Indiana
Indiana is given to both girls and boys: 84 girls and 60 boys were given it in 2025 (#2,202 among girls’ names and #2,317 among boys’, #2,779 among all names counting both); 3,537 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026). Girls have outnumbered boys among babies named Indiana every year since 2016.
An estimated 3,170 Americans named Indiana and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (90% of everyone recorded); the median is 10 years old and half are between 5 and 18.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Indiana by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Indiana mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Indiana is “a female given name.”
From Indian + -a. From Indiana Territory, dating from 1800, noting the territory’s large Native American Indian population. From Indian Territory.
/ˌɪndiˈænə/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Indiana?
#2,202 among girls’ names, 2025
Indiana rose from #2,485 in 2015 to #2,202 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 40.9 to 52.3 per million.
190 babies in 2019, the peak
Indiana peaked in 2019, when 190 babies were given it (106 girls, #1,892 among girls’ names). The 144 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 76% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 84 | #2,202 | 60 | #2,317 |
| 2024 | 83 | #2,253 | 69 | #2,144 |
| 2023 | 97 | #2,026 | 74 | #2,036 |
| 2022 | 112 | #1,825 | 70 | #2,121 |
| 2021 | 112 | #1,811 | 74 | #2,011 |
| 2020 | 97 | #1,961 | 80 | #1,856 |
| 2019 | 106 | #1,892 | 84 | #1,820 |
| 2018 | 99 | #1,987 | 74 | #1,982 |
| 2017 | 104 | #1,936 | 72 | #1,983 |
| 2016 | 83 | #2,290 | 72 | #1,997 |
Every recorded year (89)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 73 | #2,485 | 74 | #1,966 |
| 2014 | 70 | #2,543 | 60 | #2,240 |
| 2013 | 33 | #4,366 | 41 | #2,819 |
| 2012 | 33 | #4,421 | 25 | #4,055 |
| 2011 | 54 | #3,103 | 44 | #2,716 |
| 2010 | 34 | #4,335 | 17 | #5,338 |
| 2009 | 26 | #5,448 | 26 | #3,961 |
| 2008 | 40 | #3,959 | 43 | #2,803 |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,513 | 38 | #3,044 |
| 2006 | 33 | #4,393 | 25 | #3,930 |
| 2005 | 26 | #5,002 | 28 | #3,481 |
| 2004 | 22 | #5,631 | 24 | #3,775 |
| 2003 | 22 | #5,481 | 20 | #4,171 |
| 2002 | 22 | #5,326 | 33 | #2,840 |
| 2001 | 22 | #5,252 | 31 | #2,951 |
| 2000 | 25 | #4,704 | 26 | #3,237 |
| 1999 | 24 | #4,629 | 28 | #2,963 |
| 1998 | 23 | #4,698 | 17 | #4,078 |
| 1997 | 21 | #4,892 | 22 | #3,287 |
| 1996 | 14 | #6,500 | 24 | #3,054 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,707 | 17 | #3,749 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,443 | 17 | #3,802 |
| 1993 | 18 | #5,288 | 11 | #5,142 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,700 | 11 | #5,011 |
| 1991 | 15 | #6,048 | 10 | #5,247 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,740 | 6 | #7,511 |
| 1989 | 6 | #11,344 | under 5 | |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,841 | under 5 | |
| 1987 | 6 | #10,331 | under 5 | |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,777 | under 5 | |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,823 | under 5 | |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,862 | under 5 | |
| 1982 | 5 | #11,104 | under 5 | |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,541 | under 5 | |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,740 | under 5 | |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,922 | under 5 | |
| 1940 | 6 | #4,062 | under 5 | |
| 1937 | 8 | #3,271 | under 5 | |
| 1932 | 8 | #3,412 | under 5 | |
| 1931 | 8 | #3,337 | under 5 | |
| 1930 | 6 | #4,265 | under 5 | |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,293 | under 5 | |
| 1928 | 9 | #3,304 | under 5 | |
| 1927 | 6 | #4,524 | under 5 | |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,842 | under 5 | |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,499 | under 5 | |
| 1923 | 6 | #4,648 | under 5 | |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,861 | under 5 | |
| 1921 | 6 | #4,750 | under 5 | |
| 1920 | 11 | #2,988 | under 5 | |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,497 | under 5 | |
| 1917 | 8 | #3,496 | under 5 | |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,708 | under 5 | |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,596 | under 5 | |
| 1914 | 7 | #3,019 | under 5 | |
| 1913 | 14 | #1,633 | under 5 | |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,488 | under 5 | |
| 1911 | 13 | #1,332 | under 5 | |
| 1910 | 9 | #1,691 | under 5 | |
| 1909 | 8 | #1,665 | under 5 | |
| 1908 | 8 | #1,605 | under 5 | |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,929 | under 5 | |
| 1906 | 9 | #1,373 | under 5 | |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,758 | under 5 | |
| 1903 | 7 | #1,497 | under 5 | |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,689 | under 5 | |
| 1901 | 8 | #1,271 | under 5 | |
| 1899 | 8 | #1,223 | under 5 | |
| 1898 | 9 | #1,209 | under 5 | |
| 1896 | 9 | #1,165 | under 5 | |
| 1895 | 7 | #1,355 | under 5 | |
| 1894 | 10 | #1,028 | under 5 | |
| 1893 | 10 | #986 | under 5 | |
| 1890 | 5 | #1,415 | under 5 | |
| 1889 | 6 | #1,201 | under 5 | |
| 1888 | 8 | #989 | under 5 | |
| 1887 | 8 | #897 | under 5 | |
| 1881 | 5 | #876 | under 5 | |
| 1880 | 9 | #604 | under 5 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Indiana a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 3,537 Americans recorded as Indiana, 59% are girls and 41% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Indiana: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Indiana, and how old are they?
3,170 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 90% of the 3,537 Americans ever recorded as Indiana. The median Indiana alive today is 10 years old; half are between 5 and 18.
The 2020 Census counted 2,716 people named Indiana (1,735 women and girls, 981 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,228 born in the U.S. The Census count is 22% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 11 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 8 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 227 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 879 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 2,040 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Indiana born?
The states with the most babies named Indiana are California, Virginia and Texas, with 61% of its births recorded by state in 2025; Virginia is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 20 | #1,785 | 1.3× |
| Virginia | 6 | #1,099 | 0.1× |
| Texas | 5 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Washington | 5 | #1,124 | 1.1× |
| Utah | 5 | #751 | 1.2× |
| Colorado | 5 | #969 | 0.2× |
| Tennessee | 5 | #1,206 | 0.1× |
Where Indiana is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Indiana is most over-represented in California: since 1910 it was given 1.3 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Indiana with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 3,619 babies since 1880, Indiana is the most given (98% of them). In 2025 it was given to 144 of their 151 babies (95%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Indiana
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Indiana and names like it
- Compare Indiana and IndiannaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2010sIndiana peaked in 2019.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Indiana since 1910.
- The top names of 2019The year the most babies were named Indiana.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Indiana alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with IMost given first.