State roster

Top names in Indiana

The names most likely to appear on 1986 Indiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 69,822 Indiana births in 1986 across 1,237 distinct names.

Distinctively Indiana

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

#98Audrey#181 nationally
#71Abigail#143 nationally
#62Ashlee#132 nationally
#82Kelli#142 nationally
#93Melinda#147 nationally
#77Jonathon#129 nationally
#79Caleb#131 nationally
#58Kara#102 nationally
#78Jeremiah#118 nationally
#100Kristopher#140 nationally
#86Alisha#125 nationally
#86Terry#122 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley1,456US #2
#2Jessica1,154US #1
#3Amanda1,107US #3
#4Jennifer791US #4
#5Sarah756US #5
#6Brittany692US #8
#7Megan647US #11
#8Amber581US #13
#9Heather567US #9
#10Stephanie493US #6
#11Elizabeth462US #10
#12Rachel405US #15
#13Emily386US #24
#14Amy372US #22
#15Nicole357US #7
#16Melissa352US #12
#17Tiffany342US #17
#18Samantha339US #21
#19Danielle336US #16
#20Whitney332US #32
#21Sara304US #27
#22Lauren296US #14
#23Michelle286US #23
#24Laura271US #20
#25Kimberly268US #18
#26Katherine257US #28
#27Jamie254US #34
#28Lindsey252US #39
#29Christina249US #19
#30Crystal245US #25
#31Allison244US #42
#32Erin238US #30
#33Kelly234US #29
#34Rebecca223US #26
#35Angela221US #33
#36Courtney214US #35
#37Lindsay210US #46
#38Andrea197US #36
#39Mary197US #37
#40Katie196US #38
#41Erica193US #31
#42Alicia171US #45
#43Kristen171US #41
#44Brittney170US #65
#45Kathryn156US #48
#46Cassandra155US #60
#47Lisa150US #40
#48Kristin149US #50
#49Holly148US #63
#50April144US #53
#51Kayla134US #64
#52Anna133US #51
#53Shannon133US #44
#54Jenna131US #55
#55Tara122US #56
#56Brandi121US #79
#57Natalie120US #52
#58Kara115US #102
#59Mallory115US #83
#60Brandy111US #84
#61Casey111US #80
#62Ashlee110US #132
#63Kristina109US #62
#64Julie105US #58
#65Christine100US #47
#66Natasha100US #70
#67Kathleen98US #68
#68Bethany96US #91
#69Hannah96US #82
#70Krista92US #93
#71Abigail91US #143
#72Stacey91US #94
#73Chelsea89US #73
#74Brooke87US #104
#75Leah84US #78
#76Leslie84US #86
#77Krystal82US #61
#78Vanessa81US #43
#79Carrie80US #109
#80Kendra79US #101
#81Victoria79US #54
#82Kelli78US #142
#83Rachael76US #103
#84Alyssa75US #85
#85Alison74US #96
#86Alisha71US #125
#87Monica71US #59
#88Valerie70US #76
#89Dana69US #92
#90Jacqueline67US #57
#91Maria67US #49
#92Molly67US #110
#93Melinda66US #147
#94Patricia66US #66
#95Nichole64US #105
#96Stacy64US #87
#97Lacey63US #121
#98Audrey62US #181
#99Candace62US #114
#100Catherine62US #67

Boys

#1Michael1,294US #1
#2Matthew1,190US #3
#3Christopher1,114US #2
#4Joshua1,111US #4
#5Andrew886US #8
#6Ryan831US #11
#7Brandon824US #13
#8James786US #7
#9David754US #5
#10Justin748US #14
#11Kyle726US #23
#12Daniel638US #6
#13Nicholas613US #17
#14John600US #10
#15Adam584US #24
#16Joseph561US #12
#17Robert558US #9
#18William481US #15
#19Jonathan474US #16
#20Eric472US #22
#21Brian464US #20
#22Jason449US #18
#23Dustin443US #42
#24Zachary437US #38
#25Anthony432US #19
#26Jacob429US #31
#27Steven404US #25
#28Aaron401US #33
#29Kevin401US #21
#30Jeremy400US #28
#31Timothy377US #27
#32Benjamin367US #30
#33Tyler353US #40
#34Nathan344US #43
#35Thomas313US #26
#36Jeffrey296US #32
#37Mark281US #35
#38Charles279US #34
#39Scott276US #44
#40Richard274US #29
#41Jordan271US #53
#42Bradley253US #54
#43Stephen238US #36
#44Derek235US #57
#45Travis225US #49
#46Patrick218US #39
#47Sean213US #37
#48Chad207US #59
#49Gregory205US #46
#50Cody192US #56
#51Alexander181US #41
#52Paul181US #45
#53Shawn172US #55
#54Bryan169US #47
#55Jared169US #58
#56Cory162US #68
#57Jesse160US #48
#58Kenneth160US #50
#59Samuel150US #52
#60Corey146US #62
#61Nathaniel146US #78
#62Alex145US #64
#63Craig139US #80
#64Joel122US #72
#65Evan121US #81
#66Donald117US #71
#67Shane117US #67
#68Keith113US #66
#69Austin109US #90
#70Seth109US #97
#71Brett107US #69
#72Phillip102US #70
#73Casey101US #83
#74Wesley101US #96
#75Brent98US #94
#76Douglas97US #82
#77Jonathon94US #129
#78Jeremiah92US #118
#79Caleb90US #131
#80Ronald89US #75
#81Blake87US #101
#82Marcus86US #63
#83Mitchell85US #105
#84Derrick84US #87
#85Gary80US #84
#86Terry78US #122
#87Luke76US #106
#88Curtis75US #100
#89George72US #74
#90Ian71US #85
#91Lucas71US #126
#92Jeffery70US #102
#93Edward69US #61
#94Philip69US #86
#95Peter68US #60
#96Troy68US #123
#97Todd67US #110
#98Larry65US #108
#99Raymond65US #77
#100Kristopher63US #140

On the move since 1985

Rising

↑48Kayla#51
↑36Whitney#20
↑29Casey#61
↑21Chelsea#73
↑19Alex#62
↑19Wesley#74
↑17Brittney#44
↑16Kathleen#67

Falling

↓32Stacy#96
↓23Catherine#100
↓20Todd#97
↓19Krystal#77
↓18Andrea#38
↓18Philip#94
↓17Brooke#74
↓17Jacqueline#90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1985 rankings.