State roster

Top names in Indiana

The names most likely to appear on 1988 Indiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 72,714 Indiana births in 1988 across 1,345 distinct names.

Distinctively Indiana

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

#97Drew#159 nationally
#89Clayton#147 nationally
#75Jonathon#125 nationally
#93Haley#143 nationally
#78Alisha#126 nationally
#71Abigail#118 nationally
#86Ashlee#133 nationally
#74Mallory#120 nationally
#87Carrie#132 nationally
#67Logan#109 nationally
#100Mathew#142 nationally
#55Kara#95 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley1,363US #2
#2Jessica1,247US #1
#3Amanda1,010US #3
#4Brittany787US #6
#5Sarah776US #4
#6Megan613US #12
#7Jennifer581US #5
#8Heather554US #14
#9Amber539US #15
#10Emily502US #18
#11Samantha499US #8
#12Tiffany491US #13
#13Stephanie483US #7
#14Rachel443US #19
#15Elizabeth425US #10
#16Kayla416US #20
#17Lauren407US #11
#18Danielle369US #17
#19Nicole355US #9
#20Courtney332US #24
#21Melissa295US #16
#22Chelsea272US #33
#23Amy266US #29
#24Sara246US #30
#25Katherine245US #27
#26Whitney239US #39
#27Michelle236US #21
#28Christina233US #22
#29Laura228US #23
#30Kimberly221US #25
#31Rebecca216US #26
#32Erica214US #31
#33Erin211US #37
#34Andrea209US #35
#35Kristen208US #36
#36Lindsey208US #48
#37Katie204US #40
#38Allison193US #46
#39Brittney193US #52
#40Mary193US #34
#41Angela192US #38
#42Alyssa176US #47
#43Crystal176US #28
#44Kelly172US #32
#45Kelsey172US #64
#46Hannah161US #61
#47Jamie160US #45
#48Alicia159US #50
#49Kristin158US #58
#50Lindsay154US #57
#51Caitlin151US #44
#52Cassandra148US #59
#53Kathryn144US #55
#54Brooke142US #87
#55Kara135US #95
#56Anna134US #54
#57Natalie122US #63
#58Kendra120US #80
#59Natasha120US #73
#60Jasmine119US #53
#61Lisa119US #43
#62Kristina117US #68
#63Alexandra110US #49
#64Tara109US #67
#65Shannon108US #56
#66Victoria108US #42
#67Casey107US #92
#68Holly106US #72
#69April104US #65
#70Christine102US #51
#71Abigail99US #118
#72Julie99US #71
#73Brandi97US #91
#74Mallory93US #120
#75Morgan93US #78
#76Bethany91US #89
#77Molly91US #86
#78Alisha90US #126
#79Jenna87US #66
#80Vanessa87US #41
#81Katelyn85US #84
#82Jacqueline83US #62
#83Leah83US #82
#84Rachael82US #100
#85Krystal81US #74
#86Ashlee79US #133
#87Carrie79US #132
#88Maria77US #60
#89Kathleen75US #75
#90Brandy73US #107
#91Leslie73US #94
#92Brianna71US #96
#93Haley71US #143
#94Krista71US #112
#95Erika70US #76
#96Jordan70US #136
#97Meghan68US #81
#98Kaitlin67US #98
#99Nichole67US #115
#100Catherine66US #69

Boys

#1Michael1,220US #1
#2Joshua1,211US #4
#3Christopher1,058US #2
#4Matthew1,056US #3
#5Andrew946US #5
#6Justin875US #7
#7David761US #6
#8James736US #9
#9Brandon709US #17
#10Ryan686US #13
#11Kyle684US #21
#12Robert682US #10
#13Nicholas664US #14
#14Daniel637US #8
#15Zachary629US #29
#16Joseph592US #12
#17John564US #11
#18Adam533US #26
#19William516US #16
#20Eric509US #19
#21Jacob500US #28
#22Aaron482US #31
#23Anthony476US #18
#24Dustin450US #48
#25Tyler446US #33
#26Benjamin440US #30
#27Jonathan428US #15
#28Thomas402US #23
#29Timothy388US #25
#30Brian385US #22
#31Nathan373US #44
#32Jason371US #27
#33Steven369US #24
#34Kevin361US #20
#35Cody359US #43
#36Jeremy336US #35
#37Jordan310US #52
#38Travis305US #41
#39Charles304US #37
#40Derek289US #53
#41Bradley239US #57
#42Patrick239US #42
#43Mark236US #39
#44Alexander231US #34
#45Austin227US #63
#46Cory226US #59
#47Scott223US #47
#48Jeffrey221US #36
#49Richard216US #32
#50Stephen205US #40
#51Sean197US #38
#52Corey192US #56
#53Bryan191US #54
#54Samuel189US #45
#55Jared168US #60
#56Kenneth165US #51
#57Jesse164US #55
#58Paul162US #46
#59Evan154US #74
#60Chad153US #65
#61Alex149US #58
#62Cameron148US #69
#63Gregory143US #50
#64Seth140US #90
#65Shane133US #67
#66Phillip131US #71
#67Logan129US #109
#68Shawn129US #61
#69Donald124US #76
#70Nathaniel120US #81
#71Caleb117US #108
#72Keith116US #70
#73Brett114US #73
#74Ronald111US #79
#75Jonathon109US #125
#76Wesley109US #93
#77Brent107US #107
#78Mitchell107US #95
#79Blake106US #103
#80Marcus106US #66
#81Craig104US #96
#82Jeffery99US #120
#83Casey95US #83
#84Devin89US #98
#85Douglas89US #88
#86Edward83US #62
#87Derrick81US #97
#88Ian81US #77
#89Clayton80US #147
#90Joel79US #85
#91Curtis76US #105
#92Lucas76US #112
#93Larry75US #123
#94Luke72US #119
#95Todd70US #135
#96Erik69US #92
#97Drew68US #159
#98George66US #78
#99Philip66US #94
#100Mathew65US #142

On the move since 1987

Rising

↑28Caitlin#51
↑22Alyssa#42
↑21Chelsea#22
↑18Alexandra#63
↑18Vanessa#80
↑15Austin#45
↑14Kristen#35
↑14Molly#77

Falling

↓21Holly#68
↓20Jenna#79
↓17Leslie#91
↓16Lisa#61
↓16Curtis#91
↓14Kathleen#89
↓13Krystal#85
↓13Ashlee#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1987 rankings.