Popular baby names in Indiana, 1997

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 1997 were Emily for girls (681 babies) and Jacob for boys (1,132). Jacob ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 70,097 babies born in Indiana in 1997 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 1997

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

Girls

Infant: 30 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Alivia: 20 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Abbigail: 21 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Brooklyn: 74 babies, 3× the national rate
Kylee: 62 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Macy: 40 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Hunter: 35 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Josie: 36 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Kaitlynn: 36 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Kayleigh: 32 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Brayton: 36 babies, 20.9× the national rate
Infant: 27 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Braxton: 58 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Drake: 59 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kurtis: 20 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Keegan: 48 babies, 3× the national rate
Corbin: 32 babies, 3× the national rate
Braden: 56 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jalen: 54 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Gage: 89 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Indiana, 1997

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Emily	681	–	1
2	Hannah	640	–	5
3	Taylor	586	–	7
4	Madison	483	↑6	10
5	Alexis	463	↑4	8
6	Samantha	463	↑1	6
7	Sarah	447	↓1	4
8	Ashley	434	↓4	3
9	Jessica	424	↓4	2
10	Megan	409	↓2	11
11	Elizabeth	387	–	9
12	Morgan	352	↑3	22
13	Abigail	347	↑4	26
14	Kayla	337	↓2	12
15	Rachel	335	↓2	13
16	Lauren	332	↑3	14
17	Haley	307	↑3	31
18	Olivia	305	↑4	27
19	Brittany	304	↓3	20
20	Shelby	292	↓6	43
21	Sydney	276	↑8	35
22	Alyssa	273	↓1	15
23	Brianna	263	–	17
24	Courtney	257	↓6	28
25	Allison	239	–	39
26	Emma	229	↑20	36
27	Brooke	216	–	45
28	Victoria	209	↓2	19
29	Amanda	205	↓5	16
30	Paige	203	↑6	64
31	Katherine	202	↑3	32
32	Anna	196	–	33
33	Rebecca	195	↓3	25
34	Kaitlyn	189	↓1	41
35	Cheyenne	187	new	68
36	Nicole	187	↓5	21
37	Jasmine	186	↑4	24
38	Bailey	180	↑11	65
39	Jordan	179	↑1	40
40	Katelyn	177	↑7	63
41	Kelsey	176	↓13	57
42	Danielle	175	↓5	34
43	Sierra	170	–	56
44	Amber	168	↓5	29
45	Mary	166	↓10	46
46	Gabrielle	164	new	51
47	Mackenzie	164	↓5	71
48	Grace	161	new	69
49	Destiny	153	new	42
50	Madeline	153	new	59

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Jacob	1,132	–	2
2	Austin	914	–	9
3	Michael	736	↑1	1
4	Tyler	695	↓1	10
5	Zachary	670	–	13
6	Matthew	645	–	3
7	Nicholas	612	–	6
8	Joshua	589	↑2	5
9	Brandon	576	–	8
10	Andrew	562	↓2	7
11	Christopher	502	–	4
12	James	464	–	17
13	Jordan	464	↑3	26
14	Joseph	464	↓1	12
15	Samuel	450	↑5	27
16	Kyle	445	↓2	24
17	David	421	↓2	14
18	William	401	–	19
19	John	398	↑8	15
20	Justin	386	↑3	20
21	Daniel	378	↑3	11
22	Ryan	375	↓3	16
23	Alexander	362	↓2	22
24	Robert	357	↓2	23
25	Logan	352	–	42
26	Dylan	342	↑3	30
27	Aaron	335	↑6	33
28	Cody	333	↓11	36
29	Anthony	325	↓1	18
30	Benjamin	325	↓4	29
31	Noah	325	↑8	38
32	Nathan	306	↓2	34
33	Jonathan	304	↓2	21
34	Caleb	296	↑1	47
35	Christian	279	↓1	25
36	Dakota	269	↓4	66
37	Adam	252	↓1	39
38	Thomas	248	↓1	31
39	Ethan	242	↑7	46
40	Evan	238	–	61
41	Cameron	235	↑1	45
42	Eric	212	↓4	35
43	Blake	209	new	80
44	Hunter	205	new	44
45	Nathaniel	203	↑2	65
46	Luke	199	new	78
47	Trevor	197	new	62
48	Cole	183	new	72
49	Chase	177	↓1	77
50	Jason	174	new	41

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