The most common names of people born in Indiana

Social Security has recorded about 7.9 million births in Indiana since 1910 under names it lists. By our estimate, about 5.8 million of those people are alive today, and their average age is 43. The most common names among them are Mary for women and Michael for men.

These are the names of people born in Indiana, wherever they live now. Social Security records state of birth, not where people live, so people who moved to Indiana from elsewhere aren't counted here, and people born here who moved away are.

Women and girls born in Indiana

Most common names of living women born in Indiana
#	Name	Alive today	Average age
1	Mary	40,000	66
2	Jennifer	36,000	49
3	Linda	28,000	72
4	Elizabeth	26,000	43
5	Lisa	24,000	57
6	Sarah	23,000	41
7	Jessica	23,000	39
8	Patricia	22,000	70
9	Susan	22,000	66
10	Kimberly	21,000	53
11	Karen	21,000	66
12	Amanda	21,000	42
13	Angela	21,000	52
14	Amy	20,000	50
15	Ashley	20,000	35
16	Emily	19,000	31
17	Rebecca	19,000	55
18	Michelle	19,000	51
19	Barbara	19,000	72
20	Melissa	19,000	49
21	Nancy	17,000	72
22	Sandra	16,000	70
23	Deborah	16,000	67
24	Pamela	16,000	67
25	Stephanie	16,000	46
26	Laura	15,000	53
27	Sharon	15,000	72
28	Heather	15,000	45
29	Donna	15,000	70
30	Cynthia	15,000	64

Men and boys born in Indiana

Most common names of living men born in Indiana
#	Name	Alive today	Average age
1	Michael	86,000	53
2	James	72,000	56
3	David	70,000	56
4	John	62,000	57
5	Robert	60,000	59
6	William	50,000	52
7	Christopher	40,000	43
8	Matthew	37,000	39
9	Thomas	34,000	56
10	Joseph	34,000	45
11	Richard	33,000	63
12	Daniel	33,000	47
13	Mark	32,000	59
14	Joshua	31,000	35
15	Charles	30,000	56
16	Andrew	29,000	37
17	Steven	29,000	57
18	Brian	28,000	51
19	Timothy	27,000	53
20	Jason	26,000	45
21	Jacob	26,000	28
22	Jeffrey	25,000	56
23	Kevin	25,000	51
24	Anthony	24,000	43
25	Ryan	23,000	37
26	Eric	20,000	46
27	Nicholas	20,000	34
28	Scott	19,000	54
29	Donald	19,000	65
30	Brandon	19,000	35

Average ages here are for people with the name born in Indiana, not the national average.

Names more common in Indiana than nationally

Among living people born in Indiana, these names make up a bigger share than they do nationwide. Rick is 2.4× as common among people born here as among all Americans.

Names more common among people born in Indiana than nationally
#	Name	Vs. national	Alive today	Average age
1	Rick	2.4×	3,200	65
2	Kent	2.3×	2,400	61
3	Beth	2.3×	6,500	61
4	Sue	2.3×	4,000	74
5	Jonathon	2.2×	2,900	36
6	Tim	2.1×	2,800	65
7	Braxton	2.1×	2,900	15
8	Penny	2.1×	3,600	64
9	Marsha	2.0×	3,400	71
10	Marcia	2.0×	3,800	72
11	Brent	2.0×	5,100	51
12	Jeffery	2.0×	8,100	56
13	Conner	2.0×	2,300	21
14	Vicki	1.9×	5,000	69
15	Bradley	1.9×	11,000	46

The newest Indiana babies

The most popular names for babies born in Indiana in 2025, with the average age of everyone in the US who has each name.

Girls

Top girl names of 2025 in Indiana
#	Name	Born 2025	Avg. age, US
1	Charlotte	351	30
2	Amelia	331	16
3	Eleanor	265	30
4	Evelyn	252	34
5	Sophia	234	16
6	Emma	230	20
7	Olivia	230	18
8	Harper	195	9
9	Lainey	190	7
10	Violet	183	18

Boys

Top boy names of 2025 in Indiana
#	Name	Born 2025	Avg. age, US
1	Oliver	428	13
2	Liam	393	11
3	Theodore	366	29
4	Henry	359	34
5	Noah	345	16
6	James	263	54
7	Hudson	241	9
8	Elijah	230	16
9	Benjamin	226	30
10	Cooper	219	13

About these numbers

Social Security publishes names by state of birth for births from 1910 on, listing a name only when at least five babies of the same sex got it in the state that year, so rare names are missing. We estimate how many of those babies are alive with SSA's national cohort life tables (there are no state tables), and count a name as a girls' or boys' name by which sex has more living people born here. “Vs. national” compares the name's share of living people born in Indiana with its share of all living Americans in the national records. How we calculate this