Popular baby names in Indiana, 2000

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 2000 were Hannah for girls (634 babies) and Jacob for boys (1,061). Hannah ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 72,625 babies born in Indiana in 2000 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 2000

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

Girls

Gretchen: 22 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jalyn: 24 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Justice: 29 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Maci: 18 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Aubree: 18 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Elaine: 26 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kyleigh: 24 babies, 3× the national rate
Kenzie: 19 babies, 3× the national rate
Heaven: 48 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Madisyn: 32 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Brayton: 28 babies, 15.9× the national rate
Braydon: 30 babies, 4× the national rate
Brayden: 108 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Corbin: 65 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Reece: 41 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Peyton: 121 babies, 3× the national rate
Brock: 73 babies, 3× the national rate
Skylar: 45 babies, 3× the national rate
Braxton: 47 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Keaton: 43 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Indiana, 2000

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	Hannah	634	–	2
2	Madison	628	↑2	3
3	Emily	608	↓1	1
4	Alexis	498	↓1	6
5	Abigail	421	↑2	14
6	Taylor	415	↓1	10
7	Elizabeth	403	↑1	9
8	Olivia	401	↑2	16
9	Sarah	393	↓3	5
10	Emma	388	↑1	17
11	Grace	373	↑10	19
12	Samantha	345	↓3	7
13	Jessica	332	↑4	8
14	Ashley	326	–	4
15	Megan	321	↓2	18
16	Haley	314	↑2	28
17	Morgan	313	↓2	25
18	Lauren	309	↓6	11
19	Alyssa	304	↑3	12
20	Sydney	299	–	23
21	Kayla	273	↓5	13
22	Brianna	270	↑1	15
23	Kaitlyn	262	↑1	30
24	Rachel	245	↓5	21
25	Anna	244	–	22
26	Chloe	234	↑16	38
27	Destiny	229	↑5	24
28	Mackenzie	229	–	43
29	Victoria	220	↓2	20
30	Shelby	201	–	70
31	Allison	198	↓5	44
32	Hailey	197	new	35
33	Jasmine	188	↑3	27
34	Makayla	174	↑7	67
35	Savannah	165	new	37
36	Madeline	161	new	56
37	Mary	159	↑6	46
38	Bailey	157	–	68
39	Paige	156	new	69
40	Sierra	156	↓5	53
41	Jenna	151	new	63
42	Natalie	151	↑5	34
43	Amanda	149	↑2	32
44	Courtney	149	↓11	59
45	Rebecca	148	↓1	39
46	Katelyn	147	↓6	54
47	Gabrielle	145	↓13	49
48	Katherine	145	↓11	33
49	Brooke	143	↓18	51
50	Kaylee	143	↓2	72

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	Jacob	1,061	–	1
2	Austin	639	–	23
3	Andrew	638	↑3	7
4	Michael	611	↑1	2
5	Zachary	589	↑3	15
6	Joshua	586	↑3	4
7	Matthew	586	–	3
8	Tyler	562	↓5	10
9	Nicholas	558	↓5	6
10	Ethan	494	↑15	25
11	Noah	474	↓1	27
12	Samuel	447	↑4	28
13	William	446	↑2	11
14	Brandon	445	↓1	12
15	Dylan	422	↓3	24
16	Joseph	422	↓5	8
17	James	406	↑7	18
18	Alexander	400	↑1	20
19	Cameron	397	↓1	31
20	Christopher	386	↓6	5
21	Logan	386	–	40
22	Benjamin	366	↑9	26
23	John	359	↑5	14
24	Nathan	358	↑2	30
25	Caleb	347	↑4	38
26	David	341	↓6	16
27	Kyle	331	↓10	37
28	Ryan	328	↓5	13
29	Hunter	327	↑4	35
30	Daniel	321	–	9
31	Justin	320	↓9	19
32	Jordan	309	↓5	36
33	Anthony	308	↓1	17
34	Christian	293	↑1	22
35	Evan	268	↑3	55
36	Luke	262	↑4	59
37	Jonathan	256	–	21
38	Robert	255	↓4	29
39	Aaron	247	–	41
40	Mason	242	new	64
41	Thomas	234	↓5	33
42	Adam	226	–	45
43	Cody	226	↓2	60
44	Elijah	226	new	52
45	Nathaniel	226	↑2	61
46	Bryce	220	↑3	92
47	Isaac	220	↓1	53
48	Seth	220	↓5	63
49	Blake	210	↓4	80
50	Eric	206	new	42

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