Popular baby names in Indiana, 1978

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 1978 were Jennifer for girls (1,511 babies) and Jason for boys (1,603). Jason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 74,098 babies born in Indiana in 1978 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 1978

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

Girls

Jayme: 28 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Lora: 35 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Abigail: 53 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Kylie: 27 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Karrie: 21 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Chasity: 38 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Joni: 31 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Abby: 30 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Audra: 23 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Malinda: 20 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Trent: 32 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jonathon: 49 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Kent: 28 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Bradley: 322 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Brock: 26 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Indiana, 1978

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1977	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,511	–	1
2	Amanda	880	↑4	6
3	Amy	797	–	4
4	Heather	789	↓2	5
5	Angela	774	↓1	7
6	Melissa	761	↓1	2
7	Sarah	663	↑1	8
8	Jessica	608	↓1	3
9	Christina	519	↑6	15
10	Kelly	495	↓1	12
11	Stephanie	491	↑2	16
12	Michelle	481	↓2	9
13	Kimberly	466	↓2	13
14	Lisa	455	–	11
15	Elizabeth	439	↑2	14
16	Nicole	411	–	10
17	Crystal	390	↑1	18
18	Jamie	384	↓6	20
19	Amber	359	↑6	30
20	Rachel	352	↑8	25
21	Laura	348	–	19
22	Erin	335	↑1	21
23	Sara	327	↑6	28
24	Rebecca	324	↓2	17
25	April	322	↑5	27
26	Carrie	310	↓7	35
27	Andrea	301	↓1	23
28	Mary	301	↓1	24
29	Shannon	296	↓9	22
30	Julie	288	↓6	26
31	Brandy	239	↑3	37
32	Emily	223	–	33
33	Jill	211	–	46
34	Misty	210	↓3	43
35	Tiffany	210	↑3	32
36	Megan	206	↑3	41
37	Dawn	191	↓2	52
38	Stacy	190	↓1	44
39	Holly	189	↓3	55
40	Erica	173	↑4	34
41	Tara	171	↑2	40
42	Brandi	168	new	61
43	Lori	168	↑2	60
44	Christine	164	↑4	29
45	Natalie	163	↑5	66
46	Tracy	160	↓4	47
47	Kristy	151	new	51
48	Christy	150	new	59
49	Courtney	148	new	68
50	Susan	147	↓4	49

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1977	US rank
1	Jason	1,603	–	2
2	Michael	1,588	–	1
3	Christopher	1,224	–	3
4	Matthew	1,103	↑1	6
5	James	1,018	↑1	5
6	Joshua	1,010	↑4	12
7	David	1,003	↓3	4
8	Ryan	905	–	14
9	Jeremy	834	↓2	18
10	Robert	825	↑2	8
11	John	802	–	7
12	Brian	791	↓3	9
13	Joseph	665	–	10
14	Eric	617	–	16
15	Andrew	615	↑2	22
16	Daniel	598	↑2	11
17	William	576	↓2	13
18	Nicholas	569	new	25
19	Kevin	525	↓3	15
20	Timothy	522	↓1	17
21	Adam	515	↑9	29
22	Aaron	479	↑5	32
23	Chad	479	↓3	35
24	Steven	466	↓3	24
25	Jeffrey	458	↓2	19
26	Anthony	440	–	20
27	Scott	416	↓3	30
28	Richard	407	↓3	21
29	Justin	398	↑6	28
30	Thomas	386	↓1	23
31	Mark	385	↓9	26
32	Charles	373	↓1	27
33	Benjamin	363	↓1	34
34	Nathan	337	↓6	36
35	Bradley	322	↓1	53
36	Brandon	302	↑3	40
37	Shawn	292	↓4	39
38	Jonathan	284	↓2	31
39	Paul	264	↑1	33
40	Gregory	255	↓3	38
41	Stephen	234	↑1	37
42	Patrick	215	↑2	42
43	Kenneth	211	↓2	41
44	Travis	206	↓6	46
45	Bryan	205	–	43
46	Shaun	203	new	52
47	Kyle	202	↑3	63
48	Todd	195	↓5	56
49	Douglas	193	–	59
50	Dustin	188	new	68

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