Indiana

Where Indiana comes from

From Indian + -a. From Indiana Territory, dating from 1800, noting the territory's large Native American Indian population. From Indian Territory.
— Wiktionary's entry for Indiana
  • 4 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year, and the peak
    #580 among girls with 9 babies — the first year on record, and still its best.
  2. 1882
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  3. 1990
    Indiana Evans born
    Australian actress and singer
  4. 2001
    Indiana Vassilev born
    American soccer player
  5. 2016
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
In the dictionary
  • A placename.
  • A ghost town in Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada.
  • A borough, the county seat of Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States.
  • Ellipsis of Indiana County: a county of Pennsylvania, United States.
  • A unisex given name.
  • A male given name.
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Indiana Evans · Australian actress and singer, born 1990
  • Indiana Vassilev · American soccer player, born 2001
  • Indiana Sánchez · Miss Nicaragua, born 1987
  • Indiana Massara · Australian singer, actress, model, and Internet personality, born 2002

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.