Popular baby names in Indiana, 2016

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 2016 were Emma for girls (430 babies) and Liam for boys (420). Liam ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 65,867 babies born in Indiana in 2016 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 2016

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

Girls

Addalyn: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Vada: 20 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Remington: 45 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kynlee: 23 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Briley: 17 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Madalynn: 21 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Maylee: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Addilynn: 28 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Hadlee: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Martha: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Keaton: 35 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Layne: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Clay: 20 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Blaine: 20 babies, 3× the national rate
Cohen: 60 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Griffin: 88 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Colten: 23 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Boston: 22 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Rowen: 21 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Deacon: 33 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Indiana, 2016

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2015	US rank
1	Emma	430	–	1
2	Olivia	395	–	2
3	Ava	365	–	3
4	Charlotte	340	↑2	7
5	Harper	323	↓1	11
6	Amelia	303	↑1	10
7	Sophia	293	↓2	4
8	Isabella	273	↑1	5
9	Evelyn	271	↑2	12
10	Abigail	234	↓2	8
11	Mia	218	↓1	6
12	Elizabeth	205	↑3	13
13	Lillian	202	↓1	28
14	Eleanor	190	↑19	41
15	Addison	189	↓2	29
16	Avery	185	↓2	16
17	Emily	183	↓1	9
18	Nora	181	↓1	36
19	Ella	165	↑3	17
20	Grace	163	↑4	19
21	Chloe	161	↑6	20
22	Madison	161	↓4	15
23	Ellie	159	↑6	43
24	Zoey	157	↓3	26
25	Paisley	154	–	46
26	Scarlett	154	–	18
27	Layla	148	↑4	30
28	Lucy	148	↑9	55
29	Hazel	139	new	52
30	Riley	139	↑18	22
31	Aubrey	137	↓12	25
32	Piper	136	↓9	67
33	Brooklyn	134	↓13	34
34	Claire	131	↓4	40
35	Aria	127	↓7	23
36	Lydia	125	–	80
37	Willow	125	new	96
38	Violet	122	↑12	47
39	Penelope	121	–	27
40	Hadley	120	new	>100
41	Anna	119	↑4	49
42	Lily	118	↓10	24
43	Kennedy	116	↓3	59
44	Natalie	116	↓6	31
45	Serenity	116	↓1	70
46	Audrey	114	↓12	39
47	Hannah	114	↓12	33
48	Caroline	112	new	56
49	Aurora	111	↓6	66
50	Stella	110	↓9	45

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2015	US rank
1	Liam	420	–	2
2	Oliver	413	↑1	12
3	Elijah	345	↑1	9
4	Noah	345	↓2	1
5	Benjamin	340	↑8	6
6	William	336	–	3
7	Mason	314	↓2	4
8	Lucas	311	↑1	14
9	Henry	303	↑6	22
10	Wyatt	294	↑2	33
11	James	291	↑3	5
12	Owen	290	↓1	24
13	Jackson	283	↓6	17
14	Michael	280	↑2	8
15	Carter	274	↓7	26
16	Lincoln	274	↑14	51
17	Gabriel	259	↑5	25
18	Grayson	259	↓1	37
19	Samuel	259	↑5	21
20	Jaxon	258	↑5	41
21	Alexander	257	↓11	11
22	Jacob	255	↓2	7
23	Hunter	242	↓4	45
24	Isaac	232	↑5	31
25	Luke	227	↓4	29
26	Logan	225	↑2	18
27	Daniel	221	↑7	13
28	Ethan	221	↓10	10
29	Levi	221	↓3	42
30	Aiden	217	↑2	16
31	Hudson	213	↑2	61
32	Andrew	212	↑4	34
33	Joseph	199	↑4	20
34	Nolan	199	↑6	67
35	Matthew	195	↑11	15
36	David	194	↓9	19
37	Joshua	189	↓2	35
38	Easton	181	↑4	66
39	Eli	181	↓1	50
40	Jack	181	↓1	38
41	Cooper	176	new	79
42	John	176	↓11	28
43	Charles	174	↑6	52
44	Connor	169	↑1	54
45	Landon	168	↓22	53
46	Jaxson	166	↑4	82
47	Bentley	165	↓4	100
48	Colton	160	–	68
49	Isaiah	158	↓2	47
50	Cameron	154	new	57

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