Popular baby names in Indiana, 1975

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 1975 were Jennifer for girls (1,702 babies) and Jason for boys (1,886). Jason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 73,568 babies born in Indiana in 1975 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 1975

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

Girls

Ladonna: 29 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lora: 52 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Chastity: 38 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Candy: 34 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Abigail: 32 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Karrie: 23 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Lana: 23 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Shawn: 47 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Autumn: 42 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Jami: 30 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Trent: 40 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Dewayne: 28 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Cary: 21 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Bradley: 322 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Kyle: 150 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Jonathon: 39 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Brock: 32 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Matt: 21 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Indiana, 1975

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,702	–	1
2	Amy	1,118	–	2
3	Angela	1,039	–	5
4	Heather	844	↑1	3
5	Melissa	736	↑1	4
6	Michelle	726	↓2	6
7	Kimberly	577	–	7
8	Amanda	566	↑8	14
9	Stephanie	489	–	9
10	Lisa	462	↓2	8
11	Christina	405	↑1	12
12	Julie	369	↓1	18
13	Rebecca	369	↓3	11
14	Kelly	349	↑1	16
15	Sarah	347	↑7	17
16	Dawn	334	↓2	23
17	Shannon	334	↓4	21
18	Carrie	330	↑5	29
19	Jessica	328	↑13	13
20	Nicole	323	↓3	10
21	Laura	321	↑5	20
22	April	297	↓3	25
23	Elizabeth	293	↑1	15
24	Mary	285	↓6	19
25	Stacy	278	↑4	34
26	Misty	257	↑8	47
27	Andrea	249	↑1	28
28	Lori	248	↓8	39
29	Tracy	238	↓8	24
30	Rachel	234	↑3	26
31	Erin	221	↑12	38
32	Tina	214	↓7	35
33	Emily	208	new	48
34	Tammy	199	↓7	31
35	Crystal	197	↑9	43
36	Stacey	194	↑9	44
37	Wendy	193	↓1	33
38	Jill	192	–	46
39	Amber	191	new	59
40	Tiffany	188	–	37
41	Tonya	184	↓11	45
42	Susan	180	↓11	32
43	Holly	179	↓6	55
44	Christine	164	↓5	22
45	Karen	162	↓10	27
46	Brandy	159	↑1	57
47	Christy	154	↓6	53
48	Jamie	153	new	68
49	Michele	142	↓3	56
50	Sara	137	new	54

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Jason	1,886	–	2
2	Michael	1,719	–	1
3	Christopher	1,236	–	3
4	James	1,087	–	4
5	David	1,059	↑1	5
6	Matthew	996	↑2	9
7	Robert	978	–	6
8	Brian	906	↓3	8
9	John	869	–	7
10	Ryan	694	↑5	23
11	William	692	↓1	10
12	Jeremy	648	↑5	24
13	Chad	611	↓1	27
14	Scott	594	↓3	17
15	Eric	590	↓1	13
16	Joshua	571	↑6	26
17	Daniel	562	↓4	11
18	Joseph	547	↑3	12
19	Jeffrey	512	↓1	14
20	Kevin	502	↓1	15
21	Steven	480	↓1	18
22	Andrew	474	↑1	28
23	Timothy	467	↑3	22
24	Mark	461	↓8	19
25	Anthony	455	–	21
26	Richard	449	↓2	16
27	Thomas	440	–	20
28	Aaron	404	–	32
29	Charles	393	–	25
30	Shawn	386	–	31
31	Bradley	322	↑5	52
32	Benjamin	311	↑13	36
33	Gregory	293	↓2	33
34	Jonathan	284	↑4	30
35	Adam	277	↓1	38
36	Nathan	277	↑6	45
37	Paul	277	↓5	29
38	Kenneth	272	↓1	35
39	Stephen	254	↓4	34
40	Brandon	253	↑8	44
41	Donald	249	↓2	42
42	Travis	242	↑2	51
43	Todd	232	↓10	43
44	Justin	225	new	37
45	Douglas	221	↑4	55
46	Bryan	219	–	47
47	Shane	212	↓6	57
48	Ronald	209	↓5	46
49	Craig	190	new	58
50	Larry	190	↓10	56

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