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
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1880 · 9 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,090since 1880
Indiana over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,194 | 84 | #2,304 | 60 |
| 2024 | #2,248 | 83 | #2,133 | 69 |
| 2023 | #2,020 | 97 | #2,032 | 74 |
| 2022 | #1,818 | 112 | #2,117 | 70 |
| 2021 | #1,801 | 112 | #2,000 | 74 |
| 2020 | #1,959 | 97 | #1,849 | 80 |
| 2019 | #1,888 | 106 | #1,816 | 84 |
| 2018 | #1,978 | 99 | #1,981 | 74 |
| 2017 | #1,930 | 104 | #1,977 | 72 |
| 2016 | #2,287 | 83 | #1,991 | 72 |
| 2015 | #2,471 | 73 | #1,955 | 74 |
| 2014 | #2,535 | 70 | #2,230 | 60 |
| 2013 | #4,336 | 33 | #2,804 | 41 |
| 2012 | #4,387 | 33 | #4,003 | 25 |
| 2011 | #3,092 | 54 | #2,699 | 44 |
| 2010 | #4,306 | 34 | #5,251 | 17 |
| 2009 | #5,378 | 26 | #3,919 | 26 |
| 2008 | #3,936 | 40 | #2,788 | 43 |
| 2007 | #7,394 | 17 | #3,025 | 38 |
| 2006 | #4,358 | 33 | #3,888 | 25 |
| 2005 | #4,958 | 26 | #3,447 | 28 |
| 2004 | #5,555 | 22 | #3,735 | 24 |
| 2003 | #5,419 | 22 | #4,114 | 20 |
| 2002 | #5,254 | 22 | #2,817 | 33 |
| 2001 | #5,174 | 22 | #2,931 | 31 |
| 2000 | #4,649 | 25 | #3,219 | 26 |
| 1999 | #4,576 | 24 | #2,939 | 28 |
| 1998 | #4,636 | 23 | #4,019 | 17 |
| 1997 | #4,819 | 21 | #3,261 | 22 |
| 1996 | #6,392 | 14 | #3,021 | 24 |
| 1995 | #7,514 | 11 | #3,693 | 17 |
| 1994 | #6,319 | 14 | #3,751 | 17 |
| 1993 | #5,206 | 18 | #5,002 | 11 |
| 1992 | #7,512 | 11 | #4,872 | 11 |
| 1991 | #5,949 | 15 | #5,096 | 10 |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 | #7,178 | 6 |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | — | |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 | — | |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 | — | |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 | — | |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 | — | |
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | — | |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | — | |
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| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 | — | |
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| 1952 | — | — | ||
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 | — | |
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| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | — | |
| 1941 | — | — | ||
| 1940 | #3,863 | 6 | — | |
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | — | — | ||
| 1937 | #3,146 | 8 | — | |
| 1936 | — | — | ||
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| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | #3,274 | 8 | — | |
| 1931 | #3,226 | 8 | — | |
| 1930 | #4,047 | 6 | — | |
| 1929 | #4,053 | 6 | — | |
| 1928 | #3,164 | 9 | — | |
| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 | — | |
| 1926 | — | — | ||
| 1925 | #3,664 | 8 | — | |
| 1924 | #3,393 | 9 | — | |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 | — | |
| 1922 | #2,780 | 12 | — | |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 | — | |
| 1920 | #2,899 | 11 | — | |
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 | — | |
| 1918 | — | — | ||
| 1917 | #3,344 | 8 | — | |
| 1916 | #3,552 | 7 | — | |
| 1915 | #3,434 | 7 | — | |
| 1914 | #2,876 | 7 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,601 | 14 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,360 | 7 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,300 | 13 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,634 | 9 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,607 | 8 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,547 | 8 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,821 | 6 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,321 | 9 | — | |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | #1,659 | 6 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,440 | 7 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,594 | 6 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,227 | 8 | — | |
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | #1,181 | 8 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,171 | 9 | — | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | #1,122 | 9 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,299 | 7 | — | |
| 1894 | #998 | 10 | — | |
| 1893 | #955 | 10 | — | |
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | #1,338 | 5 | — | |
| 1889 | #1,147 | 6 | — | |
| 1888 | #959 | 8 | — | |
| 1887 | #860 | 8 | — | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | #830 | 5 | — | |
| 1880 | #580 | 9 | — | |
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.
Where Indiana is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Utah#704 · 1 in 3,415
- Colorado#907 · 1 in 4,665
- Virginia#1,037 · 1 in 5,624
- Washington#1,046 · 1 in 5,772
- Tennessee#1,127 · 1 in 6,415
Best ever in a state: #447 in Utah, 2019.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | #704 | 5 | 1 in 3,415 |
| Colorado | #907 | 5 | 1 in 4,665 |
| Virginia | #1,037 | 6 | 1 in 5,624 |
| Washington | #1,046 | 5 | 1 in 5,772 |
| Tennessee | #1,127 | 5 | 1 in 6,415 |
| California | #1,742 | 12 | 1 in 13,477 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Florida | — | — | — |
| Georgia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Illinois | — | — | — |
| Indiana | — | — | — |
| Iowa | — | — | — |
| Kansas | — | — | — |
| Kentucky | — | — | — |
| Louisiana | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Maryland | — | — | — |
| Massachusetts | — | — | — |
| Michigan | — | — | — |
| Minnesota | — | — | — |
| Mississippi | — | — | — |
| Missouri | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| Nebraska | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| New Jersey | — | — | — |
| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| New York | — | — | — |
| North Carolina | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Ohio | — | — | — |
| Oklahoma | — | — | — |
| Oregon | — | — | — |
| Pennsylvania | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Carolina | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Texas | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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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
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
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 36 | #580 (1880) | #875 |
| 1890s | 58 | #955 (1893) | #1,152 |
| 1900s | 58 | #1,227 (1901) | #1,527 |
| 1910s | 78 | #1,300 (1911) | #2,706 |
| 1920s | 73 | #2,780 (1922) | #3,675 |
| 1930s | 30 | #3,146 (1937) | #3,423 |
| 1940s | 11 | #3,863 (1940) | #4,243 |
| 1950s | 11 | #5,325 (1956) | #5,370 |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 46 | #6,612 (1986) | #9,432 |
| 1990s | 160 | #4,576 (1999) | #6,142 |
| 2000s | 255 | #3,936 (2008) | #5,208 |
| 2010s | 689 | #1,888 (2019) | #2,921 |
| 2020s | 585 | #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.
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