State roster

Top names in Indiana

The names most likely to appear on 1979 Indiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 77,302 Indiana births in 1979 across 1,290 distinct names.

Distinctively Indiana

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

#98Autumn#180 nationally
#93Rachael#152 nationally
#80Krista#130 nationally
#69Beth#118 nationally
#90Randall#135 nationally
#87Kelli#129 nationally
#95Bethany#135 nationally
#49Brooke#85 nationally
#59Nathaniel#95 nationally
#74Kristi#109 nationally
#79Lindsey#113 nationally
#71Nichole#103 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,570US #1
#2Amanda1,299US #3
#3Melissa926US #2
#4Angela762US #8
#5Sarah743US #6
#6Amy728US #5
#7Heather728US #7
#8Jessica688US #4
#9Amber535US #22
#10Michelle508US #10
#11Nicole494US #9
#12Elizabeth491US #11
#13Stephanie481US #15
#14Christina469US #14
#15Crystal424US #18
#16Lisa416US #13
#17Kelly399US #16
#18April390US #23
#19Jamie390US #19
#20Kimberly368US #12
#21Rebecca357US #17
#22Erin335US #21
#23Rachel324US #27
#24Laura320US #20
#25Andrea315US #26
#26Shannon304US #25
#27Julie284US #29
#28Mary281US #24
#29Megan275US #31
#30Sara267US #30
#31Emily264US #34
#32Carrie255US #41
#33Brandy246US #39
#34Tiffany229US #28
#35Stacy220US #43
#36Misty219US #42
#37Erica215US #32
#38Jill213US #52
#39Danielle201US #33
#40Tara188US #38
#41Brandi183US #61
#42Holly180US #48
#43Katherine175US #36
#44Samantha161US #66
#45Dawn158US #57
#46Kristina155US #74
#47Lori155US #69
#48Courtney151US #71
#49Brooke150US #85
#50Mindy148US #81
#51Tracy148US #49
#52Kristy143US #56
#53Stacey142US #60
#54Leslie137US #65
#55Natalie137US #68
#56Christine133US #35
#57Kathryn128US #50
#58Melinda128US #82
#59Susan124US #51
#60Kristin123US #73
#61Karen122US #46
#62Alicia119US #47
#63Dana117US #54
#64Tonya113US #86
#65Anna111US #59
#66Tina110US #58
#67Heidi109US #83
#68Allison107US #70
#69Beth107US #118
#70Monica103US #40
#71Nichole103US #103
#72Christy102US #72
#73Wendy102US #64
#74Kristi101US #109
#75Kristen100US #62
#76Melanie99US #53
#77Patricia97US #44
#78Cynthia96US #55
#79Lindsey94US #113
#80Krista92US #130
#81Lindsay88US #88
#82Maria87US #37
#83Sandra87US #77
#84Mandy85US #116
#85Catherine83US #78
#86Katie83US #63
#87Kelli83US #129
#88Ashley82US #67
#89Leah81US #98
#90Jaime80US #97
#91Tammy78US #79
#92Kathleen77US #84
#93Rachael77US #152
#94Robin77US #95
#95Bethany76US #135
#96Jacqueline75US #80
#97Renee74US #101
#98Autumn73US #180
#99Kara73US #125
#100Teresa72US #87

Boys

#1Michael1,588US #1
#2Jason1,527US #3
#3Christopher1,287US #2
#4Joshua1,206US #9
#5Matthew1,090US #6
#6James1,028US #5
#7David1,001US #4
#8Ryan861US #14
#9Robert842US #8
#10John836US #7
#11Jeremy817US #16
#12Brian778US #10
#13Joseph744US #11
#14Nicholas704US #15
#15Andrew674US #20
#16Daniel645US #12
#17William636US #13
#18Adam621US #23
#19Eric609US #17
#20Justin534US #22
#21Timothy526US #18
#22Chad474US #38
#23Aaron462US #32
#24Steven458US #27
#25Kevin443US #19
#26Brandon441US #35
#27Anthony428US #21
#28Scott428US #29
#29Jeffrey414US #24
#30Charles402US #28
#31Nathan402US #37
#32Mark399US #30
#33Benjamin393US #33
#34Thomas387US #26
#35Richard353US #25
#36Travis342US #36
#37Bradley328US #47
#38Jonathan328US #31
#39Paul280US #34
#40Kyle276US #56
#41Jacob250US #45
#42Shawn244US #43
#43Gregory232US #42
#44Bryan217US #46
#45Kenneth216US #41
#46Donald213US #51
#47Stephen209US #40
#48Patrick199US #39
#49Dustin198US #62
#50Douglas170US #58
#51Shane170US #67
#52Zachary170US #74
#53Todd169US #60
#54Shaun153US #64
#55Keith151US #52
#56Gary145US #59
#57Jesse145US #50
#58Derek143US #72
#59Nathaniel143US #95
#60Ronald142US #54
#61Brent141US #84
#62Craig141US #77
#63Jeremiah141US #81
#64Cory136US #82
#65Samuel136US #55
#66Corey129US #63
#67Phillip127US #68
#68Sean125US #49
#69Larry121US #69
#70Edward115US #48
#71Jared113US #65
#72Dennis106US #75
#73Erik105US #66
#74Wesley105US #89
#75Joel104US #71
#76Terry104US #96
#77Jerry103US #85
#78Brett99US #98
#79George98US #57
#80Jeffery98US #87
#81Lucas93US #108
#82Troy93US #99
#83Billy92US #97
#84Brad91US #115
#85Philip88US #83
#86Seth88US #101
#87Marcus84US #76
#88Peter84US #53
#89Rodney84US #117
#90Randall82US #135
#91Derrick81US #80
#92Kristopher80US #114
#93Raymond79US #70
#94Randy76US #86
#95Tony76US #104
#96Casey73US #93
#97Luke73US #110
#98Curtis72US #91
#99Jamie71US #88
#100Jon71US #118

On the move since 1978

Rising

↑26Dana#63
↑26Erik#73
↑22Anna#65
↑19Lucas#81
↑18Samantha#44
↑17Brooke#49
↑16Zachary#52
↑14Brett#78

Falling

↓24Christy#72
↓20Robin#94
↓19Peter#88
↓18Curtis#98
↓17Kara#99
↓16Patricia#77
↓16Troy#82
↓14Mandy#84

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1978 rankings.