Name Legacy

Baby names in Indiana, 2010s

2010–2019 · 654,124 recorded births

Emma was the most common name given in Indiana across the 2010s, with 4,314 births in the decade. The state recorded 654,124 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Indiana in the 2010s

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
Bawi41
Enos41
Lawayne12
Dena40
Lyndon110
Menno20
Ryne43
Mervin41

Top 25 in the 2010s

RankNameBirths
#1Emma4,314
#2Liam4,236
#3Olivia3,999
#4Noah3,811
#5Elijah3,712
#6Ava3,700
#7Mason3,646
#8Sophia3,632
#9William3,405
#10Jackson3,129
#11Benjamin2,998
#12Isabella2,984
#13Carter2,927
#14Jacob2,901
#15Oliver2,883
#16Alexander2,831
#17Lucas2,816
#18Logan2,795
#19James2,794
#20Owen2,765
#21Wyatt2,697
#22Ethan2,690
#23Harper2,650
#24Michael2,638
#25Amelia2,599

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