State roster

Top names in Indiana

The names most likely to appear on 1976 Indiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 71,937 Indiana births in 1976 across 1,261 distinct names.

Distinctively Indiana

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

#97Angel#156 nationally
#63Beth#114 nationally
#87Kara#138 nationally
#55Kristina#97 nationally
#86Aimee#123 nationally
#79Nathaniel#114 nationally
#74Brad#108 nationally
#77Jon#111 nationally
#49Kyle#80 nationally
#95Jay#126 nationally
#98Deanna#128 nationally
#65Jeremiah#93 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,627US #1
#2Amy1,108US #2
#3Angela901US #5
#4Heather829US #4
#5Melissa709US #3
#6Amanda705US #10
#7Michelle572US #6
#8Kimberly537US #7
#9Sarah467US #15
#10Lisa462US #9
#11Jamie457US #18
#12Jessica450US #8
#13Stephanie421US #11
#14Christina408US #14
#15Shannon408US #17
#16Nicole368US #13
#17Kelly367US #19
#18Rebecca357US #12
#19Julie337US #21
#20Laura334US #20
#21Carrie320US #28
#22Elizabeth320US #16
#23April295US #30
#24Rachel276US #23
#25Mary272US #22
#26Amber255US #49
#27Andrea253US #25
#28Dawn241US #35
#29Crystal240US #36
#30Erin240US #24
#31Misty229US #46
#32Sara216US #27
#33Stacy214US #38
#34Holly212US #56
#35Tiffany209US #32
#36Jill205US #52
#37Lori204US #47
#38Jaime199US #29
#39Emily198US #50
#40Tracy195US #37
#41Brandy187US #55
#42Stacey175US #51
#43Karen174US #31
#44Susan171US #40
#45Tina170US #48
#46Wendy167US #39
#47Tonya163US #58
#48Danielle155US #33
#49Tammy149US #41
#50Christy141US #60
#51Christine140US #26
#52Erica134US #54
#53Tara133US #42
#54Megan131US #62
#55Kristina126US #97
#56Leslie126US #65
#57Monica123US #45
#58Patricia123US #43
#59Brandi122US #79
#60Natalie122US #80
#61Courtney121US #76
#62Katherine121US #57
#63Beth120US #114
#64Robin115US #75
#65Dana114US #64
#66Cynthia107US #44
#67Heidi105US #70
#68Samantha101US #85
#69Melinda97US #95
#70Melanie96US #53
#71Allison91US #67
#72Kathryn91US #88
#73Teresa89US #66
#74Mandy88US #100
#75Jodi87US #102
#76Kristin87US #74
#77Alicia85US #71
#78Anna84US #78
#79Denise84US #69
#80Michele84US #63
#81Tamara82US #91
#82Tanya82US #61
#83Kristi78US #104
#84Pamela78US #84
#85Sandra78US #59
#86Aimee77US #123
#87Kara77US #138
#88Sherry75US #111
#89Victoria75US #92
#90Ann73US #108
#91Theresa73US #89
#92Barbara72US #98
#93Brenda72US #77
#94Renee72US #86
#95Katrina71US #110
#96Valerie70US #83
#97Angel69US #156
#98Deanna69US #128
#99Donna69US #93
#100Leah69US #119

Boys

#1Jason1,779US #2
#2Michael1,677US #1
#3Christopher1,188US #3
#4James1,016US #5
#5Matthew988US #9
#6David960US #4
#7Jeremy903US #14
#8Brian890US #8
#9Robert801US #7
#10John784US #6
#11Ryan729US #16
#12Joshua723US #18
#13Eric658US #13
#14William648US #11
#15Joseph607US #12
#16Daniel580US #10
#17Chad556US #29
#18Scott512US #24
#19Andrew511US #27
#20Timothy482US #21
#21Anthony469US #22
#22Jeffrey461US #17
#23Aaron455US #30
#24Mark438US #25
#25Kevin437US #15
#26Steven420US #20
#27Thomas407US #23
#28Richard398US #19
#29Charles380US #26
#30Shawn347US #34
#31Benjamin342US #32
#32Adam340US #36
#33Nathan338US #39
#34Gregory293US #35
#35Paul280US #28
#36Bradley276US #51
#37Jonathan255US #31
#38Stephen254US #37
#39Justin248US #33
#40Brandon247US #40
#41Travis241US #46
#42Shane236US #57
#43Donald227US #47
#44Todd218US #50
#45Kenneth217US #38
#46Bryan209US #43
#47Douglas180US #56
#48Keith178US #48
#49Kyle173US #80
#50Patrick173US #41
#51Sean164US #42
#52Brent161US #78
#53Ronald159US #49
#54Craig158US #61
#55Gary151US #52
#56Jacob137US #63
#57Samuel136US #59
#58Edward135US #45
#59Dustin133US #82
#60Troy133US #73
#61Jeffery132US #76
#62Larry132US #60
#63Terry130US #75
#64Jamie128US #62
#65Jeremiah123US #93
#66Jerry122US #67
#67Cory116US #83
#68Jesse115US #55
#69Phillip115US #69
#70Dennis111US #66
#71George111US #53
#72Corey109US #64
#73Derek109US #84
#74Brad94US #108
#75Joel87US #72
#76Randy87US #79
#77Jon85US #111
#78Damon84US #104
#79Nathaniel83US #114
#80Tony81US #86
#81Marcus79US #74
#82Nicholas79US #77
#83Zachary79US #97
#84Billy78US #85
#85Shannon78US #98
#86Carl75US #95
#87Rodney75US #88
#88Roger72US #103
#89Brett71US #109
#90Peter71US #54
#91Raymond71US #65
#92Philip70US #89
#93Danny68US #102
#94Jared65US #90
#95Jay64US #126
#96Bobby63US #96
#97Johnny62US #92
#98Frank61US #68
#99Russell61US #87
#100Wesley61US #119

On the move since 1975

Rising

↑37Jamie#11
↑22Natalie#60
↑20Alicia#77
↑18Sara#32
↑18Anna#78
↑18Cory#67
↑17Kathryn#72
↑17Nathaniel#79

Falling

↓31Michele#80
↓19Tamara#81
↓19Peter#90
↓15Tammy#49
↓15Brett#89
↓13Tina#45
↓13Melinda#69
↓12Dawn#28

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1975 rankings.