Popular baby names in Indiana, 1969

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 1969 were Lisa for girls (1,156 babies) and Michael for boys (2,371). Social Security records list 85,966 babies born in Indiana in 1969 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 1969

Names given at least 15 times in Indiana that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Missy: 24 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Joni: 22 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Mindy: 37 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Lora: 81 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Rachelle: 53 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Tamara: 252 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Lana: 45 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Angie: 58 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Nikki: 25 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Jonathon: 28 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Bradley: 387 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Trent: 42 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Kent: 71 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Doug: 30 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Rex: 28 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Rob: 23 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Brad: 116 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Dewayne: 30 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Rick: 68 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Indiana, 1969

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	Lisa	1,156	–	1
2	Michelle	1,137	↑1	2
3	Jennifer	1,087	↑3	3
4	Kimberly	1,045	↓2	4
5	Angela	943	↓1	7
6	Melissa	883	↓1	5
7	Amy	843	–	6
8	Julie	610	–	12
9	Tammy	569	–	9
10	Kelly	565	–	15
11	Lori	552	↑5	20
12	Laura	509	–	10
13	Mary	505	–	8
14	Dawn	497	↑1	21
15	Tina	487	↓4	22
16	Susan	437	↓2	11
17	Tracy	419	↑2	17
18	Stephanie	398	↑11	19
19	Karen	373	↓2	13
20	Christina	364	↑2	37
21	Elizabeth	355	↓1	16
22	Teresa	348	↓4	32
23	Shannon	345	↑17	31
24	Christine	343	–	14
25	Patricia	322	↓2	18
26	Rebecca	314	↑1	28
27	Cynthia	306	↓2	23
28	Pamela	305	↓2	24
29	Rhonda	287	↓8	44
30	Michele	282	–	30
31	Heather	278	new	34
32	Sandra	255	↑2	25
33	Tamara	252	↑6	78
34	Donna	251	↓2	26
35	Linda	249	↑1	33
36	Deborah	246	↓8	27
37	Barbara	242	↑11	39
38	Jill	238	↓7	51
39	Tonya	226	↑6	54
40	Wendy	225	↑2	29
41	Robin	219	↑2	46
42	Sherry	217	↓4	55
43	Stacy	215	new	53
44	Paula	210	↑5	50
45	Beth	209	↓1	82
46	Cheryl	208	↓11	41
47	Debra	205	↓10	43
48	Brenda	199	↓15	38
49	Denise	198	↓8	35
50	Theresa	182	new	49

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	Michael	2,371	–	1
2	David	1,768	–	2
3	James	1,712	–	3
4	Robert	1,502	–	5
5	John	1,443	–	4
6	Brian	1,143	–	9
7	William	1,007	↑1	6
8	Jeffrey	996	↑1	11
9	Mark	993	↓2	8
10	Christopher	918	↑2	7
11	Scott	917	–	12
12	Richard	803	↑1	10
13	Steven	773	↑2	14
14	Timothy	763	↓4	17
15	Thomas	750	↑1	13
16	Kevin	740	↓2	16
17	Charles	629	–	19
18	Eric	588	↑5	21
19	Joseph	585	↑1	15
20	Todd	579	↑1	28
21	Anthony	565	↓3	20
22	Daniel	549	↓3	18
23	Matthew	539	↑4	24
24	Gregory	513	↓2	26
25	Jason	476	new	25
26	Douglas	446	↑4	34
27	Ronald	444	↓3	29
28	Paul	419	↓3	22
29	Donald	418	↓1	30
30	Kenneth	404	↓4	23
31	Bradley	387	↑8	53
32	Stephen	384	↓3	27
33	Troy	356	↑2	42
34	Larry	340	↓3	40
35	Andrew	317	↑1	33
36	Gary	310	↓4	35
37	Jeffery	306	↓4	48
38	Patrick	288	↓4	31
39	Jerry	262	↓2	45
40	Terry	245	↓2	52
41	Keith	244	↓1	36
42	Craig	242	↑4	39
43	Edward	238	↓1	32
44	Shawn	233	↓1	41
45	Bryan	217	↑2	51
46	Rodney	211	↓5	49
47	Dennis	197	↓3	44
48	George	195	↑1	38
49	Tony	186	↓4	54
50	Aaron	177	new	61

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