State roster

Top names in Indiana

The names most likely to appear on 2008 Indiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 70,790 Indiana births in 2008 across 2,117 distinct names.

Distinctively Indiana

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

#82Braxtonoutside the national top 200
#82Alivia#181 nationally
#84Brooklynn#183 nationally
#53Lilly#125 nationally
#83Gage#146 nationally
#73Nolan#131 nationally
#100Kayden#152 nationally
#61Lucy#112 nationally
#99Kendall#149 nationally
#50Gracie#99 nationally
#81Peyton#130 nationally
#95Grant#143 nationally

Girls

#1Emma516US #1
#2Olivia498US #4
#3Ava447US #5
#4Madison404US #6
#5Addison391US #12
#6Abigail378US #8
#7Emily348US #3
#8Sophia339US #7
#9Isabella335US #2
#10Elizabeth302US #9
#11Lillian302US #29
#12Chloe301US #10
#13Ella301US #19
#14Alexis291US #15
#15Grace250US #21
#16Taylor219US #22
#17Hannah214US #17
#18Samantha206US #11
#19Alyssa205US #16
#20Brooklyn195US #48
#21Lily195US #24
#22Nevaeh195US #34
#23Natalie179US #13
#24Aubrey169US #42
#25Anna165US #26
#26Savannah165US #33
#27Allison161US #32
#28Sarah161US #20
#29Mia154US #14
#30Audrey150US #44
#31Avery148US #38
#32Claire145US #62
#33Lauren145US #30
#34Hailey141US #25
#35Makayla141US #37
#36Layla139US #55
#37Kaylee137US #31
#38Morgan133US #46
#39Kylie132US #51
#40Sydney132US #49
#41Brianna131US #23
#42Ashley130US #18
#43Kaitlyn128US #53
#44Bailey127US #82
#45Kayla125US #28
#46Madelyn125US #64
#47Riley125US #39
#48Peyton124US #60
#49Madeline122US #56
#50Gracie121US #99
#51Trinity121US #70
#52Jasmine117US #43
#53Lilly114US #125
#54Mackenzie114US #65
#55Victoria109US #27
#56Isabelle107US #93
#57Zoey107US #98
#58Amelia104US #68
#59Gabriella104US #35
#60Leah103US #40
#61Lucy103US #112
#62Mya103US #103
#63Katelyn102US #80
#64Molly102US #104
#65Autumn99US #87
#66Gabrielle97US #79
#67Payton97US #91
#68Jenna96US #108
#69Evelyn95US #54
#70Kennedy95US #115
#71Aaliyah94US #76
#72Katherine94US #45
#73Lydia94US #120
#74Zoe94US #58
#75Faith93US #90
#76Jessica92US #59
#77Brooke91US #52
#78Alexa90US #50
#79Mary90US #96
#80Paige89US #89
#81Rachel88US #74
#82Alivia86US #181
#83Miley86US #129
#84Brooklynn85US #183
#85Julia85US #41
#86Maria85US #63
#87Megan85US #100
#88Haley84US #102
#89Serenity84US #111
#90Hayden83US #127
#91Jocelyn83US #67
#92Mariah82US #77
#93Sophie79US #75
#94Arianna78US #66
#95Kylee78US #142
#96Charlotte75US #86
#97Isabel74US #97
#98Destiny73US #47
#99Kendall73US #149
#100Rebecca73US #118

Boys

#1Jacob541US #1
#2Ethan522US #3
#3Noah427US #15
#4William410US #8
#5Aiden399US #16
#6Elijah395US #22
#7Alexander386US #6
#8Jackson384US #32
#9Michael383US #2
#10Samuel357US #27
#11Logan351US #19
#12Gavin347US #30
#13Andrew346US #12
#14Brayden321US #51
#15Matthew321US #10
#16Mason319US #35
#17Landon314US #45
#18Joseph311US #13
#19Benjamin310US #25
#20Tyler305US #28
#21Daniel300US #5
#22Joshua300US #4
#23James299US #17
#24Wyatt297US #62
#25Jayden292US #11
#26Isaac287US #37
#27Caleb279US #34
#28Gabriel275US #24
#29Lucas275US #46
#30Anthony270US #7
#31Christopher267US #9
#32David266US #14
#33Hunter260US #54
#34Isaiah256US #42
#35Owen256US #58
#36John255US #20
#37Evan252US #38
#38Dylan247US #31
#39Nathan243US #21
#40Luke242US #43
#41Carter237US #65
#42Ryan230US #18
#43Austin229US #55
#44Christian228US #23
#45Cameron215US #53
#46Zachary214US #47
#47Nicholas212US #29
#48Brandon211US #33
#49Jonathan202US #26
#50Brody197US #70
#51Hayden196US #76
#52Robert194US #49
#53Jordan190US #48
#54Eli187US #99
#55Charles186US #63
#56Jack186US #39
#57Blake184US #90
#58Carson183US #89
#59Connor183US #57
#60Chase179US #67
#61Cooper171US #92
#62Ian166US #80
#63Parker162US #103
#64Colton161US #98
#65Aaron157US #50
#66Kevin157US #41
#67Thomas156US #52
#68Aidan152US #59
#69Xavier152US #71
#70Justin148US #44
#71Brady143US #94
#72Nathaniel141US #77
#73Nolan138US #131
#74Cole137US #85
#75Kaden137US #100
#76Levi136US #116
#77Jeremiah135US #68
#78Liam135US #75
#79Ayden134US #91
#80Jason133US #60
#81Peyton130US #130
#82Braxton123
#83Gage122US #146
#84Bryce120US #117
#85Adam119US #72
#86Tristan119US #81
#87Josiah117US #95
#88Devin112US #109
#89Caden111US #96
#90Alex110US #84
#91Angel110US #36
#92Henry110US #78
#93Jose107US #40
#94Riley105US #106
#95Grant104US #143
#96Preston102US #124
#97Kaleb101US #115
#98Julian98US #61
#99Seth98US #128
#100Kayden95US #152

On the move since 2007

Rising

↑52Peyton#48
↑35Madelyn#46
↑34Brody#50
↑33Layla#36
↑30Lilly#53
↑28Eli#54
↑25Mya#62
↑24Kylie#39

Falling

↓34Megan#87
↓31Haley#88
↓25Rachel#81
↓24Katherine#72
↓21Mariah#92
↓21Adam#85
↓20Nicholas#47
↓19Mackenzie#54

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2007 rankings.