Name Legacy

Baby names in Indiana, 1960s

1960–1969 · 938,699 recorded births

Michael was the most common name given in Indiana across the 1960s, with 21,824 births in the decade. The state recorded 938,699 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Indiana in the 1960s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Jama95
Latanza10
Sanjay23
Nila40
Rex598
Madonna113
Tonda83
Lora898

Top 25 in the 1960s

RankNameBirths
#1Michael21,824
#2David21,107
#3James18,608
#4John17,527
#5Robert16,095
#6Lisa14,855
#7Mark14,193
#8Jeffrey11,181
#9William10,429
#10Brian10,204
#11Kimberly9,740
#12Timothy9,724
#13Richard9,084
#14Kevin8,936
#15Scott8,817
#16Mary8,595
#17Thomas8,295
#18Steven8,126
#19Susan7,260
#20Karen7,107
#21Charles6,664
#22Angela6,432
#23Michelle6,380
#24Daniel6,313
#25Gregory6,292

Other decades in Indiana

All Indiana names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org