NameCensus.

Top first names in Indiana

The 100 most popular first names given to babies born in Indiana since 1910, ranked by total registrations. The sparkline next to each name shows its national popularity trend from 1880 to 2024, so you can see whether a name peaked decades ago or is still climbing. The top 100 names in Indiana account for 3,239,104 total births.

# Name Total in Indiana Trend
1 Robert 129,388
2 James 128,795
3 John 114,810
4 Michael 111,070
5 Mary 101,342
6 David 100,209
7 William 95,821
8 Richard 68,395
9 Charles 65,441
10 Thomas 54,830
11 Joseph 50,366
12 Donald 46,865
13 Christopher 44,720
14 Mark 42,062
15 Daniel 41,799
16 Linda 40,189
17 Matthew 40,089
18 Jennifer 38,713
19 Patricia 38,695
20 Steven 37,915
21 Paul 37,617
22 Barbara 36,830
23 Elizabeth 34,955
24 Kenneth 33,881
25 Larry 33,438
26 Betty 33,361
27 Brian 33,159
28 Timothy 33,137
29 Ronald 32,907
30 Joshua 32,842
31 Andrew 32,530
32 Jeffrey 30,735
33 Kevin 29,378
34 Jason 28,337
35 Susan 28,174
36 Karen 27,853
37 Anthony 27,757
38 Nancy 27,699
39 George 27,242
40 Lisa 27,197
41 Jacob 26,796
42 Sarah 26,137
43 Margaret 25,421
44 Gary 25,237
45 Ryan 24,842
46 Jerry 24,471
47 Stephen 24,022
48 Dorothy 23,606
49 Kimberly 23,603
50 Sandra 23,491
51 Jessica 23,421
52 Jack 23,355
53 Sharon 23,290
54 Scott 23,177
55 Donna 23,035
56 Rebecca 23,010
57 Helen 22,950
58 Angela 22,844
59 Eric 22,517
60 Carol 22,354
61 Ruth 22,263
62 Amanda 22,102
63 Amy 21,857
64 Gregory 21,683
65 Edward 21,513
66 Nicholas 21,201
67 Michelle 20,746
68 Emily 20,632
69 Ashley 20,614
70 Pamela 19,954
71 Melissa 19,886
72 Deborah 19,882
73 Terry 19,740
74 Brandon 19,719
75 Dennis 19,539
76 Benjamin 19,361
77 Janet 18,931
78 Laura 18,902
79 Samuel 18,348
80 Carolyn 18,305
81 Anna 18,222
82 Cynthia 18,101
83 Justin 18,027
84 Debra 17,860
85 Martha 17,359
86 Aaron 17,240
87 Brenda 17,107
88 Tyler 17,091
89 Stephanie 16,897
90 Zachary 16,615
91 Harold 16,557
92 Virginia 16,277
93 Adam 16,260
94 Judith 16,223
95 Emma 16,172
96 Julie 16,137
97 Douglas 16,029
98 Kyle 15,919
99 Heather 15,885
100 Shirley 15,826