Popular baby names in Indiana, 1979

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 1979 were Jennifer for girls (1,570 babies) and Michael for boys (1,587). Social Security records list 77,298 babies born in Indiana in 1979 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 1979

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

Girls

Dusty: 19 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Joni: 36 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Cari: 19 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jami: 47 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Autumn: 73 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Abigail: 62 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Abby: 39 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Adrianne: 22 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Malinda: 20 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Amber: 535 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Trent: 39 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Kent: 28 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Kyle: 276 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Clint: 55 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Jonathon: 52 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Brock: 36 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Indiana, 1979

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,570	–	1
2	Amanda	1,299	–	3
3	Melissa	926	↑3	2
4	Angela	762	↑1	8
5	Sarah	743	↑2	6
6	Amy	728	↓3	5
7	Heather	728	↓3	7
8	Jessica	688	–	4
9	Amber	535	↑10	22
10	Michelle	508	↑2	10
11	Nicole	494	↑5	9
12	Elizabeth	491	↑3	11
13	Stephanie	481	↓2	15
14	Christina	469	↓5	14
15	Crystal	424	↑2	18
16	Lisa	416	↓2	13
17	Kelly	399	↓7	16
18	April	390	↑7	23
19	Jamie	390	↓1	19
20	Kimberly	368	↓7	12
21	Rebecca	357	↑3	17
22	Erin	335	–	21
23	Rachel	324	↓3	27
24	Laura	320	↓3	20
25	Andrea	315	↑2	26
26	Shannon	304	↑3	25
27	Julie	284	↑3	29
28	Mary	281	–	24
29	Megan	275	↑7	31
30	Sara	267	↓7	30
31	Emily	264	↑1	34
32	Carrie	255	↓6	41
33	Brandy	246	↓2	39
34	Tiffany	229	↑1	28
35	Stacy	220	↑3	43
36	Misty	219	↓2	42
37	Erica	215	↑3	32
38	Jill	213	↓5	52
39	Danielle	201	new	33
40	Tara	188	↑1	38
41	Brandi	183	↑1	61
42	Holly	180	↓3	48
43	Katherine	175	new	36
44	Samantha	161	new	66
45	Dawn	158	↓8	57
46	Kristina	155	new	74
47	Lori	155	↓4	69
48	Courtney	151	↑1	71
49	Brooke	150	new	85
50	Mindy	148	new	81

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	Michael	1,587	↑1	1
2	Jason	1,527	↓1	3
3	Christopher	1,287	–	2
4	Joshua	1,205	↑2	9
5	Matthew	1,090	↓1	6
6	James	1,028	↓1	5
7	David	1,000	–	4
8	Ryan	861	–	14
9	Robert	842	↑1	8
10	John	836	↑1	7
11	Jeremy	817	↓2	16
12	Brian	778	–	10
13	Joseph	744	–	11
14	Nicholas	704	↑4	15
15	Andrew	674	–	20
16	Daniel	645	–	12
17	William	636	–	13
18	Adam	621	↑3	23
19	Eric	609	↓5	17
20	Justin	534	↑9	22
21	Timothy	526	↓1	18
22	Chad	474	↑1	38
23	Aaron	462	↓1	32
24	Steven	458	–	27
25	Kevin	443	↓6	19
26	Brandon	441	↑10	35
27	Anthony	428	↓1	21
28	Scott	428	↓1	29
29	Jeffrey	414	↓4	24
30	Charles	403	↑2	28
31	Nathan	402	↑3	37
32	Mark	399	↓1	30
33	Benjamin	393	–	33
34	Thomas	387	↓4	26
35	Richard	353	↓7	25
36	Travis	342	↑8	36
37	Bradley	328	↓2	47
38	Jonathan	328	–	31
39	Paul	280	–	34
40	Kyle	276	↑7	56
41	Jacob	250	new	45
42	Shawn	244	↓5	43
43	Gregory	232	↓3	42
44	Bryan	217	↑1	46
45	Kenneth	216	↓2	41
46	Donald	213	new	51
47	Stephen	209	↓6	40
48	Patrick	199	↓6	39
49	Dustin	198	↑1	62
50	Douglas	170	↓1	58

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