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Top names in Indiana

The names most likely to appear on 1983 Indiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 71,708 Indiana births in 1983 across 1,221 distinct names.

Distinctively Indiana

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

#82Abby#200 nationally
#79Ashlee#182 nationally
#66Abigail#151 nationally
#78Jonathon#160 nationally
#90Caleb#159 nationally
#97Tasha#156 nationally
#87Alisha#141 nationally
#87Clinton#141 nationally
#74Miranda#118 nationally
#81Hannah#124 nationally
#93Kelli#136 nationally
#59Jill#98 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley1,224US #4
#2Jennifer1,202US #1
#3Amanda1,097US #3
#4Jessica1,058US #2
#5Sarah808US #5
#6Heather647US #9
#7Amber630US #17
#8Stephanie548US #8
#9Melissa543US #6
#10Nicole516US #7
#11Amy513US #12
#12Elizabeth482US #10
#13Megan470US #21
#14Rachel458US #20
#15Emily395US #25
#16Erin375US #18
#17Crystal370US #11
#18Angela361US #22
#19Michelle349US #13
#20Laura340US #23
#21Tiffany330US #14
#22Christina327US #16
#23Kimberly300US #15
#24Rebecca299US #19
#25Andrea287US #30
#26Sara282US #31
#27Lindsey275US #35
#28Kelly274US #26
#29Jamie270US #28
#30Lindsay258US #36
#31Mary250US #32
#32Lisa237US #27
#33Erica223US #33
#34Samantha222US #40
#35April218US #39
#36Lauren218US #24
#37Danielle208US #29
#38Holly204US #48
#39Courtney201US #44
#40Katherine197US #34
#41Kristen197US #37
#42Brandi189US #56
#43Brandy183US #57
#44Alicia175US #41
#45Brittany173US #64
#46Kristin166US #42
#47Shannon165US #38
#48Tara162US #51
#49Natalie158US #52
#50Kathryn150US #50
#51Julie149US #46
#52Carrie147US #65
#53Cassandra144US #70
#54Leslie137US #67
#55Allison126US #59
#56Anna126US #55
#57Katie126US #45
#58Stacy119US #61
#59Jill115US #98
#60Brooke110US #96
#61Kristina110US #63
#62Kayla107US #81
#63Kara106US #101
#64Christine105US #47
#65Misty102US #87
#66Abigail98US #151
#67Susan95US #86
#68Jacqueline94US #53
#69Leah94US #82
#70Monica93US #54
#71Dawn92US #106
#72Natasha92US #71
#73Stacey90US #76
#74Miranda87US #118
#75Valerie85US #74
#76Nichole84US #93
#77Casey82US #110
#78Victoria82US #58
#79Ashlee81US #182
#80Candice81US #84
#81Hannah81US #124
#82Abby80US #200
#83Patricia79US #60
#84Stefanie77US #105
#85Heidi76US #95
#86Dana74US #72
#87Alisha72US #141
#88Bethany72US #99
#89Julia72US #85
#90Catherine71US #66
#91Lori71US #113
#92Margaret71US #92
#93Kelli69US #136
#94Molly68US #129
#95Kathleen67US #73
#96Maria67US #43
#97Tasha67US #156
#98Alexis66US #83
#99Melanie66US #79
#100Erika65US #80

Boys

#1Matthew1,371US #3
#2Michael1,371US #1
#3Joshua1,236US #5
#4Christopher1,228US #2
#5Ryan924US #13
#6Jason856US #7
#7David840US #4
#8Adam830US #18
#9James808US #6
#10Justin774US #12
#11Andrew757US #15
#12Brandon756US #17
#13Robert699US #10
#14John681US #9
#15Joseph675US #11
#16Daniel672US #8
#17Brian606US #14
#18Eric547US #20
#19Nicholas535US #21
#20William527US #16
#21Kyle519US #34
#22Aaron507US #29
#23Jeremy459US #30
#24Jonathan445US #19
#25Anthony431US #22
#26Dustin402US #43
#27Steven399US #23
#28Benjamin375US #32
#29Timothy375US #26
#30Kevin374US #25
#31Jeffrey371US #28
#32Nathan371US #40
#33Thomas343US #24
#34Jacob338US #36
#35Mark327US #31
#36Charles320US #33
#37Zachary313US #50
#38Richard305US #27
#39Travis302US #41
#40Scott286US #38
#41Bradley268US #52
#42Gregory253US #42
#43Stephen240US #35
#44Chad234US #49
#45Paul228US #39
#46Patrick227US #37
#47Kenneth204US #45
#48Derek196US #51
#49Bryan180US #47
#50Jesse168US #46
#51Craig159US #70
#52Tyler158US #57
#53Donald155US #60
#54Jared154US #56
#55Shawn152US #53
#56Samuel143US #54
#57Sean142US #44
#58Phillip138US #66
#59Nathaniel133US #79
#60Keith130US #61
#61Cory127US #83
#62Jordan121US #72
#63Brent113US #94
#64Douglas111US #69
#65Corey109US #74
#66Jeffery105US #91
#67Marcus105US #58
#68Todd104US #87
#69Brett103US #73
#70Ronald100US #64
#71Gary98US #68
#72Derrick97US #78
#73Joel97US #67
#74Jeremiah96US #99
#75Shane95US #84
#76Peter89US #59
#77Seth87US #98
#78Jonathon85US #160
#79Evan82US #93
#80Lucas82US #117
#81Philip82US #82
#82Wesley81US #101
#83Alexander80US #63
#84Larry80US #85
#85Blake76US #109
#86Troy76US #113
#87Clinton73US #141
#88Terry73US #110
#89Ian72US #77
#90Caleb71US #159
#91Dennis71US #92
#92Edward71US #55
#93George71US #65
#94Austin70US #131
#95Jerry69US #103
#96Casey68US #90
#97Russell68US #104
#98Luke61US #105
#99Erik60US #80
#100Alan58US #102

On the move since 1982

Rising

↑22Jordan#62
↑16Holly#38
↑16Alexander#83
↑15Valerie#75
↑15Evan#79
↑13Lauren#36
↑13Susan#67
↑13Derrick#72

Falling

↓19Edward#92
↓17Lori#91
↓16Melanie#99
↓16Jeremiah#74
↓14Kelli#93
↓14Jerry#95
↓13Dana#86
↓12Carrie#52

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1982 rankings.