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Indiana

#2,202 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Land of the Indians

Indiana has been given to 3,537 babies in the U.S. since 1880. In 2025 it ranked #2,202 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2021, with 112 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 59% girls, 41% boys all-time.

Babies named Indiana, 2025

1 in 39,500

Indiana over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Indiana over time

In 2025, Indiana went to 58% girls and 42% boys.

18802025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Indiana: meaning, origin, and history

Land of the Indians

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Indiana means

Indiana means “land of the Indians”.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From Indian + -a. From Indiana Territory, dating from 1800, noting the territory's large Native American Indian population. From Indian Territory.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Indiana (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Indiana is used in English.

Indiana comes through Indonesian Latin plural.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Indiana is pronounced /ˌɪndiˈænə/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,090 girls were recorded with the name Indiana between 1880 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 112 in 2021; its best national rank was #604 in 1880.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,961 in 2020 to #2,202 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #2,485 in 2015 to #2,202 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,447 boys were recorded with the name Indiana between 1990 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 84 in 2019; its best national rank was #1,820 in 2019.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,856 in 2020 to #2,317 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,966 in 2015 to #2,317 in 2025.

How common is Indiana?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 39,500
84 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 19,100
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#2,202
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
27,357 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Indiana sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5001%

Put another way: gather 27,357 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Indiana. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Indianas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Indiana was born before 2015 — so the typical Indiana is around 10 today.

Median birth year
2015
About 10 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
33.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
72.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
1,746
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 33.0% of all recorded uses (689).

Is Indiana rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+51
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−241
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+283
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.15×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
75.0%
Peak was 2021 (112)
Years since peak
4
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
29.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#604
1880

Spellings of Indiana

Indiana is not the most common spelling — Diana is, with 88.7% against Indiana's 0.50%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Indiana is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Indiana was most concentrated in Utah — about 1 in 4,167 girls, against 1 in 18,976 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in 50,000).

224 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Utah1 in 4,167
  2. 2California1 in 10,000
  3. 3Florida1 in 20,000
  4. 4Washington1 in 20,000
  5. 5North Carolina1 in 33,333
  6. 6Tennessee1 in 33,333
  7. 7Texas1 in 33,333
  8. 8Virginia1 in 33,333

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Where Indiana is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Indiana was most concentrated in Washington — about 1 in 50,000 boys, against 1 in 152,205 across all states with data. It was least common in Oregon (1 in —).

02 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Washington1 in 50,000
  2. 2California1 in 100,000
  3. 3Texas1 in 100,000
  4. 4Utah1 in 100,000
  5. 5Colorado1 in —
  6. 6Florida1 in —
  7. 7Georgia1 in —
  8. 8New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Indiana has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Indiana around the world

Where Indiana ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #816
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2000–2021
    #792
    in 2021
  • Ireland
    2009–2025
    #885
    in 2025
  • France
    1972–2025
    #2,978
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1999–2024
    #1,399
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1988–2013
    #73
    in 2013
  • New South Wales
    2011–2019
    #88
    in 2019

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada, Consumer and Business Services (South Australia) and NSW Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages. ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA, NSW BDM data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Indiana

People whose public names include Indiana, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Indiana in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Indiana. Linked forms have their own page here.

India

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Indiana by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#2,202
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 241
Best rank ever
#604
1880
Peak year
2021
112 that year
First recorded
1880
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,090
Count in 2025
84

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,317
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 461
Best rank ever
#1,820
2019
Peak year
2019
84 that year
First recorded
1990
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,447
Count in 2025
60

Names similar to Indiana

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Names with a curve like Indiana

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Indiana, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Indiana

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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