Popular baby names in Indiana, 1982

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 1982 were Jennifer for girls (1,425 babies) and Michael for boys (1,441). Social Security records list 74,808 babies born in Indiana in 1982 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 1982

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

Girls

Lyndsay: 28 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Abbey: 22 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Abigail: 109 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Abby: 64 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Chasity: 37 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Lora: 25 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Brooke: 149 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Kari: 105 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Kasey: 34 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Blair: 23 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Brock: 34 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Trent: 32 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Kent: 30 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Dane: 22 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jonathon: 96 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Zachariah: 24 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Brooks: 22 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Dustin: 440 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Kyle: 385 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Indiana, 1982

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,425	–	1
2	Amanda	1,165	–	3
3	Jessica	1,097	–	2
4	Sarah	911	–	4
5	Melissa	614	–	5
6	Amber	602	↑2	18
7	Stephanie	593	↑3	7
8	Nicole	579	↑4	6
9	Amy	557	↓3	10
10	Heather	541	↓3	12
11	Elizabeth	500	↓2	8
12	Ashley	496	↑20	17
13	Angela	492	↓2	16
14	Rachel	438	↓1	21
15	Tiffany	405	–	13
16	Crystal	398	↑1	9
17	Erin	398	↓3	20
18	Emily	397	↑5	24
19	Sara	383	↓1	28
20	Michelle	373	↓4	11
21	Andrea	360	↑3	27
22	Kimberly	358	↓3	14
23	Laura	337	↑3	22
24	Megan	331	↑4	34
25	Christina	323	↓5	19
26	Rebecca	320	↑1	15
27	Jamie	315	↓2	29
28	Mary	292	↑1	30
29	Lisa	288	↓8	23
30	Kelly	287	–	25
31	April	272	↓9	32
32	Lindsay	267	↑13	39
33	Lindsey	259	new	40
34	Kristen	255	↑6	33
35	Danielle	241	↑2	31
36	Brandy	216	↓1	50
37	Erica	216	↑1	35
38	Kristin	215	↓7	37
39	Courtney	203	↑4	43
40	Carrie	201	↑2	57
41	Brandi	192	↑3	55
42	Katherine	189	↓3	36
43	Shannon	185	↓9	38
44	Julie	182	↓8	41
45	Natalie	174	↑2	51
46	Samantha	174	↑4	44
47	Tara	165	↑1	47
48	Leslie	161	new	60
49	Lauren	160	new	26
50	Cassandra	154	new	62

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Michael	1,441	–	1
2	Joshua	1,324	–	7
3	Christopher	1,297	↑1	2
4	Matthew	1,287	↓1	3
5	Jason	1,023	–	4
6	David	911	–	5
7	Ryan	890	↑1	13
8	James	871	↓1	6
9	Justin	803	↑1	12
10	Adam	750	↑5	19
11	John	745	↓2	8
12	Robert	730	↓1	9
13	Joseph	717	↓1	11
14	Brandon	713	–	18
15	Andrew	705	↓2	17
16	Daniel	683	↑2	10
17	Nicholas	597	↑3	22
18	Jeremy	594	↓2	28
19	Brian	555	↓2	14
20	William	541	↑1	15
21	Eric	524	↓2	20
22	Aaron	510	–	30
23	Jonathan	469	–	16
24	Anthony	445	↑5	21
25	Dustin	440	↑3	42
26	Timothy	426	↑1	24
27	Nathan	420	↓3	36
28	Kevin	415	↓2	25
29	Steven	408	↑1	26
30	Benjamin	393	↓5	33
31	Kyle	385	↑10	47
32	Thomas	364	–	23
33	Scott	356	↑2	34
34	Jeffrey	355	↓3	29
35	Richard	353	↑4	27
36	Charles	348	↓2	31
37	Mark	345	↓1	32
38	Travis	327	↓5	39
39	Chad	312	↓2	48
40	Jacob	311	↓2	41
41	Bradley	272	↓1	51
42	Zachary	262	↑8	55
43	Gregory	241	↑1	40
44	Paul	240	↓2	35
45	Kenneth	227	↑3	45
46	Stephen	223	↑3	38
47	Derek	220	↓4	50
48	Patrick	219	↓1	37
49	Jesse	211	↓3	43
50	Shawn	185	↓5	52

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