #38
#51Gary190US #48
#52Keith189US #44
#53Troy176US #63
#54Brent171US #76
#55Justin165US #43
#56Jeffery164US #66
#57Craig159US #57
#58Jerry156US #61
#59Dennis142US #59
#60Edward137US #40
#61Derek133US #74
#62George127US #49
#63Phillip126US #70
#64Samuel118US #60
#65Jamie117US #68
#66Rodney117US #72
#67Terry117US #69
#68Brad112US #105
#69Kyle106US #97
#70Jacob104US #88
#71Danny99US #91
#72Nicholas99US #80
#73Carl96US #89
#74Jesse96US #67
#75Randall95US #123
#76Randy95US #79
#77Brett94US #95
#78Raymond94US #62
#79Jon92US #94
#80Peter92US #50
#81Marcus91US #73
#82Tony91US #81
#83Damon89US #110
#84Cory87US #114
#85Billy86US #78
#86Shannon86US #101
#87Corey85US #77
#88Jay83US #111
#89Russell83US #84
#90Curtis82US #98
#91Philip79US #86
#92Frank77US #65
#93Roger77US #93
#94Joel76US #75
#95Dustin70US #121
#96Derrick66US #87
#97Lee65US #124
#98Erik64US #90
#99Jeremiah64US #178
#100Marc64US #85

On the move since 1973

Rising

↑46Christy#41
↑40Emily#55
↑32Erin#43
↑31Sara#51
↑29Amber#52
↑26Jacob#70
↑22Carl#73
↑20Kristi#76

Falling

↓34Linda#94
↓31Paula#99
↓25Joel#94
↓24Denise#62
↓21Deanna#100
↓20Jodi#92
↓19Deborah#85
↓19Marc#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1973 rankings.