Indiana Boy & girl
How popular is Indiana?
#2,194 girl name in 2025
84 baby girls were named Indiana in the US in 2025, making it the 2194th most popular girl name. Another 60 boys got the name (#2,304 for boys).
Indiana popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,194 for girls (▲ 54 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 84 girls, 60 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+15% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,471 in 2015, #1,959 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2021 (112 girls) |
| Highest rank | #580 in 1880 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 43% boys, 57% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Indiana counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Indiana family of names ranked #1,660 for girls in 2025 (#1,672 the year before), with 91 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Indiana | 84 | 92% |
| Indianna | 7 | 8% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Indiana is most popular
Babies named Indiana per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Utah: 0.1 per 1,000 (10 girls)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (89 girls)
- Washington: 0.1 per 1,000 (15 girls)
- Virginia: 0.1 per 1,000 (11 girls)
- Colorado: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Indiana by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 36 | #580 |
| 1890s | 58 | #955 |
| 1900s | 58 | #1,227 |
| 1910s | 78 | #1,300 |
| 1920s | 73 | #2,778 |
| 1930s | 30 | #3,145 |
| 1940s | 11 | #3,861 |
| 1950s | 11 | #5,324 |
| 1980s | 46 | #6,609 |
| 1990s | 160 | #4,571 |
| 2000s | 255 | #3,935 |
| 2010s | 689 | #1,888 |
| 2020s | 585 | #1,801 |
Girl names about as popular as Indiana
Questions
- Is Indiana a boy or girl name?
- Indiana is used for both. Over the last 10 years, 43% of babies named Indiana were boys and 57% were girls.
- How popular is the name Indiana?
- 84 baby girls were named Indiana in the US in 2025, making it the 2194th most popular girl name. Another 60 boys got the name (#2,304 for boys).
- When was Indiana most popular?
- Indiana peaked in 2021, when 112 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #580 in 1880.
- How many people are named Indiana?
- 3,537 babies have been named Indiana in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,181 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 10.
- Where is Indiana most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Indiana was most common in Utah, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.