Popular baby names in Indiana, 1996

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 1996 were Emily for girls (646 babies) and Jacob for boys (1,078). Jacob ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 70,505 babies born in Indiana in 1996 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 1996

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

Girls

Kyleigh: 20 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Kiersten: 45 babies, 4× the national rate
Brooklyn: 73 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Macy: 48 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Shelbi: 18 babies, 3× the national rate
Darian: 26 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Payton: 54 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Haleigh: 35 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Maddison: 23 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Trisha: 17 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Brayton: 38 babies, 22.3× the national rate
Braxton: 35 babies, 3× the national rate
Brock: 50 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jaylen: 24 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Levi: 116 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Damon: 53 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Keegan: 42 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Keaton: 27 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Dakota: 307 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Brayden: 30 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Indiana, 1996

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Emily	646	–	1
2	Hannah	591	↑2	7
3	Taylor	590	↓1	6
4	Ashley	563	↑1	3
5	Jessica	539	↓2	2
6	Sarah	508	–	4
7	Samantha	490	–	5
8	Megan	455	↑1	12
9	Alexis	452	↑4	8
10	Madison	438	↑8	15
11	Elizabeth	406	↓1	10
12	Kayla	391	↓4	11
13	Rachel	378	↓1	9
14	Shelby	376	↑3	35
15	Morgan	375	–	25
16	Brittany	340	↓5	14
17	Abigail	330	↑2	32
18	Courtney	318	↓4	21
19	Lauren	314	↓3	16
20	Haley	307	↑1	30
21	Alyssa	274	↑3	23
22	Olivia	252	–	34
23	Brianna	250	↑6	17
24	Amanda	242	↓4	13
25	Allison	238	↓2	38
26	Victoria	238	↑1	18
27	Brooke	229	↑4	45
28	Kelsey	223	↓2	36
29	Sydney	223	↑7	39
30	Rebecca	210	↑4	24
31	Nicole	209	↑1	22
32	Anna	208	↑3	33
33	Kaitlyn	201	↓5	40
34	Katherine	195	↑12	31
35	Mary	195	↑6	44
36	Paige	192	↑3	65
37	Danielle	190	↓12	29
38	Alexandra	189	↓1	26
39	Amber	189	↓9	27
40	Jordan	178	–	49
41	Jasmine	176	↑3	28
42	Mackenzie	171	–	75
43	Sierra	168	↑2	62
44	Savannah	166	new	43
45	Chelsea	163	↓2	55
46	Emma	162	new	53
47	Katelyn	162	↓9	64
48	Breanna	154	new	74
49	Bailey	153	new	85
50	Jennifer	153	↓3	19

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Jacob	1,078	–	3
2	Austin	971	–	9
3	Tyler	739	–	7
4	Michael	712	–	1
5	Zachary	712	↑2	14
6	Matthew	699	↑4	2
7	Nicholas	640	↓2	6
8	Andrew	627	–	10
9	Brandon	617	–	8
10	Joshua	595	↓4	5
11	Christopher	516	–	4
12	James	499	↑1	17
13	Joseph	485	↑1	12
14	Kyle	477	↑1	25
15	David	452	↑2	13
16	Jordan	443	↑8	27
17	Cody	432	↓5	31
18	William	422	–	18
19	Ryan	420	↑3	16
20	Samuel	404	↑11	30
21	Alexander	395	↓2	22
22	Robert	392	↑1	23
23	Justin	387	↓7	20
24	Daniel	379	↓4	11
25	Logan	373	↑4	42
26	Benjamin	371	↑2	29
27	John	365	↓6	15
28	Anthony	362	↓1	19
29	Dylan	359	↑1	33
30	Nathan	340	↑2	37
31	Jonathan	316	↑2	21
32	Dakota	307	↓6	58
33	Aaron	306	↓8	34
34	Christian	304	↑3	24
35	Caleb	296	–	48
36	Adam	269	–	39
37	Thomas	264	↓3	28
38	Eric	232	–	35
39	Noah	226	new	50
40	Evan	225	–	65
41	Charles	213	↑2	43
42	Cameron	209	↓1	49
43	Devin	206	↑2	60
44	Steven	204	↓5	38
45	Timothy	202	↓1	40
46	Ethan	196	new	62
47	Nathaniel	194	new	69
48	Chase	191	new	76
49	Brian	187	↓2	36
50	Dustin	187	↓4	79

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