Popular baby names in Indiana, 1981

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 1981 were Jennifer for girls (1,418 babies) and Michael for boys (1,549). Social Security records list 75,005 babies born in Indiana in 1981 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 1981

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

Girls

Jami: 49 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Malinda: 19 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Joni: 39 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Abigail: 95 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Kyla: 19 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Cari: 24 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Lora: 24 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Brittney: 24 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Brooke: 228 babies, 2× the national rate
Brittany: 73 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Trent: 33 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Zachariah: 21 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Brock: 25 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Jonathon: 82 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Grant: 53 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Dustin: 424 babies, 2× the national rate
Kyle: 299 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Indiana, 1981

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,418	–	1
2	Amanda	1,318	–	3
3	Jessica	1,086	–	2
4	Sarah	922	↑1	4
5	Melissa	667	↓1	5
6	Amy	653	↑1	6
7	Heather	586	↓1	10
8	Amber	567	↑1	20
9	Elizabeth	535	↑4	9
10	Stephanie	530	–	8
11	Angela	525	↓3	15
12	Nicole	513	↓1	7
13	Rachel	415	↑2	22
14	Erin	412	↑4	19
15	Tiffany	397	↑1	14
16	Michelle	394	↓4	11
17	Crystal	378	↑3	16
18	Sara	378	↑8	26
19	Kimberly	373	↓5	13
20	Christina	347	↓3	17
21	Lisa	342	↑1	18
22	April	341	↑2	25
23	Emily	340	↑6	29
24	Andrea	330	↑3	24
25	Jamie	324	↓4	28
26	Laura	319	↓3	21
27	Rebecca	303	↓2	12
28	Megan	293	–	33
29	Mary	278	↑1	27
30	Kelly	274	↓11	23
31	Kristin	237	↑6	31
32	Ashley	228	↑7	34
33	Brooke	228	↑1	52
34	Shannon	228	↓3	32
35	Brandy	227	↓2	41
36	Julie	227	↓4	37
37	Danielle	214	↑6	30
38	Erica	206	↓2	36
39	Katherine	197	↑8	39
40	Kristen	183	↑5	38
41	Holly	182	↓1	63
42	Carrie	179	↓7	55
43	Courtney	177	↑1	43
44	Brandi	170	↑2	50
45	Lindsay	169	new	47
46	Misty	163	↓8	61
47	Natalie	163	new	60
48	Tara	161	↓6	45
49	Kathryn	156	new	48
50	Samantha	153	new	51

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Michael	1,549	–	1
2	Joshua	1,414	–	6
3	Matthew	1,293	↑2	3
4	Christopher	1,158	–	2
5	Jason	1,063	↓2	4
6	David	937	–	5
7	James	919	–	7
8	Ryan	904	–	13
9	John	791	–	8
10	Justin	788	–	12
11	Robert	787	–	9
12	Joseph	760	↑3	11
13	Andrew	733	↑3	18
14	Brandon	714	↑8	19
15	Adam	701	↓1	20
16	Jeremy	673	↓4	22
17	Brian	649	↓4	14
18	Daniel	646	–	10
19	Eric	600	–	17
20	Nicholas	544	↓3	21
21	William	530	↓1	15
22	Aaron	524	↑1	30
23	Jonathan	455	↑7	16
24	Nathan	444	↑5	36
25	Benjamin	437	↑1	32
26	Kevin	437	↑5	25
27	Timothy	429	↓6	24
28	Dustin	424	↑9	42
29	Anthony	391	↓2	23
30	Steven	386	↑2	28
31	Jeffrey	376	↓3	29
32	Thomas	372	↓7	26
33	Travis	344	↑1	40
34	Charles	342	↑1	31
35	Scott	336	↓2	34
36	Mark	334	–	33
37	Chad	318	↓13	47
38	Jacob	316	↑4	43
39	Richard	315	↓1	27
40	Bradley	305	↓1	50
41	Kyle	299	↓1	52
42	Paul	242	↓1	35
43	Derek	228	↑2	53
44	Gregory	225	↑2	46
45	Shawn	221	↓2	49
46	Jesse	219	new	37
47	Patrick	218	↑1	38
48	Kenneth	217	↓1	41
49	Stephen	215	↓5	39
50	Zachary	201	new	63

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