State roster

Top names in Indiana

The names most likely to appear on 1975 Indiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 73,578 Indiana births in 1975 across 1,263 distinct names.

Distinctively Indiana

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

#79Julia#137 nationally
#100Kelli#152 nationally
#75Beth#120 nationally
#84Kari#129 nationally
#61Kristina#103 nationally
#68Mandy#106 nationally
#71Kristi#109 nationally
#56Melinda#91 nationally
#96Nathaniel#131 nationally
#68Jon#102 nationally
#57Kyle#88 nationally
#67Brad#98 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,702US #1
#2Amy1,118US #2
#3Angela1,039US #5
#4Heather844US #3
#5Melissa736US #4
#6Michelle726US #6
#7Kimberly577US #7
#8Amanda566US #14
#9Stephanie489US #9
#10Lisa462US #8
#11Christina405US #12
#12Julie370US #18
#13Rebecca369US #11
#14Kelly349US #16
#15Sarah347US #17
#16Dawn334US #23
#17Shannon334US #21
#18Carrie330US #29
#19Jessica328US #13
#20Nicole323US #10
#21Laura321US #20
#22April297US #25
#23Elizabeth293US #15
#24Mary285US #19
#25Stacy278US #34
#26Misty257US #47
#27Andrea249US #28
#28Lori249US #39
#29Tracy238US #24
#30Rachel234US #26
#31Erin221US #38
#32Tina214US #35
#33Emily208US #48
#34Tammy199US #31
#35Crystal197US #43
#36Stacey194US #44
#37Wendy193US #33
#38Jill192US #46
#39Amber191US #59
#40Tiffany188US #37
#41Tonya184US #45
#42Susan180US #32
#43Holly179US #55
#44Christine164US #22
#45Karen162US #27
#46Brandy159US #57
#47Christy154US #53
#48Jamie153US #68
#49Michele142US #56
#50Sara137US #54
#51Danielle134US #42
#52Patricia132US #36
#53Tara131US #41
#54Leslie129US #71
#55Cynthia126US #40
#56Melinda126US #91
#57Megan125US #69
#58Brandi123US #88
#59Melanie118US #52
#60Robin115US #65
#61Kristina109US #103
#62Tamara109US #77
#63Erica108US #63
#64Katherine104US #58
#65Dana103US #62
#66Monica103US #49
#67Rhonda102US #93
#68Mandy101US #106
#69Heidi100US #66
#70Teresa97US #61
#71Kristi95US #109
#72Pamela94US #70
#73Denise93US #64
#74Tanya93US #50
#75Beth92US #120
#76Kristin92US #74
#77Courtney91US #102
#78Deborah89US #86
#79Julia89US #137
#80Kristen87US #60
#81Maria87US #30
#82Natalie87US #110
#83Catherine86US #73
#84Kari86US #129
#85Paula82US #108
#86Sandra82US #51
#87Sherry82US #95
#88Christie81US #96
#89Kathryn81US #99
#90Jodi80US #94
#91Kara80US #118
#92Renee80US #87
#93Donna79US #85
#94Gina79US #84
#95Deanna78US #126
#96Anna77US #79
#97Alicia76US #76
#98Shelly76US #113
#99Diana74US #100
#100Kelli74US #152

Boys

#1Jason1,887US #2
#2Michael1,719US #1
#3Christopher1,236US #3
#4James1,087US #4
#5David1,059US #5
#6Matthew996US #9
#7Robert978US #6
#8Brian906US #8
#9John869US #7
#10Ryan694US #23
#11William692US #10
#12Jeremy649US #24
#13Chad611US #27
#14Scott594US #17
#15Eric590US #13
#16Joshua571US #26
#17Daniel562US #11
#18Joseph547US #12
#19Jeffrey513US #14
#20Kevin502US #15
#21Steven480US #18
#22Andrew475US #28
#23Timothy467US #22
#24Mark461US #19
#25Anthony455US #21
#26Richard449US #16
#27Thomas441US #20
#28Aaron404US #32
#29Charles393US #25
#30Shawn386US #31
#31Bradley322US #52
#32Benjamin311US #36
#33Gregory293US #33
#34Jonathan284US #30
#35Adam277US #38
#36Nathan277US #45
#37Paul277US #29
#38Kenneth272US #35
#39Stephen254US #34
#40Brandon253US #44
#41Donald249US #42
#42Travis242US #51
#43Todd232US #43
#44Justin225US #37
#45Douglas221US #55
#46Bryan219US #47
#47Shane212US #57
#48Ronald209US #46
#49Craig190US #58
#50Larry190US #56
#51Sean185US #40
#52Keith162US #49
#53Edward154US #41
#54Gary151US #50
#55Patrick151US #39
#56Jeffery150US #70
#57Kyle150US #88
#58Troy148US #69
#59Dennis146US #59
#60Jerry144US #65
#61Terry144US #67
#62Brent143US #79
#63Jamie134US #62
#64Samuel127US #61
#65Phillip122US #72
#66Jacob118US #75
#67Brad111US #98
#68Jon108US #102
#69Randy107US #78
#70Dustin106US #96
#71Peter98US #54
#72George97US #53
#73Corey96US #71
#74Brett95US #92
#75Derek94US #83
#76Marcus94US #68
#77Billy92US #84
#78Rodney92US #76
#79Joel86US #74
#80Tony85US #80
#81Carl84US #91
#82Raymond83US #63
#83Jesse82US #64
#84Philip82US #85
#85Cory80US #99
#86Nicholas79US #81
#87Damon77US #114
#88Roger77US #97
#89Russell77US #82
#90Alan73US #115
#91Randall73US #121
#92Danny72US #94
#93Shannon70US #101
#94Jay67US #117
#95Marc67US #89
#96Nathaniel66US #131
#97Erik64US #87
#98Bobby62US #93
#99Curtis62US #113
#100Derrick60US #90

On the move since 1974

Rising

↑40Megan#57
↑25Dustin#70
↑23Jamie#48
↑22Emily#33
↑22Katherine#64
↑15Joel#79
↑14Erica#63
↑14Paula#85

Falling

↓27Sandra#86
↓22Kristen#80
↓21Danny#92
↓20Donna#93
↓19Sherry#87
↓19Shelly#98
↓16Randall#91
↓14Derek#75

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1974 rankings.