Name Legacy

Baby names in Indiana, 2000s

2000–2009 · 710,574 recorded births

Jacob was the most common name given in Indiana across the 2000s, with 7,046 births in the decade. The state recorded 710,574 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Indiana in the 2000s

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
Brayton130
Lavon77
Menno26
Ryne79
Infant122
Lanita16
Loretta69
Treyton116

Top 25 in the 2000s

RankNameBirths
#1Jacob7,046
#2Ethan5,758
#3Emma5,337
#4Madison5,265
#5Emily4,734
#6Andrew4,691
#7Olivia4,645
#8Michael4,634
#9Joshua4,433
#10Logan4,342
#11Abigail4,300
#12Hannah4,251
#13Tyler4,162
#14William4,158
#15Matthew4,152
#16Noah4,058
#17Alexis3,931
#18Alexander3,897
#19Joseph3,775
#20Samuel3,736
#21Austin3,711
#22Nicholas3,651
#23Zachary3,508
#24Elijah3,502
#25James3,410

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