State roster

Top names in Indiana

The names most likely to appear on 1980 Indiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 78,746 Indiana births in 1980 across 1,307 distinct names.

Distinctively Indiana

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

#85Abigail#176 nationally
#97Jonathon#171 nationally
#68Kara#127 nationally
#79Kelli#125 nationally
#88Molly#133 nationally
#96Cassandra#138 nationally
#87Miranda#128 nationally
#84Kristi#122 nationally
#93Clinton#131 nationally
#94Mandy#132 nationally
#71Beth#106 nationally
#86Krista#121 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,516US #1
#2Amanda1,392US #2
#3Jessica894US #3
#4Melissa866US #4
#5Sarah851US #5
#6Heather702US #6
#7Amy692US #8
#8Angela622US #12
#9Amber605US #22
#10Stephanie533US #13
#11Nicole499US #7
#12Michelle484US #10
#13Elizabeth483US #9
#14Kimberly438US #11
#15Rachel417US #23
#16Tiffany416US #14
#17Christina415US #15
#18Erin402US #20
#19Kelly400US #19
#20Crystal399US #18
#21Jamie396US #24
#22Lisa367US #16
#23Laura364US #21
#24April348US #26
#25Rebecca337US #17
#26Sara337US #27
#27Andrea332US #28
#28Emily311US #31
#29Megan311US #30
#30Mary288US #25
#31Shannon259US #29
#32Julie237US #32
#33Brandy236US #42
#34Brooke220US #57
#35Carrie212US #46
#36Erica210US #34
#37Kristin210US #37
#38Misty203US #49
#39Ashley194US #40
#40Holly190US #52
#41Jill180US #66
#42Tara178US #43
#43Danielle170US #33
#44Courtney169US #48
#45Kristen167US #39
#46Brandi165US #63
#47Katherine165US #35
#48Dawn158US #67
#49Stacy157US #53
#50Leslie151US #61
#51Kristina150US #73
#52Natalie148US #65
#53Alicia145US #47
#54Allison143US #59
#55Lindsay143US #71
#56Samantha142US #58
#57Kathryn139US #50
#58Lori137US #76
#59Susan131US #62
#60Katie126US #44
#61Anna122US #55
#62Stacey118US #74
#63Melinda117US #92
#64Tracy116US #56
#65Heidi114US #79
#66Lindsey114US #91
#67Wendy113US #75
#68Kara109US #127
#69Lauren108US #38
#70Monica106US #45
#71Beth104US #106
#72Kristy104US #78
#73Tina104US #72
#74Christine103US #41
#75Melanie103US #60
#76Patricia100US #51
#77Nichole99US #102
#78Christy96US #83
#79Kelli95US #125
#80Tonya95US #97
#81Leah94US #84
#82Dana88US #68
#83Karen88US #54
#84Kristi88US #122
#85Abigail87US #176
#86Krista85US #121
#87Miranda83US #128
#88Molly83US #133
#89Alison82US #101
#90Julia82US #98
#91Kathleen78US #82
#92Cynthia77US #64
#93Erika77US #87
#94Mandy77US #132
#95Anne76US #112
#96Cassandra75US #138
#97Margaret74US #105
#98Maria73US #36
#99Bethany72US #124
#100Mindy72US #131

Boys

#1Michael1,642US #1
#2Joshua1,447US #7
#3Jason1,332US #3
#4Christopher1,175US #2
#5Matthew1,170US #6
#6David1,050US #4
#7James991US #5
#8Ryan901US #15
#9John813US #8
#10Justin809US #13
#11Robert801US #9
#12Jeremy775US #18
#13Brian765US #12
#14Adam720US #22
#15Joseph693US #10
#16Andrew691US #19
#17Nicholas682US #17
#18Daniel653US #11
#19Eric629US #16
#20William589US #14
#21Timothy517US #20
#22Brandon502US #31
#23Aaron499US #34
#24Chad460US #39
#25Thomas456US #25
#26Benjamin439US #32
#27Anthony422US #24
#28Jeffrey417US #27
#29Nathan416US #36
#30Jonathan415US #21
#31Kevin407US #23
#32Steven399US #28
#33Scott382US #33
#34Travis382US #37
#35Charles374US #29
#36Mark366US #30
#37Dustin354US #44
#38Richard352US #26
#39Bradley319US #51
#40Kyle294US #57
#41Paul276US #35
#42Jacob264US #43
#43Shawn249US #47
#44Stephen245US #40
#45Derek239US #50
#46Gregory239US #42
#47Kenneth233US #41
#48Patrick211US #38
#49Bryan202US #49
#50Donald188US #53
#51Douglas175US #62
#52Jesse167US #45
#53Zachary167US #72
#54Craig157US #73
#55Cory155US #83
#56Keith155US #56
#57Jeremiah151US #76
#58Shane148US #69
#59Samuel145US #54
#60Brent144US #84
#61Ronald144US #58
#62Nathaniel143US #86
#63Phillip139US #65
#64Todd131US #75
#65Corey129US #68
#66Jeffery128US #90
#67Gary127US #63
#68Jared125US #61
#69Marcus117US #71
#70Larry107US #70
#71Shaun104US #79
#72Troy104US #106
#73Dennis102US #80
#74Erik101US #64
#75Sean101US #48
#76Edward100US #52
#77Lucas100US #98
#78Seth100US #99
#79Jerry98US #94
#80Joel98US #67
#81George96US #60
#82Peter95US #55
#83Randy94US #87
#84Derrick90US #74
#85Curtis89US #89
#86Brett88US #96
#87Terry88US #101
#88Brad79US #116
#89Raymond79US #66
#90Philip78US #82
#91Wesley76US #95
#92Jon74US #127
#93Clinton72US #131
#94Ricky72US #122
#95Billy70US #100
#96Ian70US #104
#97Jonathon70US #171
#98Luke70US #97
#99Rodney69US #121
#100Tony69US #108

On the move since 1979

Rising

↑49Ashley#39
↑31Kara#68
↑30Kristen#45
↑26Lindsay#55
↑26Katie#60
↑23Kristin#37
↑18Tiffany#16
↑18Marcus#69

Falling

↓50Mindy#100
↓22Karen#83
↓20Kristy#72
↓19Dana#82
↓18Christine#74
↓17Shaun#71
↓17Wesley#91
↓16Tonya#80

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1979 rankings.