State roster

Top names in Indiana

The names most likely to appear on 1985 Indiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 71,726 Indiana births in 1985 across 1,242 distinct names.

Distinctively Indiana

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

#84Abbyoutside the national top 200
#79Abigail#153 nationally
#72Ashlee#141 nationally
#80Jonathon#139 nationally
#84Caleb#136 nationally
#93Kelli#142 nationally
#70Hannah#117 nationally
#82Miranda#128 nationally
#85Alisha#131 nationally
#89Tabitha#135 nationally
#57Brooke#102 nationally
#98Jill#143 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley1,578US #2
#2Amanda1,137US #4
#3Jessica1,049US #1
#4Jennifer918US #3
#5Sarah708US #5
#6Heather665US #8
#7Megan645US #10
#8Amber589US #16
#9Brittany585US #17
#10Stephanie554US #6
#11Elizabeth512US #9
#12Rachel485US #13
#13Nicole477US #7
#14Melissa446US #11
#15Emily418US #24
#16Amy397US #20
#17Laura384US #14
#18Danielle374US #18
#19Christina324US #12
#20Andrea292US #33
#21Kimberly290US #19
#22Tiffany290US #23
#23Lauren287US #15
#24Michelle287US #22
#25Sara279US #30
#26Lindsey276US #37
#27Erin268US #26
#28Angela267US #31
#29Jamie267US #27
#30Samantha265US #29
#31Crystal263US #21
#32Kelly256US #28
#33Katherine246US #32
#34Erica224US #34
#35Lindsay223US #40
#36Courtney217US #43
#37Katie213US #39
#38Holly211US #56
#39Mary209US #35
#40Lisa206US #36
#41Rebecca206US #25
#42Allison190US #46
#43Kristen173US #38
#44Kathryn169US #48
#45Alicia166US #45
#46Jenna162US #50
#47Kristina155US #57
#48April150US #47
#49Brandi150US #69
#50Tara150US #51
#51Julie142US #55
#52Kristin140US #49
#53Brandy136US #70
#54Natalie133US #58
#55Christine132US #44
#56Whitney130US #73
#57Brooke128US #102
#58Krystal128US #53
#59Shannon128US #41
#60Cassandra127US #62
#61Brittney121US #84
#62Anna111US #54
#63Carrie107US #96
#64Stacy107US #67
#65Kara106US #98
#66Leslie104US #76
#67Natasha102US #79
#68Leah98US #78
#69Meghan92US #63
#70Hannah90US #117
#71Stacey89US #89
#72Ashlee88US #141
#73Jacqueline87US #60
#74Rachael87US #100
#75Bethany84US #94
#76Vanessa84US #42
#77Catherine83US #65
#78Molly83US #119
#79Abigail82US #153
#80Margaret80US #90
#81Victoria80US #59
#82Miranda78US #128
#83Kathleen77US #68
#84Abby75
#85Alisha75US #131
#86Patricia73US #64
#87Valerie73US #71
#88Misty72US #121
#89Tabitha71US #135
#90Casey70US #114
#91Monica70US #61
#92Nichole69US #95
#93Kelli67US #142
#94Chelsea66US #75
#95Lacey66US #124
#96Alison65US #97
#97Susan65US #106
#98Jill64US #143
#99Kayla63US #109
#100Melinda63US #138

Boys

#1Joshua1,321US #4
#2Michael1,259US #1
#3Matthew1,242US #3
#4Christopher1,230US #2
#5Ryan907US #12
#6Brandon827US #13
#7Andrew820US #11
#8David811US #6
#9James770US #7
#10Justin703US #15
#11Daniel698US #5
#12Adam679US #22
#13John657US #9
#14Kyle651US #27
#15Joseph646US #10
#16Robert590US #8
#17Nicholas588US #19
#18Jason552US #14
#19Eric497US #21
#20William491US #16
#21Brian490US #18
#22Zachary472US #39
#23Aaron438US #33
#24Dustin433US #41
#25Anthony416US #20
#26Jonathan415US #17
#27Jeremy411US #30
#28Kevin399US #23
#29Timothy391US #26
#30Jacob385US #35
#31Nathan379US #40
#32Thomas362US #25
#33Benjamin354US #31
#34Steven352US #24
#35Tyler300US #43
#36Bradley294US #53
#37Charles293US #34
#38Scott290US #44
#39Mark284US #32
#40Jeffrey280US #29
#41Richard266US #28
#42Travis251US #46
#43Stephen249US #36
#44Patrick245US #37
#45Gregory223US #45
#46Sean223US #38
#47Jordan208US #62
#48Chad207US #57
#49Bryan205US #48
#50Paul202US #42
#51Cody199US #52
#52Derek192US #56
#53Jared178US #58
#54Kenneth176US #47
#55Samuel161US #54
#56Jesse156US #51
#57Cory155US #81
#58Shawn151US #55
#59Corey150US #63
#60Alexander133US #50
#61Brent133US #89
#62Craig132US #79
#63Nathaniel125US #77
#64Shane119US #68
#65Douglas118US #76
#66Joel117US #67
#67Brett115US #70
#68Keith109US #64
#69Donald107US #66
#70Seth106US #104
#71Marcus103US #61
#72Phillip103US #69
#73Ronald94US #71
#74Austin93US #107
#75Evan93US #91
#76Philip87US #84
#77Todd86US #99
#78Derrick84US #83
#79Jeremiah84US #111
#80Jonathon83US #139
#81Alex82US #80
#82Casey81US #86
#83Ian81US #78
#84Caleb80US #136
#85Jeffery79US #96
#86Drew78US #126
#87Edward77US #59
#88Troy76US #123
#89Jerry75US #116
#90Gary73US #82
#91Larry72US #97
#92Peter71US #60
#93Wesley71US #94
#94Blake69US #100
#95Mitchell69US #115
#96Raymond69US #75
#97Erik68US #87
#98Luke67US #106
#99Carl66US #112
#100Curtis66US #98

On the move since 1984

Rising

↑32Whitney#56
↑24Kristina#47
↑24Vanessa#76
↑20Krystal#58
↑20Meghan#69
↑19Alex#81
↑18Jordan#47
↑16Evan#75

Falling

↓29Nichole#92
↓23Jill#98
↓21Susan#97
↓19Monica#91
↓17Chelsea#94
↓17Peter#92
↓15Alisha#85
↓13Kayla#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1984 rankings.