Popular baby names in Indiana, 1986

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 1986 were Ashley for girls (1,456 babies) and Michael for boys (1,294). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 69,817 babies born in Indiana in 1986 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 1986

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: 29 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lora: 20 babies, 3× the national rate
Trista: 31 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Abby: 60 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Lyndsey: 35 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jami: 28 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Ashlee: 110 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Autumn: 56 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Audra: 22 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Abigail: 91 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Dewayne: 19 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Trent: 40 babies, 3× the national rate
Brock: 47 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Zachery: 35 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Zachariah: 27 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Darin: 20 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Johnathon: 33 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Clint: 26 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Jonathon: 94 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Neil: 51 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Indiana, 1986

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Ashley	1,456	–	2
2	Jessica	1,154	↑1	1
3	Amanda	1,107	↓1	3
4	Jennifer	790	–	4
5	Sarah	756	–	5
6	Brittany	692	↑3	8
7	Megan	647	–	11
8	Amber	581	–	13
9	Heather	567	↓3	9
10	Stephanie	493	–	6
11	Elizabeth	462	–	10
12	Rachel	405	–	15
13	Emily	386	↑2	24
14	Amy	372	↑2	22
15	Nicole	357	↓2	7
16	Melissa	352	↓2	12
17	Tiffany	342	↑5	17
18	Samantha	339	↑12	21
19	Danielle	336	↓1	16
20	Whitney	332	new	32
21	Sara	304	↑4	27
22	Lauren	296	↑1	14
23	Michelle	286	↑1	23
24	Laura	271	↓7	20
25	Kimberly	268	↓4	18
26	Katherine	257	↑7	28
27	Jamie	254	↑2	34
28	Lindsey	252	↓2	39
29	Christina	249	↓10	19
30	Crystal	245	↑1	25
31	Allison	244	↑11	42
32	Erin	238	↓4	30
33	Kelly	234	↓1	29
34	Rebecca	223	↑7	26
35	Angela	220	↓8	33
36	Courtney	214	–	35
37	Lindsay	210	↓2	46
38	Andrea	197	↓18	36
39	Mary	197	–	37
40	Katie	196	↓3	38
41	Erica	193	↓7	31
42	Alicia	171	↑3	45
43	Kristen	171	–	41
44	Brittney	170	new	65
45	Kathryn	156	↓1	48
46	Cassandra	155	new	60
47	Lisa	150	↓7	40
48	Kristin	149	new	50
49	Holly	148	↓11	63
50	April	144	↓2	53

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Michael	1,294	↑1	1
2	Matthew	1,190	↑1	3
3	Christopher	1,114	↑1	2
4	Joshua	1,111	↓3	4
5	Andrew	886	↑2	8
6	Ryan	831	↓1	11
7	Brandon	824	↓1	13
8	James	786	↑1	7
9	David	754	↓1	5
10	Justin	748	–	14
11	Kyle	726	↑3	23
12	Daniel	638	↓1	6
13	Nicholas	613	↑4	17
14	John	600	↓1	10
15	Adam	584	↓3	24
16	Joseph	561	↓1	12
17	Robert	558	↓1	9
18	William	481	↑2	15
19	Jonathan	474	↑7	16
20	Eric	472	↓1	22
21	Brian	464	–	20
22	Jason	449	↓4	18
23	Dustin	443	↑1	42
24	Zachary	437	↓2	38
25	Anthony	432	–	19
26	Jacob	429	↑4	31
27	Steven	404	↑7	25
28	Aaron	401	↓5	33
29	Kevin	401	↓1	21
30	Jeremy	400	↓3	28
31	Timothy	377	↓2	27
32	Benjamin	367	↑1	30
33	Tyler	353	↑2	40
34	Nathan	344	↓3	43
35	Thomas	313	↓3	26
36	Jeffrey	296	↑4	32
37	Mark	281	↑2	35
38	Charles	279	↓1	34
39	Scott	276	↓1	44
40	Richard	274	↑1	29
41	Jordan	271	↑6	53
42	Bradley	253	↓6	54
43	Stephen	238	–	36
44	Derek	235	new	57
45	Travis	225	↓3	49
46	Patrick	218	↓2	39
47	Sean	213	↓1	37
48	Chad	207	–	59
49	Gregory	205	↓4	46
50	Cody	192	new	56

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