Is Indiana a boy or girl name?

Indiana is a unisex name. Of the 3,537 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 59.1% were girls and 40.9% were boys. It changed hands in 2016, and has gone mainly to girls since.

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Indiana

Recorded 1880–2025 · United States

Indiana was most popular in 2019, when 190 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,279 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,772, with 144 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,537 people named Indiana.

Indiana over time

Births per year. The dot marks Indiana’s peak in 2019. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Indiana a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Indiana is a unisex name — 59.1% of the 3,537 Americans given it were girls and 40.9% were boys. It changed hands: since 2016 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 57% girls and 43% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Indiana

Where Indiana is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org