Popular baby names in Indiana, 1980

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 1980 were Jennifer for girls (1,516 babies) and Michael for boys (1,642). Social Security records list 78,740 babies born in Indiana in 1980 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 1980

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

Girls

Kyla: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Quiana: 19 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jami: 55 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Abigail: 87 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Ashlee: 23 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Abby: 48 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Amber: 605 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Tricia: 49 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Tia: 51 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Kasey: 31 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Rex: 22 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kyle: 294 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Brock: 35 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Jonathon: 70 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Kent: 24 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Darin: 22 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Indiana, 1980

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,516	–	1
2	Amanda	1,392	–	2
3	Jessica	894	↑5	3
4	Melissa	866	↓1	4
5	Sarah	851	–	5
6	Heather	702	↑1	6
7	Amy	692	↓1	8
8	Angela	622	↓4	12
9	Amber	605	–	22
10	Stephanie	533	↑3	13
11	Nicole	499	–	7
12	Michelle	484	↓2	10
13	Elizabeth	483	↓1	9
14	Kimberly	438	↑6	11
15	Rachel	417	↑8	23
16	Tiffany	416	↑18	14
17	Christina	415	↓3	15
18	Erin	402	↑4	20
19	Kelly	400	↓2	19
20	Crystal	399	↓5	18
21	Jamie	396	↓2	24
22	Lisa	367	↓6	16
23	Laura	364	↑1	21
24	April	348	↓6	26
25	Rebecca	337	↓4	17
26	Sara	337	↑4	27
27	Andrea	332	↓2	28
28	Megan	312	↑1	30
29	Emily	311	↑2	31
30	Mary	288	↓2	25
31	Shannon	259	↓5	29
32	Julie	237	↓5	32
33	Brandy	236	–	42
34	Brooke	220	↑15	57
35	Carrie	212	↓3	46
36	Erica	210	↑1	34
37	Kristin	210	new	37
38	Misty	203	↓2	49
39	Ashley	194	new	40
40	Holly	190	↑2	52
41	Jill	180	↓3	66
42	Tara	178	↓2	43
43	Danielle	170	↓4	33
44	Courtney	169	↑4	48
45	Kristen	167	new	39
46	Brandi	165	↓5	63
47	Katherine	165	↓4	35
48	Dawn	158	↓3	67
49	Stacy	157	↓14	53
50	Leslie	151	new	61

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Michael	1,642	–	1
2	Joshua	1,447	↑2	7
3	Jason	1,332	↓1	3
4	Christopher	1,175	↓1	2
5	Matthew	1,170	–	6
6	David	1,050	↑1	4
7	James	991	↓1	5
8	Ryan	901	–	15
9	John	813	↑1	8
10	Justin	809	↑10	13
11	Robert	801	↓2	9
12	Jeremy	775	↓1	18
13	Brian	765	↓1	12
14	Adam	720	↑4	22
15	Joseph	693	↓2	10
16	Andrew	691	↓1	19
17	Nicholas	682	↓3	17
18	Daniel	652	↓2	11
19	Eric	629	–	16
20	William	589	↓3	14
21	Timothy	517	–	20
22	Brandon	502	↑4	31
23	Aaron	499	–	34
24	Chad	460	↓2	39
25	Thomas	456	↑9	25
26	Benjamin	439	↑7	32
27	Anthony	421	–	24
28	Jeffrey	417	↑1	27
29	Nathan	416	↑2	36
30	Jonathan	415	↑8	21
31	Kevin	407	↓6	23
32	Steven	398	↓8	28
33	Scott	383	↓5	33
34	Travis	382	↑2	37
35	Charles	374	↓5	29
36	Mark	366	↓4	30
37	Dustin	354	↑12	44
38	Richard	352	↓3	26
39	Bradley	319	↓2	51
40	Kyle	294	–	57
41	Paul	276	↓2	35
42	Jacob	264	↓1	43
43	Shawn	249	↓1	47
44	Stephen	245	↑3	40
45	Derek	239	new	50
46	Gregory	239	↓3	42
47	Kenneth	233	↓2	41
48	Patrick	211	–	38
49	Bryan	202	↓5	49
50	Donald	188	↓4	53

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