State roster

Top names in Indiana

The names most likely to appear on 1977 Indiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 75,693 Indiana births in 1977 across 1,278 distinct names.

Distinctively Indiana

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

#80Krista#155 nationally
#76Brooke#150 nationally
#84Angel#133 nationally
#90Shawna#139 nationally
#84Jay#130 nationally
#98Julia#143 nationally
#99Clinton#142 nationally
#100Randall#140 nationally
#68Brad#106 nationally
#60Melinda#96 nationally
#85Kara#120 nationally
#70Kristi#104 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,639US #1
#2Heather858US #5
#3Amy857US #3
#4Angela838US #6
#5Melissa788US #2
#6Amanda769US #9
#7Jessica614US #4
#8Sarah557US #11
#9Kelly555US #10
#10Michelle527US #7
#11Kimberly482US #8
#12Jamie468US #18
#13Stephanie456US #14
#14Lisa443US #12
#15Christina427US #16
#16Nicole405US #15
#17Elizabeth397US #13
#18Crystal354US #25
#19Carrie351US #28
#20Shannon349US #19
#21Laura347US #20
#22Rebecca343US #17
#23Erin335US #23
#24Julie319US #22
#25Amber309US #33
#26Andrea302US #24
#27Mary300US #21
#28Rachel295US #26
#29Sara280US #27
#30April270US #29
#31Misty252US #40
#32Emily230US #37
#33Jill227US #41
#34Brandy212US #51
#35Dawn199US #43
#36Holly198US #52
#37Stacy197US #42
#38Tiffany197US #34
#39Megan184US #54
#40Jaime180US #46
#41Stacey180US #56
#42Tracy178US #50
#43Tara177US #35
#44Erica172US #38
#45Lori163US #57
#46Susan163US #45
#47Danielle158US #31
#48Christine153US #30
#49Karen146US #32
#50Natalie145US #69
#51Tina137US #58
#52Christy135US #59
#53Katherine133US #44
#54Tonya132US #64
#55Monica130US #39
#56Patricia130US #47
#57Courtney129US #76
#58Kristina124US #83
#59Leslie124US #65
#60Melinda123US #96
#61Melanie122US #53
#62Brandi121US #71
#63Anna120US #74
#64Beth118US #97
#65Tammy116US #55
#66Wendy114US #49
#67Cynthia112US #48
#68Alicia109US #60
#69Teresa108US #79
#70Kristi102US #104
#71Sabrina100US #63
#72Allison98US #66
#73Kathryn97US #70
#74Heidi96US #81
#75Michele96US #77
#76Brooke95US #150
#77Kristy95US #68
#78Mandy95US #94
#79Samantha93US #85
#80Krista90US #155
#81Robin88US #84
#82Kristen87US #72
#83Dana86US #62
#84Angel85US #133
#85Kara85US #120
#86Kelli85US #117
#87Catherine84US #75
#88Jodi84US #105
#89Kristin83US #82
#90Shawna81US #139
#91Summer80US #119
#92Erika77US #103
#93Tamara77US #93
#94Denise76US #78
#95Kathleen76US #80
#96Leah76US #112
#97Maria76US #36
#98Julia75US #143
#99Rhonda75US #131
#100Suzanne75US #121

Boys

#1Jason1,843US #2
#2Michael1,763US #1
#3Christopher1,216US #3
#4David1,081US #4
#5Matthew1,071US #9
#6James1,049US #5
#7Jeremy941US #15
#8Ryan926US #16
#9Brian918US #8
#10Joshua901US #14
#11John838US #7
#12Robert808US #6
#13Joseph694US #10
#14Eric621US #17
#15William606US #12
#16Kevin602US #13
#17Andrew593US #24
#18Daniel580US #11
#19Timothy521US #18
#20Chad508US #34
#21Steven487US #23
#22Mark482US #25
#23Jeffrey464US #19
#24Scott462US #27
#25Richard443US #20
#26Anthony439US #21
#27Aaron419US #32
#28Nathan412US #36
#29Thomas405US #22
#30Adam395US #33
#31Charles394US #26
#32Benjamin363US #29
#33Shawn345US #37
#34Bradley334US #49
#35Justin298US #30
#36Jonathan283US #28
#37Gregory282US #35
#38Travis276US #44
#39Brandon267US #41
#40Paul260US #31
#41Kenneth241US #39
#42Stephen225US #38
#43Todd210US #50
#44Patrick209US #40
#45Bryan203US #42
#46Donald198US #46
#47Jacob198US #56
#48Corey187US #52
#49Douglas175US #59
#50Kyle174US #79
#51Ronald174US #53
#52Keith173US #48
#53Jeremiah172US #69
#54Nicholas172US #51
#55Cory170US #67
#56Sean168US #43
#57Craig164US #64
#58Shane162US #61
#59Larry160US #62
#60Dustin151US #81
#61Brent141US #85
#62Derek135US #84
#63Wesley134US #66
#64Jeffery133US #78
#65Samuel127US #60
#66Gary125US #58
#67Troy123US #88
#68Brad117US #106
#69Edward117US #47
#70Phillip117US #70
#71George115US #57
#72Jerry112US #75
#73Jesse106US #54
#74Terry106US #83
#75Dennis102US #68
#76Nathaniel102US #107
#77Peter100US #55
#78Joel98US #73
#79Shaun93US #103
#80Rodney88US #97
#81Curtis85US #100
#82Randy84US #86
#83Marcus83US #72
#84Jay82US #130
#85Jared81US #76
#86Jon81US #117
#87Raymond81US #65
#88Damon80US #112
#89Jamie80US #82
#90Zachary80US #95
#91Derrick79US #80
#92Carl77US #99
#93Philip76US #90
#94Tony76US #92
#95Brett75US #109
#96Billy74US #91
#97Roger73US #114
#98Seth73US #118
#99Clinton72US #142
#100Randall69US #140

On the move since 1976

Rising

↑37Wesley#63
↑28Nicholas#54
↑24Corey#48
↑15Megan#39
↑15Anna#63
↑13Kristi#70
↑13Angel#84
↑13Peter#77

Falling

↓25Jamie#89
↓20Wendy#66
↓18Dana#83
↓17Robin#81
↓16Tammy#65
↓16Shane#58
↓15Denise#94
↓14Tony#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1976 rankings.