State roster

Top names in Indiana

The names most likely to appear on 1987 Indiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 69,045 Indiana births in 1987 across 1,267 distinct names.

Distinctively Indiana

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

#95Ross#162 nationally
#78Logan#144 nationally
#77Abigail#138 nationally
#96Tabitha#151 nationally
#79Jonathon#132 nationally
#93Jordan#146 nationally
#55Kara#104 nationally
#73Caleb#115 nationally
#90Kelli#131 nationally
#78Alisha#118 nationally
#73Ashlee#112 nationally
#57Brooke#94 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley1,560US #2
#2Jessica1,222US #1
#3Amanda989US #3
#4Brittany710US #7
#5Sarah709US #5
#6Jennifer675US #4
#7Amber588US #15
#8Heather511US #9
#9Megan511US #12
#10Stephanie482US #6
#11Emily432US #19
#12Samantha425US #11
#13Rachel422US #17
#14Elizabeth410US #10
#15Danielle356US #14
#16Tiffany352US #18
#17Nicole341US #8
#18Lauren316US #16
#19Kayla307US #27
#20Whitney299US #32
#21Amy294US #24
#22Melissa286US #13
#23Laura280US #22
#24Michelle252US #21
#25Sara247US #29
#26Lindsey245US #41
#27Courtney231US #33
#28Katie227US #38
#29Kimberly227US #23
#30Christina224US #20
#31Katherine218US #28
#32Andrea210US #36
#33Kelly210US #30
#34Erin201US #34
#35Angela196US #35
#36Jamie196US #39
#37Mary187US #37
#38Rebecca185US #25
#39Erica184US #31
#40Crystal181US #26
#41Lindsay177US #49
#42Alicia174US #46
#43Chelsea173US #47
#44Allison164US #44
#45Lisa159US #40
#46Brittney156US #61
#47Holly156US #71
#48Anna150US #52
#49Kristen145US #42
#50Natalie142US #56
#51Kathryn140US #51
#52Hannah131US #66
#53Kelsey131US #67
#54Cassandra129US #68
#55Kara128US #104
#56Tara127US #69
#57Brooke126US #94
#58Casey116US #81
#59Jenna116US #57
#60Kendra116US #77
#61Kristin111US #55
#62Shannon111US #45
#63Natasha109US #73
#64Alyssa107US #60
#65Brandi107US #88
#66Julie105US #65
#67Kristina104US #62
#68Christine100US #48
#69Bethany99US #87
#70April98US #58
#71Victoria98US #50
#72Krystal97US #70
#73Ashlee95US #112
#74Leslie94US #89
#75Kathleen88US #72
#76Mallory86US #91
#77Abigail85US #138
#78Alisha85US #118
#79Caitlin85US #63
#80Leah84US #82
#81Alexandra79US #59
#82Lacey79US #117
#83Carrie78US #119
#84Jacqueline78US #54
#85Monica78US #64
#86Morgan78US #95
#87Brandy77US #92
#88Erika76US #75
#89Krista76US #108
#90Kelli74US #131
#91Molly71US #97
#92Rachael69US #98
#93Jordan67US #146
#94Julia66US #86
#95Catherine65US #74
#96Tabitha65US #151
#97Meghan64US #78
#98Vanessa63US #43
#99Maria62US #53
#100Margaret61US #90

Boys

#1Michael1,168US #1
#2Matthew1,161US #3
#3Joshua1,158US #4
#4Christopher1,045US #2
#5Andrew885US #6
#6Justin810US #9
#7Ryan797US #13
#8David746US #5
#9James725US #8
#10Kyle713US #22
#11Brandon687US #14
#12Daniel659US #7
#13Nicholas642US #16
#14Robert580US #10
#15Joseph571US #12
#16John557US #11
#17Adam540US #27
#18Zachary497US #33
#19William484US #15
#20Jacob483US #31
#21Anthony460US #17
#22Eric453US #21
#23Aaron448US #34
#24Dustin437US #44
#25Benjamin432US #28
#26Kevin429US #19
#27Jason422US #23
#28Jonathan384US #18
#29Tyler380US #39
#30Brian374US #20
#31Thomas362US #24
#32Timothy358US #26
#33Jeremy347US #29
#34Nathan342US #45
#35Steven326US #25
#36Travis303US #42
#37Jordan287US #52
#38Derek283US #54
#39Jeffrey266US #32
#40Cody265US #49
#41Mark265US #36
#42Charles261US #35
#43Richard259US #30
#44Bradley251US #56
#45Patrick246US #41
#46Stephen241US #38
#47Scott238US #43
#48Alexander197US #37
#49Cory193US #62
#50Chad191US #63
#51Paul191US #46
#52Gregory187US #47
#53Sean181US #40
#54Samuel174US #50
#55Jared173US #58
#56Kenneth159US #53
#57Alex155US #60
#58Bryan154US #51
#59Jesse151US #55
#60Austin150US #76
#61Shawn147US #59
#62Corey143US #57
#63Evan139US #83
#64Nathaniel137US #78
#65Keith128US #69
#66Phillip128US #68
#67Seth126US #89
#68Donald125US #70
#69Shane122US #65
#70Craig113US #88
#71Brent101US #103
#72Brett100US #71
#73Caleb96US #115
#74Cameron95US #96
#75Curtis90US #100
#76Douglas90US #85
#77Joel90US #75
#78Logan88US #144
#79Jonathon87US #132
#80Ronald87US #73
#81Blake85US #106
#82Ian85US #81
#83Jeffery83US #109
#84Luke81US #111
#85Casey79US #80
#86Wesley79US #92
#87Marcus77US #67
#88Mitchell77US #101
#89Jerry76US #125
#90Derrick75US #86
#91Peter75US #64
#92Todd73US #120
#93Edward72US #61
#94Lucas72US #121
#95Ross72US #162
#96Philip71US #84
#97Gary70US #87
#98Jeremiah66US #130
#99Antonio64US #72
#100Dennis63US #107

On the move since 1986

Rising

↑32Kayla#19
↑30Chelsea#43
↑20Kendra#60
↑20Alyssa#64
↑17Hannah#52
↑17Brooke#57
↑15Lacey#82
↑13Curtis#75

Falling

↓27Brandy#87
↓20April#70
↓20Vanessa#98
↓20Jeremiah#98
↓19Krista#89
↓17Mallory#76
↓13Allison#44
↓13Kristin#61

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1986 rankings.