Popular baby names in Indiana, 2012

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 2012 were Emma for girls (475 babies) and Liam for boys (502). Emma ranked #2 nationally for girls. Liam ranked #6 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 65,708 babies born in Indiana in 2012 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 2012

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

Girls

Rylynn: 19 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Adilynn: 16 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Addilynn: 16 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Gracelynn: 30 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Braelynn: 28 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Kenna: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Martha: 23 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Alaya: 19 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Madilynn: 30 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Elin: 18 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Bentlee: 34 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Amos: 20 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kolten: 20 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Korbin: 28 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Blaine: 25 babies, 3× the national rate
Karter: 49 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Keagan: 24 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Braxton: 157 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Drew: 65 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Keaton: 39 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Indiana, 2012

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	Emma	475	–	2
2	Sophia	449	↑2	1
3	Olivia	417	↓1	4
4	Ava	384	↓1	5
5	Isabella	318	–	3
6	Lillian	274	↑7	25
7	Abigail	263	↑1	7
8	Addison	263	↓2	14
9	Avery	240	↑9	13
10	Elizabeth	240	↓1	10
11	Madison	234	↑1	9
12	Ella	229	↓5	12
13	Chloe	227	↓2	11
14	Emily	216	↓4	6
15	Harper	216	↑11	24
16	Amelia	203	↑6	23
17	Zoey	202	↓2	20
18	Aubrey	199	↓2	15
19	Mia	195	–	8
20	Brooklyn	191	↓6	29
21	Lily	186	↑6	16
22	Grace	175	↓5	21
23	Hannah	175	↑2	22
24	Anna	165	↑12	34
25	Layla	158	↓4	31
26	Natalie	157	↑2	17
27	Evelyn	153	↑3	27
28	Charlotte	148	↑1	19
29	Gabriella	147	↑10	37
30	Alexis	143	↓10	40
31	Claire	143	↓8	45
32	Nevaeh	143	↓8	39
33	Audrey	140	↑1	41
34	Lucy	137	↑4	66
35	Allison	136	–	38
36	Leah	127	↓5	33
37	Serenity	125	↑11	58
38	Savannah	120	↓6	43
39	Lydia	118	↓6	95
40	Kaylee	112	↑5	35
41	Aaliyah	110	new	36
42	Hadley	110	new	>100
43	Taylor	109	↑4	46
44	Piper	106	new	98
45	Hailey	104	↓5	32
46	Khloe	102	↓9	55
47	Stella	102	↑2	62
48	Victoria	102	new	28
49	Alyssa	100	↓7	44
50	Nora	100	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	Liam	502	↑1	6
2	Mason	443	↓1	2
3	Elijah	420	–	13
4	Noah	394	↑2	4
5	Jacob	390	↑2	1
6	William	380	↓2	5
7	Jackson	365	↓2	21
8	Ethan	348	–	3
9	Carter	314	↑5	36
10	James	298	↑14	14
11	Alexander	293	↓2	9
12	Samuel	288	↑10	25
13	Logan	286	↓2	22
14	Andrew	282	↑5	18
15	Lucas	282	↑3	27
16	Landon	279	↓3	35
17	Wyatt	278	↑6	41
18	Aiden	273	↓8	10
19	Michael	272	↓7	7
20	Benjamin	269	↓5	16
21	Jayden	269	↓1	8
22	Caleb	267	↑5	32
23	Gabriel	267	↓7	24
24	Hunter	261	↑5	45
25	Isaac	261	↑5	30
26	Owen	261	↓5	38
27	Eli	256	↓1	43
28	David	233	↑4	20
29	Bentley	229	↓1	75
30	Gavin	228	↓5	40
31	Levi	228	↑5	55
32	Joshua	226	↑1	17
33	Brayden	223	↓16	39
34	Luke	219	↑1	37
35	Joseph	212	↑2	19
36	Daniel	210	↑5	11
37	Jaxon	210	new	66
38	Matthew	208	↓7	12
39	Henry	203	↑8	44
40	Anthony	198	↓1	15
41	Cameron	194	↑3	54
42	Christopher	191	↓4	23
43	John	191	↓3	28
44	Austin	188	↓1	58
45	Colton	183	–	65
46	Cooper	181	↑2	83
47	Evan	181	↓13	47
48	Parker	181	new	81
49	Blake	177	new	71
50	Nolan	174	new	89

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