Popular baby names in Indiana, 1977

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 1977 were Jennifer for girls (1,639 babies) and Jason for boys (1,843). Jason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 75,694 babies born in Indiana in 1977 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 1977

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

Girls

Lora: 40 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Joni: 33 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Charity: 62 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Brooke: 95 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Krista: 90 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Jami: 52 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Karrie: 25 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Chastity: 25 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Cori: 19 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Mindy: 57 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Jonathon: 60 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Kent: 29 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Ty: 22 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Brady: 21 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Bradley: 334 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Trent: 30 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Rick: 23 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Kyle: 174 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Indiana, 1977

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,639	–	1
2	Heather	858	↑2	5
3	Amy	857	↓1	3
4	Angela	838	↓1	6
5	Melissa	788	–	2
6	Amanda	769	–	9
7	Jessica	614	↑5	4
8	Sarah	557	↑1	11
9	Kelly	555	↑8	10
10	Michelle	527	↓3	7
11	Kimberly	482	↓3	8
12	Jamie	468	↓1	18
13	Stephanie	456	–	14
14	Lisa	443	↓4	12
15	Christina	427	↓1	16
16	Nicole	405	–	15
17	Elizabeth	397	↑5	13
18	Crystal	354	↑11	25
19	Carrie	351	↑2	28
20	Shannon	349	↓5	19
21	Laura	346	↓1	20
22	Rebecca	343	↓4	17
23	Erin	335	↑7	23
24	Julie	319	↓5	22
25	Amber	309	↑1	33
26	Andrea	302	↑1	24
27	Mary	300	↓2	21
28	Rachel	295	↓4	26
29	Sara	280	↑3	27
30	April	270	↓7	29
31	Misty	252	–	40
32	Emily	230	↑7	37
33	Jill	227	↑3	41
34	Brandy	212	↑7	51
35	Dawn	199	↓7	43
36	Holly	198	↓2	52
37	Stacy	197	↓4	42
38	Tiffany	197	↓3	34
39	Megan	184	new	54
40	Jaime	180	↓2	46
41	Stacey	180	↑1	56
42	Tracy	178	↓2	50
43	Tara	177	new	35
44	Erica	172	new	38
45	Lori	163	↓8	57
46	Susan	163	↓2	45
47	Danielle	158	↑1	31
48	Christine	153	new	30
49	Karen	146	↓6	32
50	Natalie	145	new	69

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Jason	1,843	–	2
2	Michael	1,763	–	1
3	Christopher	1,216	–	3
4	David	1,081	↑2	4
5	Matthew	1,071	–	9
6	James	1,049	↓2	5
7	Jeremy	941	–	15
8	Ryan	926	↑3	16
9	Brian	918	↓1	8
10	Joshua	901	↑2	14
11	John	838	↓1	7
12	Robert	808	↓3	6
13	Joseph	694	↑2	10
14	Eric	621	↓1	17
15	William	606	↓1	12
16	Kevin	602	↑9	13
17	Andrew	593	↑2	24
18	Daniel	580	↓2	11
19	Timothy	521	↑1	18
20	Chad	508	↓3	34
21	Steven	487	↑5	23
22	Mark	482	↑2	25
23	Jeffrey	464	↓1	19
24	Scott	462	↓6	27
25	Richard	443	↑3	20
26	Anthony	439	↓5	21
27	Aaron	419	↓4	32
28	Nathan	412	↑5	36
29	Thomas	404	↓2	22
30	Adam	395	↑2	33
31	Charles	394	↓2	26
32	Benjamin	363	↓1	29
33	Shawn	345	↓3	37
34	Bradley	334	↑2	49
35	Justin	298	↑4	30
36	Jonathan	283	↑1	28
37	Gregory	282	↓3	35
38	Travis	276	↑3	44
39	Brandon	267	↑1	41
40	Paul	260	↓5	31
41	Kenneth	241	↑4	39
42	Stephen	225	↓4	38
43	Todd	210	↑1	50
44	Patrick	209	↑6	40
45	Bryan	203	↑1	42
46	Donald	198	↓3	46
47	Jacob	198	new	56
48	Corey	187	new	52
49	Douglas	175	↓2	59
50	Kyle	174	↓1	79

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