Popular baby names in Indiana, 2018

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 2018 were Emma for girls (397 babies) and Liam for boys (404). Social Security records list 63,687 babies born in Indiana in 2018 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 2018

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

Girls

Lakelyn: 15 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Tinley: 20 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Oakleigh: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Brynleigh: 20 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Oaklynn: 38 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Madalynn: 19 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Raylee: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Macy: 33 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Coraline: 29 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Maren: 28 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Adler: 20 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Gatlin: 23 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Briar: 23 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Maddux: 18 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Hank: 45 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Bentlee: 17 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Anakin: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Bryant: 21 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Trace: 18 babies, 3× the national rate
Remington: 81 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Indiana, 2018

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2017	US rank
1	Emma	397	–	1
2	Olivia	342	–	2
3	Amelia	341	–	8
4	Charlotte	330	–	6
5	Ava	317	↑1	3
6	Harper	314	↓1	9
7	Sophia	284	–	5
8	Evelyn	267	–	10
9	Isabella	243	–	4
10	Mia	203	↑2	7
11	Avery	197	↑7	16
12	Elizabeth	194	↑3	13
13	Nora	189	↓3	30
14	Ella	186	↑3	15
15	Mila	184	↑29	14
16	Eleanor	182	↑6	32
17	Abigail	180	↓1	11
18	Lillian	172	↓7	34
19	Addison	171	↓5	35
20	Layla	165	↑5	27
21	Scarlett	161	↑2	20
22	Aria	155	↑12	19
23	Emily	154	↓4	12
24	Hazel	152	–	42
25	Grace	150	↓4	24
26	Penelope	145	↑3	26
27	Paisley	138	↓14	52
28	Zoey	138	↓2	29
29	Ellie	136	↑4	36
30	Luna	131	new	23
31	Madison	131	–	22
32	Violet	131	↑10	43
33	Willow	127	↓6	60
34	Chloe	126	↓14	25
35	Brooklyn	125	↓7	47
36	Everly	124	new	53
37	Aubrey	123	↓7	37
38	Cora	123	↓2	73
39	Lily	123	new	31
40	Nova	123	new	55
41	Aurora	121	new	44
42	Caroline	118	↓7	56
43	Hadley	118	↓2	>100
44	Kinsley	118	↑5	63
45	Lucy	118	↓8	51
46	Stella	117	↑1	38
47	Claire	115	↓15	50
48	Audrey	107	new	46
49	Ruby	105	new	74
50	Sofia	104	new	17

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2017	US rank
1	Liam	404	↑1	1
2	Oliver	402	↓1	5
3	Noah	366	↑1	2
4	Elijah	322	↓1	7
5	William	311	–	3
6	Benjamin	296	–	6
7	Lincoln	292	–	41
8	Grayson	289	↑7	32
9	Mason	279	↓1	9
10	Jackson	277	↑6	17
11	James	268	↑2	4
12	Lucas	256	–	8
13	Henry	254	↑4	16
14	Wyatt	252	–	27
15	Alexander	251	↑3	11
16	Owen	250	↓6	25
17	Carter	244	↓8	24
18	Hudson	238	↑12	55
19	Logan	235	↓8	10
20	Levi	231	↓1	33
21	Samuel	229	↓1	21
22	Jack	198	↑11	28
23	Joseph	197	↑6	23
24	Jaxon	196	↓2	39
25	Isaac	194	↑11	34
26	Maverick	193	↑17	73
27	Michael	193	↓6	14
28	Asher	189	↑10	47
29	Luke	189	↓1	30
30	Theodore	187	↑10	44
31	Ethan	184	↑1	12
32	Nolan	183	↑15	65
33	David	182	↑4	22
34	Hunter	178	↓11	56
35	Andrew	175	↓9	43
36	Easton	174	↑5	66
37	Daniel	171	↓6	15
38	Jacob	165	↓13	13
39	Gabriel	162	↓15	35
40	Aiden	158	↓6	19
41	Isaiah	158	↑5	51
42	Ezra	156	new	59
43	John	152	↓16	26
44	Charles	151	↓9	53
45	Greyson	151	new	77
46	Jaxson	148	new	76
47	Thomas	143	new	49
48	Carson	142	new	70
49	Leo	140	↑1	50
50	Matthew	138	↓11	20

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