Popular baby names in Indiana, 1976

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 1976 were Jennifer for girls (1,627 babies) and Jason for boys (1,779). Jason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 71,935 babies born in Indiana in 1976 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 1976

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

Girls

Shalonda: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Dusty: 19 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Liberty: 20 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jami: 57 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Chanda: 23 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Darla: 21 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Beth: 120 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Charity: 63 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Misti: 26 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Malinda: 19 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Trent: 45 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Brock: 40 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Kent: 32 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Jonathon: 45 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jarrod: 40 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Kyle: 173 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Clint: 43 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Indiana, 1976

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,627	–	1
2	Amy	1,108	–	2
3	Angela	901	–	5
4	Heather	829	–	4
5	Melissa	709	–	3
6	Amanda	705	↑2	10
7	Michelle	572	↓1	6
8	Kimberly	537	↓1	7
9	Sarah	467	↑6	15
10	Lisa	462	–	9
11	Jamie	457	↑37	18
12	Jessica	450	↑7	8
13	Stephanie	421	↓4	11
14	Christina	408	↓3	14
15	Shannon	408	↑2	17
16	Nicole	368	↑4	13
17	Kelly	367	↓3	19
18	Rebecca	357	↓5	12
19	Julie	337	↓7	21
20	Laura	334	↑1	20
21	Carrie	320	↓3	28
22	Elizabeth	320	↑1	16
23	April	295	↓1	30
24	Rachel	276	↑6	23
25	Mary	272	↓1	22
26	Amber	255	↑13	49
27	Andrea	253	–	25
28	Dawn	241	↓12	35
29	Crystal	240	↑6	36
30	Erin	240	↑1	24
31	Misty	229	↓5	46
32	Sara	216	↑18	27
33	Stacy	214	↓8	38
34	Holly	212	↑9	56
35	Tiffany	209	↑5	32
36	Jill	205	↑2	52
37	Lori	204	↓9	47
38	Jaime	199	new	29
39	Emily	198	↓6	50
40	Tracy	195	↓11	37
41	Brandy	187	↑5	55
42	Stacey	175	↓6	51
43	Karen	174	↑2	31
44	Susan	171	↓2	40
45	Tina	170	↓13	48
46	Wendy	167	↓9	39
47	Tonya	163	↓6	58
48	Danielle	155	new	33
49	Tammy	149	↓15	41
50	Christy	141	↓3	60

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Jason	1,779	–	2
2	Michael	1,677	–	1
3	Christopher	1,188	–	3
4	James	1,016	–	5
5	Matthew	987	↑1	9
6	David	960	↓1	4
7	Jeremy	903	↑5	14
8	Brian	890	–	8
9	Robert	801	↓2	7
10	John	784	↓1	6
11	Ryan	729	↓1	16
12	Joshua	723	↑4	18
13	Eric	658	↑2	13
14	William	648	↓3	11
15	Joseph	607	↑3	12
16	Daniel	580	↑1	10
17	Chad	556	↓4	29
18	Scott	512	↓4	24
19	Andrew	511	↑3	27
20	Timothy	482	↑3	21
21	Anthony	469	↑4	22
22	Jeffrey	461	↓3	17
23	Aaron	455	↑5	30
24	Mark	438	–	25
25	Kevin	437	↓5	15
26	Steven	420	↓5	20
27	Thomas	407	–	23
28	Richard	398	↓2	19
29	Charles	380	–	26
30	Shawn	346	–	34
31	Benjamin	342	↑1	32
32	Adam	340	↑3	36
33	Nathan	338	↑3	39
34	Gregory	293	↓1	35
35	Paul	280	↑2	28
36	Bradley	276	↓5	51
37	Jonathan	255	↓3	31
38	Stephen	254	↑1	37
39	Justin	248	↑5	33
40	Brandon	247	–	40
41	Travis	241	↑1	46
42	Shane	236	↑5	57
43	Donald	227	↓2	47
44	Todd	218	↓1	50
45	Kenneth	217	↓7	38
46	Bryan	209	–	43
47	Douglas	180	↓2	56
48	Keith	178	new	48
49	Kyle	173	new	80
50	Patrick	173	new	41

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