Popular baby names in Indiana, 2009
The most popular baby names in Indiana in 2009 were Emma for girls (493 babies) and Ethan for boys (498). Emma ranked #2 nationally for girls. Ethan ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 69,084 babies born in Indiana in 2009 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in Indiana in 2009
Names given at least 15 times in Indiana that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.
Girls
- Lillyan: 16 babies, 4.8× the national rate
- Braylee: 18 babies, 4.2× the national rate
- Braelynn: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
- Liberty: 38 babies, 3.8× the national rate
- Leona: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
- Kaylynn: 37 babies, 3.6× the national rate
- Karsyn: 19 babies, 3.6× the national rate
- Dixie: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
- Mylee: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate
- Shaylee: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Boys
- Colten: 50 babies, 3.5× the national rate
- Karter: 27 babies, 3.1× the national rate
- Kamden: 25 babies, 3× the national rate
- Johnathon: 22 babies, 3× the national rate
- Braxton: 124 babies, 2.9× the national rate
- Draven: 21 babies, 2.9× the national rate
- Keaton: 42 babies, 2.8× the national rate
- Layne: 20 babies, 2.8× the national rate
- Graham: 67 babies, 2.7× the national rate
- Kolton: 28 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Indiana, 2009
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2008 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emma | 493 | – | 2 |
| 2 | Olivia | 465 | – | 3 |
| 3 | Isabella | 454 | ↑6 | 1 |
| 4 | Ava | 439 | ↓1 | 5 |
| 5 | Addison | 381 | – | 12 |
| 6 | Sophia | 364 | ↑2 | 4 |
| 7 | Abigail | 336 | ↓1 | 8 |
| 8 | Madison | 316 | ↓4 | 7 |
| 9 | Chloe | 307 | ↑3 | 9 |
| 10 | Lillian | 292 | ↑1 | 27 |
| 11 | Alexis | 288 | ↑3 | 13 |
| 12 | Ella | 271 | ↑1 | 15 |
| 13 | Elizabeth | 252 | ↓3 | 11 |
| 14 | Grace | 245 | ↑1 | 17 |
| 15 | Emily | 244 | ↓8 | 6 |
| 16 | Taylor | 203 | – | 22 |
| 17 | Brooklyn | 200 | ↑3 | 37 |
| 18 | Kaylee | 193 | ↑19 | 26 |
| 19 | Hannah | 190 | ↓2 | 23 |
| 20 | Lily | 185 | ↑1 | 18 |
| 21 | Nevaeh | 183 | ↑1 | 34 |
| 22 | Mia | 182 | ↑7 | 10 |
| 23 | Claire | 180 | ↑9 | 53 |
| 24 | Anna | 178 | ↑1 | 28 |
| 25 | Savannah | 174 | ↑1 | 39 |
| 26 | Samantha | 172 | ↓8 | 14 |
| 27 | Avery | 165 | ↑4 | 32 |
| 28 | Aubrey | 164 | ↓4 | 41 |
| 29 | Alyssa | 160 | ↓10 | 19 |
| 30 | Natalie | 159 | ↓7 | 16 |
| 31 | Hailey | 151 | ↑3 | 25 |
| 32 | Leah | 141 | new | 29 |
| 33 | Audrey | 136 | ↓3 | 49 |
| 34 | Madelyn | 136 | ↑12 | 59 |
| 35 | Amelia | 133 | new | 55 |
| 36 | Zoey | 133 | new | 75 |
| 37 | Allison | 128 | ↓10 | 30 |
| 38 | Lauren | 128 | ↓5 | 46 |
| 39 | Gabriella | 125 | new | 33 |
| 40 | Layla | 121 | ↓4 | 45 |
| 41 | Makayla | 121 | ↓6 | 44 |
| 42 | Riley | 121 | ↑5 | 38 |
| 43 | Trinity | 120 | new | 74 |
| 44 | Sarah | 118 | ↓16 | 21 |
| 45 | Morgan | 117 | ↓7 | 57 |
| 46 | Lydia | 114 | new | >100 |
| 47 | Gracie | 111 | ↑3 | >100 |
| 48 | Brianna | 108 | ↓7 | 24 |
| 49 | Peyton | 103 | ↓1 | 42 |
| 50 | Zoe | 103 | new | 47 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2008 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ethan | 498 | ↑1 | 2 |
| 2 | Noah | 442 | ↑1 | 9 |
| 3 | Jacob | 431 | ↓2 | 1 |
| 4 | Logan | 401 | ↑7 | 17 |
| 5 | Elijah | 399 | ↑1 | 21 |
| 6 | Aiden | 377 | ↓1 | 12 |
| 7 | Alexander | 377 | – | 4 |
| 8 | William | 374 | ↓4 | 5 |
| 9 | Jackson | 363 | ↓1 | 27 |
| 10 | Gavin | 342 | ↑2 | 33 |
| 11 | Michael | 339 | ↓2 | 3 |
| 12 | Andrew | 332 | ↑1 | 16 |
| 13 | Landon | 330 | ↑4 | 36 |
| 14 | Brayden | 319 | – | 48 |
| 15 | Caleb | 307 | ↑12 | 31 |
| 16 | Lucas | 307 | ↑13 | 39 |
| 17 | Joshua | 306 | ↑5 | 6 |
| 18 | Jayden | 304 | ↑7 | 8 |
| 19 | Carter | 296 | ↑22 | 50 |
| 20 | Benjamin | 295 | ↓1 | 19 |
| 21 | Mason | 294 | ↓5 | 34 |
| 22 | Samuel | 293 | ↓12 | 24 |
| 23 | Gabriel | 286 | ↑5 | 22 |
| 24 | James | 285 | ↓1 | 18 |
| 25 | Matthew | 270 | ↓10 | 13 |
| 26 | Christopher | 264 | ↑5 | 10 |
| 27 | Joseph | 261 | ↓9 | 15 |
| 28 | Tyler | 256 | ↓8 | 28 |
| 29 | Anthony | 252 | ↑1 | 11 |
| 30 | Hunter | 251 | ↑3 | 56 |
| 31 | David | 250 | ↑1 | 14 |
| 32 | Luke | 249 | ↑8 | 47 |
| 33 | Owen | 248 | ↑2 | 51 |
| 34 | Evan | 247 | ↑3 | 35 |
| 35 | Daniel | 246 | ↓14 | 7 |
| 36 | Wyatt | 241 | ↓12 | 60 |
| 37 | Isaac | 225 | ↓11 | 40 |
| 38 | Nathan | 225 | ↑1 | 25 |
| 39 | Ryan | 225 | ↑3 | 20 |
| 40 | Isaiah | 223 | ↓6 | 41 |
| 41 | John | 220 | ↓5 | 26 |
| 42 | Dylan | 210 | ↓4 | 30 |
| 43 | Liam | 208 | new | 49 |
| 44 | Nicholas | 208 | ↑3 | 32 |
| 45 | Austin | 205 | ↓2 | 63 |
| 46 | Cameron | 201 | ↓1 | 58 |
| 47 | Eli | 200 | new | 90 |
| 48 | Christian | 190 | ↓4 | 23 |
| 49 | Carson | 189 | new | 88 |
| 50 | Chase | 181 | new | 61 |