Name profile

Indiana

This name comes from the name of the American state of Indiana, which means "land of the Indians".

Usage languagesEnglish, Icelandic
US rank (2025)#2,194

Meaning and history

This name comes from the American state of Indiana, whose name means “land of the Indians,” and is also the name of the hero in the Indiana Jones film series starring Harrison Ford.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 33 births, rank #4,358
2007: 17 births, rank #7,394
2008: 40 births, rank #3,936
2009: 26 births, rank #5,378
2010: 34 births, rank #4,306
20112011: 54 births, rank #3,092
2012: 33 births, rank #4,387
2013: 33 births, rank #4,336
2014: 70 births, rank #2,535
2015: 73 births, rank #2,471
20162016: 83 births, rank #2,287
2017: 104 births, rank #1,930
2018: 99 births, rank #1,978
2019: 106 births, rank #1,888
2020: 97 births, rank #1,959
20212021: 112 births, rank #1,801
2022: 112 births, rank #1,818
2023: 97 births, rank #2,020
2024: 83 births, rank #2,248
20252025: 84 births, rank #2,194

Indiana rose from #989 to #986 for girls between 1888 and 1893. That year also produced its highest recorded birth count, at 10.