Popular baby names in Indiana, 1970

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 1970 were Jennifer for girls (1,359 babies) and Michael for boys (2,316). Social Security records list 90,815 babies born in Indiana in 1970 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 1970

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

Girls

Tamera: 30 babies, 3× the national rate
Janel: 28 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Stacia: 22 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Nikki: 46 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Lora: 81 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jeri: 25 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Mindy: 36 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Jami: 28 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Angela: 1,247 babies, 2× the national rate
Tamara: 234 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Ty: 31 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Rex: 32 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Bradley: 403 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Kent: 61 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Doug: 24 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Brent: 220 babies, 2× the national rate
Bart: 26 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Indiana, 1970

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,359	↑2	1
2	Angela	1,247	↑3	6
3	Michelle	1,155	↓1	4
4	Lisa	1,071	↓3	2
5	Kimberly	1,041	↓1	3
6	Amy	1,037	↑1	5
7	Melissa	875	↓1	7
8	Julie	644	–	11
9	Tammy	609	–	8
10	Dawn	586	↑4	16
11	Tracy	570	↑6	10
12	Mary	517	↑1	9
13	Laura	504	↓1	13
14	Tina	503	↑1	21
15	Lori	494	↓4	23
16	Heather	491	↑15	19
17	Kelly	468	↓7	20
18	Shannon	459	↑5	22
19	Stephanie	426	↓1	17
20	Susan	423	↓4	15
21	Christina	371	↓1	35
22	Rebecca	334	↑4	29
23	Karen	333	↓4	12
24	Pamela	329	↑4	26
25	Elizabeth	324	↓4	18
26	Christine	302	↓2	14
27	Patricia	301	↓2	24
28	Teresa	301	↓6	34
29	Cynthia	292	↓2	25
30	Michele	280	–	31
31	Wendy	277	↑9	28
32	Tonya	262	↑7	49
33	Jill	259	↑5	52
34	Deborah	249	↑2	33
35	Stacy	248	↑8	42
36	Nicole	245	new	30
37	Sandra	234	↓5	27
38	Tamara	234	↓5	79
39	Rhonda	233	↓10	46
40	Donna	231	↓6	32
41	Barbara	220	↓4	41
42	Robin	210	↓1	51
43	Stacey	208	new	48
44	Paula	206	–	57
45	Andrea	203	new	43
46	Debra	199	↑1	47
47	Denise	196	↑2	36
48	Melinda	195	new	93
49	Beth	194	↓4	92
50	Brenda	190	↓2	40

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Michael	2,316	–	1
2	James	1,787	↑1	2
3	David	1,750	↓1	3
4	Robert	1,611	–	5
5	John	1,526	–	4
6	Brian	1,177	–	8
7	Christopher	1,109	↑3	6
8	William	1,048	↓1	7
9	Mark	1,034	–	9
10	Jeffrey	999	↓2	11
11	Scott	944	–	12
12	Jason	796	↑13	13
13	Steven	794	–	15
14	Richard	762	↓2	10
15	Kevin	752	↑1	14
16	Matthew	720	↑7	24
17	Timothy	720	↓3	20
18	Thomas	697	↓3	17
19	Eric	687	↓1	18
20	Joseph	632	↓1	16
21	Daniel	596	↑1	19
22	Charles	595	↓5	21
23	Anthony	586	↓2	22
24	Todd	549	↓4	28
25	Gregory	530	↓1	26
26	Paul	478	↑2	23
27	Stephen	436	↑5	27
28	Ronald	419	↓1	29
29	Donald	411	–	30
30	Kenneth	405	–	25
31	Bradley	403	–	47
32	Douglas	386	↓6	36
33	Andrew	367	↑2	32
34	Gary	343	↑2	35
35	Troy	335	↓2	41
36	Larry	328	↓2	43
37	Patrick	296	↑1	33
38	Jerry	291	↑1	45
39	Shawn	287	↑5	34
40	Chad	275	new	51
41	Jeffery	271	↓4	50
42	Aaron	254	↑8	52
43	Edward	249	–	31
44	Craig	247	↓2	39
45	Keith	242	↓4	38
46	Bryan	227	↓1	53
47	Sean	227	new	37
48	Terry	225	↓8	54
49	Brent	220	new	74
50	Dennis	215	↓3	46

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