State roster

Top names in Indiana

The names most likely to appear on 1998 Indiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 71,119 Indiana births in 1998 across 1,647 distinct names.

Distinctively Indiana

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

#85Brooklyn#200 nationally
#100Jalenoutside the national top 200
#98Conner#192 nationally
#91Kennedy#183 nationally
#77Bailey#154 nationally
#89Levi#158 nationally
#96Kaleb#156 nationally
#61Kylie#117 nationally
#43Bryce#94 nationally
#70Devon#119 nationally
#81Grant#127 nationally
#85Collin#130 nationally

Girls

#1Emily674US #1
#2Hannah640US #2
#3Alexis579US #6
#4Taylor565US #7
#5Madison517US #9
#6Sarah453US #4
#7Samantha439US #3
#8Ashley412US #5
#9Abigail400US #18
#10Megan392US #13
#11Elizabeth382US #10
#12Jessica365US #8
#13Olivia357US #21
#14Kayla337US #12
#15Morgan324US #23
#16Rachel309US #15
#17Emma302US #22
#18Alyssa298US #11
#19Lauren290US #14
#20Sydney274US #28
#21Shelby262US #49
#22Haley253US #36
#23Brianna247US #17
#24Brittany240US #25
#25Allison238US #38
#26Kaitlyn237US #35
#27Victoria229US #16
#28Courtney216US #39
#29Brooke211US #46
#30Anna194US #31
#31Katelyn192US #58
#32Mackenzie192US #64
#33Paige190US #63
#34Katherine183US #33
#35Makayla183US #71
#36Bailey182US #60
#37Grace179US #53
#38Rebecca176US #30
#39Kelsey175US #56
#40Sierra174US #51
#41Alexandra173US #27
#42Madeline168US #50
#43Jasmine167US #26
#44Danielle165US #41
#45Nicole163US #24
#46Jordan162US #42
#47Mary160US #44
#48Gabrielle156US #47
#49Cheyenne155US #72
#50Mariah152US #62
#51Amanda151US #19
#52Destiny145US #34
#53Sara144US #48
#54Kaylee142US #86
#55Natalie142US #40
#56Jennifer140US #20
#57Savannah138US #45
#58Amber136US #37
#59Autumn135US #77
#60Breanna129US #76
#61Kylie115US #117
#62Alexandria114US #81
#63Claire114US #91
#64Julia112US #32
#65Jenna111US #65
#66Stephanie109US #29
#67Michaela108US #103
#68Tiffany108US #67
#69Marissa107US #66
#70Chloe105US #87
#71Lindsey105US #97
#72Faith102US #107
#73Maria100US #43
#74Molly99US #108
#75Heather98US #99
#76Miranda98US #80
#77Andrea96US #61
#78Cassandra95US #85
#79Erin95US #57
#80Mikayla94US #82
#81Caitlin92US #78
#82Hailey91US #70
#83Kathryn90US #89
#84Sabrina90US #68
#85Brooklyn89US #200
#86Cassidy87US #113
#87Katie87US #88
#88Alexa86US #93
#89Christina84US #69
#90Laura83US #74
#91Kennedy80US #183
#92Leah80US #106
#93Caitlyn76US #115
#94Erica76US #92
#95Margaret76US #114
#96Vanessa76US #52
#97Caroline75US #75
#98Kristen75US #102
#99Alicia73US #98
#100Angel72US #138

Boys

#1Jacob1,121US #2
#2Austin804US #10
#3Michael742US #1
#4Tyler717US #8
#5Matthew635US #3
#6Zachary619US #16
#7Andrew605US #9
#8Nicholas596US #6
#9Joshua564US #4
#10Brandon539US #7
#11William456US #14
#12Noah455US #29
#13Joseph438US #11
#14Christopher434US #5
#15James434US #18
#16Kyle417US #24
#17Samuel411US #28
#18David409US #13
#19Alexander403US #22
#20Jordan392US #27
#21John385US #15
#22Dylan381US #25
#23Ryan375US #17
#24Ethan368US #38
#25Logan363US #44
#26Nathan359US #34
#27Benjamin350US #30
#28Cameron345US #35
#29Justin344US #20
#30Caleb339US #42
#31Daniel332US #12
#32Robert321US #23
#33Anthony304US #19
#34Aaron288US #37
#35Jonathan263US #21
#36Hunter260US #36
#37Thomas260US #31
#38Christian253US #26
#39Cody253US #43
#40Dakota241US #72
#41Evan223US #63
#42Adam220US #45
#43Bryce211US #94
#44Blake210US #85
#45Trevor207US #58
#46Jared204US #51
#47Nathaniel200US #60
#48Chase195US #67
#49Luke195US #75
#50Devin191US #62
#51Charles184US #48
#52Kevin184US #32
#53Eric181US #39
#54Lucas179US #93
#55Dalton178US #88
#56Connor177US #47
#57Elijah168US #66
#58Jason166US #40
#59Alex165US #55
#60Mason164US #83
#61Seth164US #86
#62Cole163US #77
#63Timothy157US #49
#64Steven151US #46
#65Isaac142US #65
#66Garrett139US #80
#67Ian138US #73
#68Tanner138US #82
#69Brian135US #41
#70Devon131US #119
#71Isaiah130US #59
#72Spencer130US #84
#73Jack126US #61
#74Gabriel125US #54
#75Richard125US #56
#76Patrick122US #57
#77Bailey120US #154
#78Jesse118US #70
#79Gavin117US #116
#80Travis117US #98
#81Grant113US #127
#82Jackson109US #100
#83Tristan108US #92
#84Alec107US #112
#85Collin107US #130
#86Stephen107US #78
#87Sean106US #50
#88Dustin105US #108
#89Levi105US #158
#90Kenneth104US #87
#91Mark103US #64
#92Bradley102US #101
#93Derek102US #110
#94Colton99US #106
#95Mitchell98US #103
#96Kaleb97US #156
#97Jeremy96US #68
#98Conner95US #192
#99Paul95US #89
#100Jalen91

On the move since 1997

Rising

↑37Claire#63
↑30Kylie#61
↑26Makayla#35
↑19Noah#12
↑19Bryce#43
↑15Mackenzie#32
↑15Alexandra#41
↑15Kaylee#54

Falling

↓30Kristen#98
↓27Mitchell#95
↓23Katie#87
↓22Amanda#51
↓18Jeremy#97
↓16Miranda#76
↓16Erin#79
↓16Cassidy#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1997 rankings.