Name Legacy

Baby names in Indiana, 1990s

1990–1999 · 719,388 recorded births

Jacob was the most common name given in Indiana across the 1990s, with 10,201 births in the decade. The state recorded 719,388 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Indiana in the 1990s

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
Brayton16814×
Infboy5
Waneta8
Infant438
Stacia114
Kegan115
Brock567
Lavon51

Top 25 in the 1990s

RankNameBirths
#1Jacob10,201
#2Michael8,935
#3Tyler8,293
#4Joshua7,568
#5Matthew7,550
#6Austin7,267
#7Zachary7,132
#8Ashley6,929
#9Andrew6,836
#10Jessica6,678
#11Nicholas6,640
#12Taylor6,620
#13Christopher6,531
#14Brandon6,405
#15Jordan6,299
#16Emily6,290
#17Kyle5,650
#18James5,468
#19Sarah5,424
#20Joseph5,216
#21Samantha5,143
#22Hannah5,026
#23Brittany5,022
#24David4,937
#25Justin4,836

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