Popular baby names in Indiana, 2017

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 2017 were Emma for girls (451 babies) and Oliver for boys (389). Oliver ranked #10 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 64,552 babies born in Indiana in 2017 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 2017

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

Girls

Addelyn: 17 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Hadleigh: 21 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Haisley: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Gracelynn: 54 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Addilynn: 25 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Mercy: 22 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Adilynn: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lyra: 22 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Hadlee: 18 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kallie: 18 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Lyndon: 18 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Briar: 18 babies, 4× the national rate
Bentlee: 18 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Crew: 22 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Amos: 21 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Branson: 20 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Benson: 34 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Emmitt: 29 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Lewis: 28 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Clay: 19 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Indiana, 2017

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2016	US rank
1	Emma	451	–	1
2	Olivia	397	–	2
3	Amelia	352	↑3	8
4	Charlotte	342	–	7
5	Harper	338	–	11
6	Ava	326	↓3	3
7	Sophia	301	–	5
8	Evelyn	283	↑1	9
9	Isabella	236	↓1	4
10	Nora	216	↑8	29
11	Lillian	213	↑2	27
12	Mia	211	↓1	6
13	Paisley	191	↑12	45
14	Addison	190	↑1	34
15	Elizabeth	190	↓3	13
16	Abigail	187	↓6	10
17	Ella	187	↑2	16
18	Avery	185	↓2	14
19	Emily	176	↓2	12
20	Chloe	163	↑1	22
21	Grace	163	↓1	21
22	Eleanor	161	↓8	36
23	Scarlett	160	↑3	18
24	Hazel	152	↑5	43
25	Layla	152	↑2	26
26	Zoey	146	↓2	28
27	Willow	143	↑10	80
28	Brooklyn	142	↑5	39
29	Penelope	138	↑10	24
30	Aubrey	135	↑1	31
31	Madison	135	↓9	17
32	Claire	133	↑2	49
33	Ellie	133	↓10	44
34	Aria	131	↑1	20
35	Caroline	131	↑13	55
36	Cora	124	new	83
37	Lucy	124	↓9	52
38	Lydia	124	↓2	85
39	Piper	124	↓7	81
40	Savannah	122	new	38
41	Hadley	119	↓1	>100
42	Violet	119	↓4	47
43	Kennedy	118	–	58
44	Mila	113	new	30
45	Anna	112	↓4	53
46	Hannah	112	↑1	32
47	Stella	112	↑3	42
48	Serenity	110	↓3	78
49	Kinsley	108	new	59
50	Naomi	108	new	69

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2016	US rank
1	Oliver	389	↑1	10
2	Liam	385	↓1	1
3	Elijah	347	–	8
4	Noah	340	–	2
5	William	338	↑1	3
6	Benjamin	335	↓1	6
7	Lincoln	332	↑9	41
8	Mason	300	↓1	7
9	Carter	293	↑6	24
10	Owen	289	↑2	28
11	Logan	271	↑15	5
12	Lucas	270	↓4	11
13	James	269	↓2	4
14	Wyatt	269	↓4	25
15	Grayson	268	↑3	34
16	Jackson	264	↓3	20
17	Henry	261	↓8	19
18	Alexander	247	↑3	13
19	Levi	247	↑10	35
20	Samuel	243	↓1	21
21	Michael	226	↓7	12
22	Jaxon	222	↓2	43
23	Hunter	211	–	53
24	Gabriel	208	↓7	31
25	Jacob	206	↓3	9
26	Andrew	191	↑6	40
27	John	191	↑15	27
28	Luke	190	↓3	30
29	Joseph	189	↑4	18
30	Hudson	188	↑1	64
31	Daniel	186	↓4	15
32	Ethan	186	↓4	14
33	Jack	186	↑7	36
34	Aiden	184	↓4	17
35	Charles	184	↑8	48
36	Isaac	178	↓12	32
37	David	175	↓1	22
38	Asher	174	new	59
39	Matthew	174	↓4	16
40	Theodore	174	new	61
41	Easton	168	↓3	66
42	Joshua	168	↓5	38
43	Maverick	168	new	84
44	Cooper	167	↓3	88
45	Anthony	164	new	33
46	Isaiah	163	↑3	46
47	Nolan	158	↓13	67
48	Landon	157	↓3	57
49	Eli	156	↓10	54
50	Leo	155	new	62

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