State roster

Top names in Indiana

The names most likely to appear on 1978 Indiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 74,092 Indiana births in 1978 across 1,260 distinct names.

Distinctively Indiana

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

#81Angel#141 nationally
#66Brooke#115 nationally
#75Kelli#124 nationally
#82Kara#127 nationally
#85Tabitha#126 nationally
#67Beth#107 nationally
#76Nichole#116 nationally
#95Damon#132 nationally
#100Lucas#136 nationally
#84Anne#119 nationally
#91Brad#123 nationally
#61Brent#87 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,511US #1
#2Amanda880US #6
#3Amy797US #4
#4Heather789US #5
#5Angela774US #7
#6Melissa761US #2
#7Sarah663US #8
#8Jessica608US #3
#9Christina519US #15
#10Kelly495US #12
#11Stephanie491US #16
#12Michelle481US #9
#13Kimberly466US #13
#14Lisa455US #11
#15Elizabeth439US #14
#16Nicole411US #10
#17Crystal390US #18
#18Jamie384US #20
#19Amber359US #30
#20Rachel352US #25
#21Laura348US #19
#22Erin335US #21
#23Sara327US #28
#24Rebecca324US #17
#25April322US #27
#26Carrie310US #35
#27Andrea301US #23
#28Mary301US #24
#29Shannon296US #22
#30Julie288US #26
#31Brandy239US #37
#32Emily223US #33
#33Jill211US #46
#34Misty210US #43
#35Tiffany210US #32
#36Megan206US #41
#37Dawn191US #52
#38Stacy190US #44
#39Holly189US #55
#40Erica173US #34
#41Tara171US #40
#42Brandi168US #61
#43Lori168US #60
#44Christine164US #29
#45Natalie163US #66
#46Tracy160US #47
#47Kristy151US #51
#48Christy150US #59
#49Courtney148US #68
#50Susan147US #49
#51Danielle146US #31
#52Kristina145US #64
#53Katherine144US #38
#54Stacey137US #53
#55Kathryn136US #57
#56Tina133US #45
#57Leslie130US #63
#58Karen129US #39
#59Melinda120US #84
#60Monica118US #42
#61Patricia116US #48
#62Samantha114US #74
#63Tonya114US #77
#64Alicia110US #58
#65Cynthia110US #50
#66Brooke104US #115
#67Beth103US #107
#68Kristen102US #62
#69Kristin101US #78
#70Mandy100US #96
#71Melanie100US #54
#72Lindsay99US #95
#73Allison96US #75
#74Robin96US #89
#75Kelli95US #124
#76Nichole95US #116
#77Wendy93US #56
#78Heidi91US #83
#79Tammy88US #67
#80Jaime86US #70
#81Angel85US #141
#82Kara85US #127
#83Katie85US #90
#84Anne84US #119
#85Tabitha83US #126
#86Tamara83US #105
#87Anna81US #65
#88Teresa80US #88
#89Dana79US #71
#90Maria79US #36
#91Julia78US #112
#92Catherine77US #72
#93Sandra76US #69
#94Leah75US #108
#95Renee75US #99
#96Jacqueline74US #81
#97Valerie74US #92
#98Cheryl72US #94
#99Ashley71US #87
#100Sabrina71US #91

Boys

#1Jason1,603US #2
#2Michael1,588US #1
#3Christopher1,224US #3
#4Matthew1,103US #6
#5James1,018US #5
#6Joshua1,010US #12
#7David1,003US #4
#8Ryan905US #14
#9Jeremy834US #18
#10Robert825US #8
#11John802US #7
#12Brian791US #9
#13Joseph665US #10
#14Eric617US #16
#15Andrew615US #22
#16Daniel598US #11
#17William576US #13
#18Nicholas570US #25
#19Kevin525US #15
#20Timothy522US #17
#21Adam514US #29
#22Aaron479US #32
#23Chad479US #35
#24Steven466US #24
#25Jeffrey458US #19
#26Anthony440US #20
#27Scott416US #30
#28Richard407US #21
#29Justin398US #28
#30Thomas386US #23
#31Mark385US #26
#32Charles373US #27
#33Benjamin363US #34
#34Nathan337US #36
#35Bradley322US #53
#36Brandon302US #40
#37Shawn292US #39
#38Jonathan284US #31
#39Paul264US #33
#40Gregory255US #38
#41Stephen234US #37
#42Patrick215US #42
#43Kenneth211US #41
#44Travis206US #46
#45Bryan205US #43
#46Shaun203US #52
#47Kyle202US #63
#48Todd195US #56
#49Douglas193US #59
#50Dustin188US #68
#51Jacob181US #50
#52Donald171US #48
#53Shane158US #65
#54Corey157US #61
#55Ronald156US #55
#56Sean153US #45
#57Craig147US #66
#58Keith144US #49
#59Derek141US #75
#60Cory138US #73
#61Brent137US #87
#62Samuel137US #57
#63Jeremiah131US #81
#64Larry131US #64
#65Jesse127US #51
#66Troy127US #88
#67Gary125US #60
#68Zachary115US #89
#69Peter112US #54
#70Nathaniel111US #94
#71Phillip110US #67
#72Jeffery108US #80
#73Terry106US #91
#74George104US #58
#75Wesley102US #83
#76Jerry101US #82
#77Dennis91US #71
#78Jared90US #72
#79Edward89US #47
#80Curtis88US #96
#81Philip88US #84
#82Derrick87US #76
#83Joel86US #74
#84Marcus84US #70
#85Randy82US #86
#86Casey79US #92
#87Raymond79US #69
#88Rodney79US #102
#89Tony79US #97
#90Carl76US #100
#91Brad75US #123
#92Brett75US #112
#93Seth75US #106
#94Kristopher74US #104
#95Damon73US #132
#96Jon70US #108
#97Billy68US #99
#98Danny66US #115
#99Erik62US #85
#100Lucas61US #136

On the move since 1977

Rising

↑36Nicholas#18
↑33Shaun#46
↑30Kristy#47
↑22Zachary#68
↑20Brandi#42
↑20Kristin#69
↑18Kathryn#55
↑17Samantha#62

Falling

↓40Jaime#80
↓29Sabrina#100
↓24Anna#87
↓23Brad#91
↓19Teresa#88
↓14Tammy#79
↓13Stacey#54
↓12Wesley#75

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1977 rankings.