Indiana

#2,194 for girls in 2025, 84 births · #2,304 for boys in 2025, 60 births
Given to girls 59.1% of the time

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Peak · girls
1880 · 9 births
Debut · girls
9 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,090
since 1880

Indiana over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202020peak #580, 1880peak #1,816, 2019girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,19484#2,30460
2024#2,24883#2,13369
2023#2,02097#2,03274
2022#1,818112#2,11770
2021#1,801112#2,00074
2020#1,95997#1,84980
2019#1,888106#1,81684
2018#1,97899#1,98174
2017#1,930104#1,97772
2016#2,28783#1,99172
2015#2,47173#1,95574
2014#2,53570#2,23060
2013#4,33633#2,80441
2012#4,38733#4,00325
2011#3,09254#2,69944
2010#4,30634#5,25117
2009#5,37826#3,91926
2008#3,93640#2,78843
2007#7,39417#3,02538
2006#4,35833#3,88825
2005#4,95826#3,44728
2004#5,55522#3,73524
2003#5,41922#4,11420
2002#5,25422#2,81733
2001#5,17422#2,93131
2000#4,64925#3,21926
1999#4,57624#2,93928
1998#4,63623#4,01917
1997#4,81921#3,26122
1996#6,39214#3,02124
1995#7,51411#3,69317
1994#6,31914#3,75117
1993#5,20618#5,00211
1992#7,51211#4,87211
1991#5,94915#5,09610
1990#8,5019#7,1786
1989#10,8476
1988#10,3866
1987#9,8256
1986#6,61210
1985#7,5638
1984
1983#10,2755
1982#10,5175
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1956#5,3256
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1951#5,4145
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1942#4,6225
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1940#3,8636
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1937#3,1468
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1932#3,2748
1931#3,2268
1930#4,0476
1929#4,0536
1928#3,1649
1927#4,2866
1926
1925#3,6648
1924#3,3939
1923#4,3766
1922#2,78012
1921#4,4646
1920#2,89911
1919#4,2516
1918
1917#3,3448
1916#3,5527
1915#3,4347
1914#2,8767
1913#1,60114
1912#2,3607
1911#1,30013
1910#1,6349
1909#1,6078
1908#1,5478
1907#1,8216
1906#1,3219
1905
1904#1,6596
1903#1,4407
1902#1,5946
1901#1,2278
1900
1899#1,1818
1898#1,1719
1897
1896#1,1229
1895#1,2997
1894#99810
1893#95510
1892
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1890#1,3385
1889#1,1476
1888#9598
1887#8608
1886
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1881#8305
1880#5809
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Indiana was already there! It came in at #580, and was given to 9 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1881–1886, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Indiana
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 54 spots since 2024 (#2,248#2,194)
  • 235 spots since 2020 (#1,959#2,194)
  • 277 spots since 2015 (#2,471#2,194)
  • Biggest drop: 301 spots in 1895 (#998#1,299)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #580 (9 births)
  • Births halved by 1882, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 6 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 1880–1881
Share of babies · girls
1 in 10,110
  • Highest: 1 in 10,110 girls born in 1880 were named Indiana (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 19,134 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 33.0% of all girls named Indiana (689) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2016
  • Mostly boys until 2015, mostly girls since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s36#580 (1880)#875
1890s58#955 (1893)#1,152
1900s58#1,227 (1901)#1,527
1910s78#1,300 (1911)#2,706
1920s73#2,780 (1922)#3,675
1930s30#3,146 (1937)#3,423
1940s11#3,863 (1940)#4,243
1950s11#5,325 (1956)#5,370
1960s0
1970s0
1980s46#6,612 (1986)#9,432
1990s160#4,576 (1999)#6,142
2000s255#3,936 (2008)#5,208
2010s689#1,888 (2019)#2,921
2020s585#1,801 (2021)#2,007

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Indiana in 2020

girls
#1,959
97 births · 1 in 16,665 girls
boys
#1,849
80 births · 1 in 21,576 boys

Top girls' names in 2020

  1. #1Olivia17,691
  2. #2Emma15,723
  3. #3Ava13,201
  4. #4Sophia13,105
  5. #5Charlotte13,100
  6. #6Amelia12,802
  7. #7Isabella12,226
  8. #8Mia11,269
  9. #9Evelyn9,517
  10. #10Harper8,849
  11. #1,959Indiana97

Top boys' names in 2020

  1. #1Liam19,865
  2. #2Noah18,464
  3. #3Oliver14,277
  4. #4Elijah13,238
  5. #5William12,676
  6. #6James12,390
  7. #7Benjamin12,264
  8. #8Lucas11,386
  9. #9Henry10,793
  10. #10Alexander10,268
  11. #1,849Indiana80
More about 2020

girls

1,616,549 girls got a published name in 2020; 1 in 16,665 of them was named Indiana, which outranked 88.8% of the 17,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Indiana
  1. #1,948Shannon98
  2. #1,948Stori98
  3. #1,948Story98
  4. #1,959Indiana97
  5. #1,959Aries97
  6. #1,959Ellia97
  7. #1,959Janice97
  8. #1,965Dalett96
  9. #1,965Estela96
  10. #1,965Grayson96

Tied with 5 names at #1,959; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2019
Risers
  1. 1,492Avayah#2,428#936
  2. 950Denisse#1,802#852
  3. 818Jianna#1,668#850
  4. 609Capri#1,291#682
  5. 550Rosalia#1,287#737
Fallers
  1. 393Yaritza#813#1,206
  2. 271Seraphina#1,000#1,271
  3. 207Marissa#874#1,081
  4. 203Annabella#644#847
  5. 195Jayde#832#1,027

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,726,076 boys got a published name in 2020; 1 in 21,576 of them was named Indiana, which outranked 86.8% of the 14,060 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Indiana
  1. #1,833Saif81
  2. #1,833West81
  3. #1,833Westen81
  4. #1,849Indiana80
  5. #1,849Amani80
  6. #1,849Azaan80
  7. #1,849Esai80
  8. #1,872Artist79
  9. #1,872Avian79
  10. #1,872Ayce79

Tied with 22 names at #1,849; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2019
Risers
  1. 587Zyair#1,548#961
  2. 567Jaxtyn#1,152#585
  3. 539Jakobe#1,372#833
  4. 473Kylo#922#449
  5. 461Ander#1,085#624
Fallers
  1. 380Vivaan#875#1,255
  2. 282Alexzander#890#1,172
  3. 268Reyansh#806#1,074
  4. 266Javion#949#1,215
  5. 224Kenny#862#1,086

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2020