State roster

Top names in Indiana

The names most likely to appear on 1997 Indiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 70,097 Indiana births in 1997 across 1,623 distinct names.

Distinctively Indiana

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

#79Kendra#153 nationally
#84Bailey#151 nationally
#89Audrey#156 nationally
#94Lydia#160 nationally
#93Levi#156 nationally
#85Clayton#147 nationally
#82Hayley#136 nationally
#62Bryce#112 nationally
#65Grant#115 nationally
#89Gavin#136 nationally
#61Makayla#102 nationally
#69Kaylee#107 nationally

Girls

#1Emily681US #1
#2Hannah640US #5
#3Taylor586US #7
#4Madison483US #10
#5Alexis463US #8
#6Samantha463US #6
#7Sarah447US #4
#8Ashley434US #3
#9Jessica424US #2
#10Megan409US #11
#11Elizabeth387US #9
#12Morgan352US #22
#13Abigail347US #26
#14Kayla337US #12
#15Rachel335US #13
#16Lauren332US #14
#17Haley307US #31
#18Olivia305US #27
#19Brittany304US #20
#20Shelby292US #43
#21Sydney276US #35
#22Alyssa273US #15
#23Brianna263US #17
#24Courtney257US #28
#25Allison239US #39
#26Emma229US #36
#27Brooke216US #45
#28Victoria209US #19
#29Amanda205US #16
#30Paige203US #64
#31Katherine201US #32
#32Anna196US #33
#33Rebecca195US #25
#34Kaitlyn189US #41
#35Cheyenne187US #68
#36Nicole187US #21
#37Jasmine186US #24
#38Bailey180US #65
#39Jordan179US #40
#40Katelyn177US #63
#41Kelsey176US #57
#42Danielle175US #34
#43Sierra170US #56
#44Amber168US #29
#45Mary166US #46
#46Gabrielle164US #51
#47Mackenzie164US #71
#48Grace161US #69
#49Destiny153US #42
#50Madeline153US #59
#51Sara151US #50
#52Mariah148US #67
#53Savannah147US #47
#54Breanna146US #74
#55Alexandria145US #78
#56Alexandra142US #30
#57Stephanie139US #23
#58Jennifer137US #18
#59Natalie136US #48
#60Miranda131US #70
#61Makayla129US #102
#62Autumn128US #91
#63Erin126US #52
#64Katie120US #87
#65Marissa119US #60
#66Michaela114US #100
#67Jenna111US #76
#68Kristen110US #82
#69Kaylee109US #107
#70Cassidy106US #105
#71Andrea105US #58
#72Tiffany105US #61
#73Julia104US #37
#74Lindsey104US #95
#75Chloe100US #109
#76Kathryn98US #86
#77Maria96US #38
#78Heather95US #90
#79Kendra94US #153
#80Hailey92US #80
#81Chelsea91US #73
#82Hayley91US #136
#83Melissa91US #44
#84Kaitlin89US #119
#85Cassandra88US #81
#86Christina88US #62
#87Molly87US #98
#88Sabrina87US #53
#89Audrey86US #156
#90Laura85US #66
#91Kylie84US #116
#92Erica82US #84
#93Bethany81US #121
#94Lydia81US #160
#95Michelle81US #55
#96Caitlin79US #88
#97Leah79US #104
#98Monica79US #79
#99Angela76US #93
#100Claire76US #108

Boys

#1Jacob1,132US #2
#2Austin914US #9
#3Michael736US #1
#4Tyler695US #10
#5Zachary670US #13
#6Matthew645US #3
#7Nicholas612US #6
#8Joshua589US #5
#9Brandon576US #8
#10Andrew562US #7
#11Christopher502US #4
#12James464US #17
#13Jordan464US #26
#14Joseph464US #12
#15Samuel450US #27
#16Kyle445US #24
#17David421US #14
#18William401US #19
#19John398US #15
#20Justin386US #20
#21Daniel378US #11
#22Ryan375US #16
#23Alexander362US #22
#24Robert357US #23
#25Logan352US #42
#26Dylan342US #30
#27Aaron335US #33
#28Cody334US #36
#29Anthony325US #18
#30Benjamin325US #29
#31Noah325US #38
#32Nathan306US #34
#33Jonathan304US #21
#34Caleb296US #47
#35Christian279US #25
#36Dakota269US #66
#37Adam252US #39
#38Thomas248US #31
#39Ethan242US #46
#40Evan238US #61
#41Cameron235US #45
#42Eric212US #35
#43Blake209US #80
#44Hunter205US #44
#45Nathaniel203US #65
#46Luke199US #78
#47Trevor197US #62
#48Cole183US #72
#49Chase177US #77
#50Jason174US #41
#51Charles172US #49
#52Devin171US #59
#53Steven167US #40
#54Jared166US #56
#55Brian159US #37
#56Connor158US #52
#57Dalton158US #90
#58Mason157US #89
#59Kevin152US #28
#60Timothy152US #43
#61Seth151US #97
#62Bryce150US #112
#63Lucas150US #98
#64Alex146US #55
#65Grant144US #115
#66Elijah143US #74
#67Isaac142US #73
#68Mitchell140US #96
#69Isaiah137US #60
#70Tanner135US #82
#71Travis134US #81
#72Dustin132US #88
#73Ian130US #70
#74Sean130US #48
#75Jesse128US #63
#76Garrett127US #85
#77Patrick127US #50
#78Taylor125US #87
#79Jeremy122US #64
#80Bradley116US #94
#81Devon116US #119
#82Spencer113US #104
#83Mark110US #58
#84Bailey109US #151
#85Clayton109US #147
#86Gabriel109US #57
#87Collin107US #122
#88Derek103US #106
#89Gavin102US #136
#90Richard100US #51
#91Paul99US #79
#92Tristan99US #92
#93Levi98US #156
#94Brett96US #116
#95Kenneth96US #83
#96Jackson94US #124
#97Colton93US #108
#98Riley93US #135
#99Stephen90US #68
#100Corey89US #110

On the move since 1996

Rising

↑42Cole#48
↑27Mason#58
↑20Emma#26
↑20Isaiah#69
↑19Devon#81
↑16Cheyenne#35
↑16Katie#64
↑15Grace#48

Falling

↓36Chelsea#81
↓34Tristan#92
↓22Dustin#72
↓19Caitlin#96
↓19Richard#90
↓18Alexandra#56
↓18Corey#100
↓16Kylie#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1996 rankings.