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Names of Indiana

7,926,947 births across 7,288 different names since 1910. No name belongs to Indiana more than Madonna.

Most concentrated in Indiana

Names given far more often here than in the country as a whole. The multiplier is how much more concentrated the name is than the state’s size alone would predict.

Name Born here Concentration
Madonna 1,042 7.1×
Herschel 742 5.0×
Noble 456 4.2×
Lavon 407 4.1×
Treva 515 3.7×
Cletus 373 3.7×
Garnet 358 3.6×
Omer 352 3.5×
Kenton 507 3.5×
Stacia 437 3.5×
Merrill 669 3.4×
Annetta 328 3.1×
Vonda 523 3.1×
Gatlin 221 3.0×
Rex 3,935 3.0×
Orval 353 3.0×
Bentlee 255 2.9×
Mervin 510 2.9×
Dejuan 229 2.8×
Kolten 268 2.8×

Most given, girls

#NameBirths
1Mary101,193
2Linda40,165
3Jennifer38,696
4Patricia38,651
5Barbara36,830
6Elizabeth35,113
7Betty33,323
8Susan28,173
9Karen27,843
10Nancy27,694
11Lisa27,201
12Sarah26,153
13Margaret25,505
14Dorothy23,631
15Kimberly23,566

Most given, boys

#NameBirths
1Robert129,104
2James128,680
3John114,709
4Michael110,770
5David100,144
6William95,817
7Richard68,331
8Charles65,449
9Thomas54,928
10Joseph50,454
11Donald46,822
12Christopher44,626
13Mark42,060
14Daniel41,860
15Matthew40,117

Other states and the District of Columbia

Source: US Social Security Administration state baby-name files, 1910 onwards. A name given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year is not published, so a name can be more common here than the table shows. Concentration is measured against the other state files, not against national totals, which cover more years and more names.