State roster

Top names in Indiana

The names most likely to appear on 1981 Indiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 75,003 Indiana births in 1981 across 1,273 distinct names.

Distinctively Indiana

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

#69Abigail#156 nationally
#93Jonathon#162 nationally
#96Brittany#165 nationally
#93Angel#157 nationally
#88Kari#145 nationally
#74Beth#125 nationally
#71Kara#121 nationally
#83Rachael#132 nationally
#95Mandy#136 nationally
#75Bethany#114 nationally
#99Randall#137 nationally
#77Nichole#109 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,418US #1
#2Amanda1,318US #3
#3Jessica1,086US #2
#4Sarah922US #4
#5Melissa667US #5
#6Amy653US #6
#7Heather586US #10
#8Amber567US #20
#9Elizabeth535US #9
#10Stephanie530US #8
#11Angela525US #15
#12Nicole513US #7
#13Rachel415US #22
#14Erin412US #19
#15Tiffany397US #14
#16Michelle394US #11
#17Crystal378US #16
#18Sara378US #26
#19Kimberly373US #13
#20Christina347US #17
#21Lisa342US #18
#22April341US #25
#23Emily340US #29
#24Andrea330US #24
#25Jamie324US #28
#26Laura319US #21
#27Rebecca303US #12
#28Megan294US #33
#29Mary278US #27
#30Kelly274US #23
#31Kristin237US #31
#32Ashley228US #34
#33Brooke228US #52
#34Shannon228US #32
#35Brandy227US #41
#36Julie227US #37
#37Danielle214US #30
#38Erica205US #36
#39Katherine197US #39
#40Kristen183US #38
#41Holly182US #63
#42Carrie179US #55
#43Courtney177US #43
#44Brandi170US #50
#45Lindsay169US #47
#46Misty163US #61
#47Natalie163US #60
#48Tara161US #45
#49Kathryn156US #48
#50Samantha153US #51
#51Lindsey152US #58
#52Lauren144US #35
#53Leslie142US #56
#54Stacy139US #65
#55Kristina133US #72
#56Jill128US #78
#57Katie128US #44
#58Alicia121US #46
#59Anna116US #54
#60Patricia114US #53
#61Dawn108US #79
#62Leah107US #81
#63Stacey105US #83
#64Lori104US #91
#65Susan104US #71
#66Allison103US #57
#67Christine102US #42
#68Heidi97US #84
#69Abigail95US #156
#70Candice95US #86
#71Kara92US #121
#72Tracy91US #77
#73Monica90US #49
#74Beth89US #125
#75Bethany88US #114
#76Dana88US #70
#77Nichole87US #109
#78Karen86US #64
#79Melanie83US #66
#80Valerie83US #89
#81Julia82US #88
#82Jacqueline79US #67
#83Rachael79US #132
#84Tina79US #80
#85Wendy79US #90
#86Kathleen78US #82
#87Pamela78US #76
#88Kari77US #145
#89Natasha77US #85
#90Candace76US #118
#91Cassandra76US #104
#92Tonya76US #110
#93Angel75US #157
#94Christy75US #99
#95Mandy75US #136
#96Brittany73US #165
#97Maria72US #40
#98Barbara70US #119
#99Cynthia70US #59
#100Melinda70US #108

Boys

#1Michael1,549US #1
#2Joshua1,414US #6
#3Matthew1,293US #3
#4Christopher1,158US #2
#5Jason1,063US #4
#6David937US #5
#7James919US #7
#8Ryan904US #13
#9John791US #8
#10Justin788US #12
#11Robert787US #9
#12Joseph760US #11
#13Andrew733US #18
#14Brandon714US #19
#15Adam701US #20
#16Jeremy673US #22
#17Brian649US #14
#18Daniel646US #10
#19Eric600US #17
#20Nicholas544US #21
#21William530US #15
#22Aaron524US #30
#23Jonathan455US #16
#24Nathan444US #36
#25Benjamin437US #32
#26Kevin437US #25
#27Timothy429US #24
#28Dustin424US #42
#29Anthony391US #23
#30Steven385US #28
#31Jeffrey376US #29
#32Thomas372US #26
#33Travis344US #40
#34Charles342US #31
#35Scott336US #34
#36Mark334US #33
#37Chad318US #47
#38Jacob316US #43
#39Richard315US #27
#40Bradley305US #50
#41Kyle299US #52
#42Paul242US #35
#43Derek228US #53
#44Gregory225US #46
#45Shawn221US #49
#46Jesse219US #37
#47Patrick218US #38
#48Kenneth217US #41
#49Stephen215US #39
#50Zachary201US #63
#51Bryan182US #48
#52Jeremiah163US #77
#53Douglas158US #64
#54Jared158US #57
#55Sean156US #44
#56Craig155US #72
#57Donald150US #56
#58Ronald142US #59
#59Nathaniel136US #80
#60Shane136US #81
#61Brent135US #88
#62Keith129US #58
#63Jeffery124US #93
#64Samuel123US #54
#65Joel122US #65
#66Cory121US #90
#67Todd118US #74
#68Larry110US #73
#69Corey109US #69
#70Gary109US #62
#71Peter109US #55
#72Brett107US #79
#73Seth106US #95
#74Phillip105US #66
#75Edward102US #51
#76Dennis101US #83
#77Lucas101US #89
#78Curtis99US #94
#79Philip99US #84
#80George95US #61
#81Erik94US #76
#82Terry94US #105
#83Derrick92US #78
#84Shaun90US #86
#85Luke89US #100
#86Marcus88US #67
#87Tyler85US #96
#88Jerry83US #97
#89Troy83US #114
#90Billy82US #103
#91Casey82US #85
#92Clinton82US #124
#93Jonathon82US #162
#94Wesley81US #99
#95Ian75US #101
#96Raymond73US #68
#97Tony73US #111
#98Carl72US #106
#99Randall71US #137
#100Jordan68US #102

On the move since 1980

Rising

↑24Bethany#75
↑20Sean#55
↑19Leah#62
↑17Lauren#52
↑16Patricia#60
↑16Abigail#69
↑15Lindsey#51
↑15Joel#65

Falling

↓37Melinda#100
↓18Wendy#85
↓17Marcus#86
↓17Troy#89
↓16Christy#94
↓15Jill#56
↓13Dawn#61
↓13Chad#37

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1980 rankings.