Popular baby names in Indiana, 1984

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 1984 were Ashley for girls (1,301 babies) and Matthew for boys (1,392). Ashley ranked #3 nationally for girls. Matthew ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 71,103 babies born in Indiana in 1984 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 1984

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

Girls

Kylie: 21 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Abbey: 23 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Ashlee: 101 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Gretchen: 32 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Brittney: 87 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Loretta: 17 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Ashlie: 23 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Abigail: 90 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Abby: 63 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Lyndsey: 33 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Brock: 36 babies, 3× the national rate
Dewayne: 21 babies, 3× the national rate
Trent: 32 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Zachery: 22 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jonathon: 91 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Kent: 26 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Zachariah: 21 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Clint: 32 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Dustin: 453 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Isaiah: 27 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Indiana, 1984

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Ashley	1,301	–	3
2	Jennifer	1,121	–	1
3	Amanda	1,042	–	4
4	Jessica	1,006	–	2
5	Sarah	730	–	5
6	Amber	604	↑1	18
7	Heather	598	↓1	9
8	Stephanie	559	–	6
9	Megan	501	↑4	11
10	Rachel	495	↑4	15
11	Elizabeth	479	↑1	10
12	Nicole	471	↓2	7
13	Melissa	447	↓4	8
14	Amy	437	↓3	13
15	Emily	384	–	24
16	Danielle	364	↑21	16
17	Brittany	357	↑28	41
18	Tiffany	354	↑3	14
19	Erin	343	↓3	25
20	Laura	341	–	19
21	Michelle	338	↓2	17
22	Crystal	327	↓5	12
23	Christina	303	↓1	20
24	Angela	300	↓6	26
25	Kelly	287	↑3	27
26	Lindsey	284	↑1	35
27	Andrea	277	↓2	28
28	Jamie	274	↑1	31
29	Lindsay	255	↑1	36
30	Rebecca	253	↓6	23
31	Lauren	249	↑5	21
32	Kimberly	246	↓9	22
33	Katherine	238	↑7	30
34	Sara	228	↓8	32
35	Samantha	223	↓1	39
36	Holly	214	↑2	53
37	Mary	209	↓6	33
38	Erica	202	↓5	34
39	April	191	↓4	42
40	Lisa	189	↓8	29
41	Courtney	183	↓2	46
42	Kristen	177	↓1	38
43	Alicia	167	↑1	40
44	Kristin	165	↑2	47
45	Allison	164	new	51
46	Brandi	163	↓4	61
47	Tara	162	↑1	49
48	Julie	154	new	52
49	Katie	154	new	44
50	Shannon	150	↓3	37

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Matthew	1,392	–	3
2	Michael	1,364	–	1
3	Joshua	1,333	–	4
4	Christopher	1,263	–	2
5	Ryan	933	–	12
6	David	848	↑1	5
7	Adam	817	↑1	18
8	Brandon	803	↑4	15
9	Justin	769	↑1	13
10	James	768	↓1	7
11	Joseph	730	↑4	10
12	Daniel	726	↑4	6
13	Andrew	699	↓2	14
14	Robert	698	↓1	9
15	Jason	691	↓9	11
16	John	666	↓2	8
17	Brian	566	–	17
18	Nicholas	557	↑1	20
19	Eric	533	↓1	22
20	Kyle	484	↑1	34
21	Aaron	476	↑1	29
22	William	469	↓2	16
23	Dustin	453	↑3	41
24	Jonathan	445	–	19
25	Anthony	441	–	21
26	Jeremy	404	↓3	31
27	Steven	394	–	23
28	Timothy	380	↑1	26
29	Benjamin	362	↓1	30
30	Kevin	362	–	24
31	Zachary	362	↑6	45
32	Nathan	357	–	38
33	Thomas	341	–	25
34	Jacob	322	–	37
35	Jeffrey	313	↓4	28
36	Charles	297	–	33
37	Travis	296	↑2	42
38	Mark	293	↓3	32
39	Scott	282	↑1	39
40	Tyler	273	new	47
41	Bradley	264	–	53
42	Richard	258	↓4	27
43	Patrick	242	↑3	36
44	Chad	241	–	51
45	Derek	219	↑3	52
46	Stephen	217	↓3	35
47	Gregory	207	↓5	44
48	Kenneth	204	↓1	46
49	Paul	189	↓4	40
50	Bryan	177	↓1	48

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