Indiana
58% girls · 42% boys
About Indiana
This state name emerged in the eighties along with westerners Dakota and Montana, and it's still used occasionally by high-profile parents such as Summer Phoenix and Casey Affleck. Action man Indiana Jones (played by Harrison Ford) makes Indiana "Indy" forever cool for a boy.
Indiana for girls#2202 US
Indiana is one of those place-names (think Camden and Trenton) that sounds cooler than the place that inspired it. Its fashionable -ana ending certainly sounds eminently name-like, and Indie/Indy/Indi is one of the hottest nickname names for girls right now.
Pronounced in-dee-AN-uh.
As of November 2026, Indiana ranked #2317 for boys and #2202 for girls in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #1819 for boys in 2019 and #604 for girls in 1880.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #2,242 | 60 | #2,545 | 70 |
| 2015 | #1,964 | 74 | #2,485 | 73 |
| 2016 | #1,997 | 72 | #2,290 | 83 |
| 2017 | #1,983 | 72 | #1,935 | 104 |
| 2018 | #1,983 | 74 | #1,986 | 99 |
| 2019 | #1,819 | 84 | #1,891 | 106 |
| 2020 | #1,854 | 80 | #1,961 | 97 |
| 2021 | #2,008 | 74 | #1,810 | 112 |
| 2022 | #2,120 | 70 | #1,823 | 112 |
| 2023 | #2,034 | 74 | #2,025 | 97 |
| 2024 | #2,154 | 68 | #2,249 | 83 |
| 2025 | #2,317 | 60 | #2,202 | 84 |
World rankings
Indiana for girls
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Famous Indianas
- Indiana August AffleckBoy
son of actors Summer Phoenix and Casey Affleck; named after River Phoenix because he once played young Indiana Jones
- Indiana Zac Serafin (b. 2006)Boy
son of actors Jane Allsop and David Serafin
- Indiana Urban (b. 2005)Boy
son of actor Karl Urban and Natalie Wihongi
- Indiana Rose EvansGirl
Australian singer and actress
- Indiana MassaraGirl
Australian singer and actress
- Indiana Fletcher WilliamsGirl
founder of Sweet Briar College
- Indiana HawkeGirl
(b. 2011) daughter of actor Ethan Hawke
- Indiana Willow Didak (b. 2012)Girl
daughter of footballer Alan Didak
- Indiana Boon Feek (b. 2014)Girl
daughter of country duo Joey & Rory Feek
Indiana in pop culture
- Henry Walton "Indiana" Jones Jr.Boy
main character in the "Indiana Jones" film series
- IndianaBoy
one of the 50 American states
- Indiana AbernathyBoy
character in "Sims" series
- IndianaGirl
19th of the 50 American states
- Indiana DelmareGirl
title character in George Sand's novel Indiana (1832)
- Indiana FruskGirl
wife of James J. Rolliver in The Custom of the Country (1913) by Edith Wharton