Popular baby names in Indiana, 1971

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 1971 were Jennifer for girls (1,784 babies) and Michael for boys (2,193). Social Security records list 86,943 babies born in Indiana in 1971 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 1971

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

Girls

Malinda: 27 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Lora: 65 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Tamera: 21 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Tamara: 255 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Lana: 40 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Misty: 77 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Betsy: 36 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Leann: 27 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Mindy: 51 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Jonathon: 41 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Bradley: 355 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Trent: 52 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Kristopher: 29 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Brad: 115 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Scot: 31 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Brent: 215 babies, 2× the national rate
Kent: 53 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Indiana, 1971

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,784	–	1
2	Angela	1,247	–	6
3	Michelle	1,120	–	2
4	Amy	1,029	↑2	5
5	Kimberly	957	–	4
6	Lisa	853	↓2	3
7	Melissa	835	–	7
8	Dawn	576	↑2	14
9	Julie	575	↓1	10
10	Tammy	548	↓1	8
11	Heather	495	↑5	12
12	Tina	446	↑2	20
13	Stephanie	436	↑6	11
14	Laura	433	↓1	16
15	Mary	422	↓3	9
16	Lori	418	↓1	25
17	Tracy	416	↓6	13
18	Kelly	393	↓1	22
19	Shannon	390	↓1	21
20	Susan	381	–	17
21	Rebecca	366	↑1	23
22	Christina	349	↓1	30
23	Karen	340	–	15
24	Stacy	330	↑11	32
25	Elizabeth	313	–	19
26	Cynthia	277	↑3	24
27	Wendy	274	↑4	29
28	Teresa	269	–	34
29	Christine	263	↓3	18
30	Patricia	262	↓3	26
31	Tonya	260	↑1	45
32	Nicole	256	↑4	27
33	Tamara	255	↑5	80
34	Andrea	240	↑11	35
35	Pamela	239	↓11	28
36	Rhonda	233	↑3	46
37	Carrie	228	new	55
38	Stacey	228	↑5	41
39	April	225	new	56
40	Michele	219	↓10	39
41	Deborah	205	↓7	33
42	Sandra	194	↓5	31
43	Jill	193	↓10	59
44	Denise	188	↑3	36
45	Donna	188	↓5	38
46	Dana	184	new	44
47	Robin	179	↓5	51
48	Melinda	175	–	85
49	Paula	175	↓5	63
50	Beth	174	↓1	100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Michael	2,193	–	1
2	James	1,631	–	2
3	David	1,463	–	3
4	John	1,429	↑1	4
5	Christopher	1,334	↑2	6
6	Robert	1,327	↓2	5
7	Jason	1,184	↑5	8
8	Brian	1,152	↓2	9
9	Scott	1,042	↑2	10
10	William	961	↓2	7
11	Jeffrey	870	↓1	12
12	Matthew	794	↑4	19
13	Mark	789	↓4	13
14	Steven	690	↓1	16
15	Eric	689	↑4	18
16	Kevin	684	↓1	14
17	Timothy	650	–	21
18	Richard	623	↓4	11
19	Thomas	614	↓1	17
20	Joseph	571	–	15
21	Charles	559	↑1	22
22	Daniel	545	↓1	20
23	Chad	540	↑17	29
24	Anthony	516	↓1	23
25	Gregory	503	–	26
26	Todd	463	↓2	30
27	Paul	405	↓1	24
28	Kenneth	379	↑2	25
29	Shawn	373	↑10	28
30	Andrew	369	↑3	33
31	Bradley	355	–	58
32	Donald	352	↓3	34
33	Stephen	349	↓6	27
34	Ronald	348	↓6	31
35	Douglas	336	↓3	39
36	Troy	323	↓1	46
37	Larry	311	↓1	44
38	Aaron	309	↑4	41
39	Gary	307	↓5	38
40	Jeremy	306	new	45
41	Ryan	262	new	51
42	Jerry	258	↓4	50
43	Patrick	252	↓6	35
44	Keith	247	↑1	37
45	Jeffery	240	↓4	53
46	Jonathan	237	new	40
47	Craig	227	↓3	43
48	Sean	218	↓1	36
49	Brent	215	–	73
50	Terry	204	↓2	56

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