How popular is the baby name Indiana in the United States right now? How popular was it historically? Use the popularity graph and data table below to find out! Plus, see all the blog posts that mention the name Indiana.

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Popularity of the baby name Indiana


Posts that mention the name Indiana

Popular baby names in Western Australia, 2012

The most popular baby names in Western Australia were announced a few days ago.

According to the WA Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, the winners were Noah for boys and Charlotte for girls.

Here are Western Australia’s top 20 girl names and top 20 boy names of 2012:

Baby Girl NamesBaby Boy Names
1. Charlotte
2. Olivia
3. Ruby
4. Emily
5. Sophie
6. Chloe
7. Ella
8. Amelia
9. Ava
10. Mia
11. Grace
12. Isabella
13. Lily
14. Isla
15. Sienna
16. Zoe
17. Sophia
18. Matilda
19. Hannah
20. Emma		1. Noah
2. Jack
3. William
4. Ethan
5. James
6. Lucas
7. Jacob
8. Liam
9. Oliver
10. Thomas
11. Joshua [2-way tie]
11. Cooper [2-way tie]
13. Mason [2-way tie]
13. Samuel [2-way tie]
15. Lachlan
16. Riley
17. Max
18. Benjamin
19. Daniel [2-way tie]
19. Jaxon [2-way tie]

The girl names Imogen, Zara and Indiana and the boy names Hudson, Kai and Declan were among the top 50.

And do you want to see WA’s top ten lists going all the way back to 1930? Just click the “search past years” link.

Source: Noah and Charlotte are WA’s most popular baby names for 2012

Unisex baby names: Even splits of 2009

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Hundreds of unisex names were given to both baby boys and baby girls last year. But only 65 were split evenly between the two genders, according to SSA data.

NameBoysGirlsTotal
Michel5555110
Michal484896
Storm434386
Haydyn323264
Avry272754
Adi262652
Indiana262652
Kemani262652
Clarke222244
Riyan202040
Samar171734
Amori161632
Bradie131326
Carlisle121224
Oluwadamilola121224
Angell111122
Eaden111122
Maika111122
Nur111122
Chesley101020
Dacoda101020
Mattia101020

Fewer than 20 babies total: Agam, Aidynn, Amadi, Armahni, Arrington, Ecko, Elim, Elyah, Grae, Jarae, Jasyiah, Jiayi, Keighan, Kumari, Lakshya, Lanny, Lean, Mako, Marcelle, Money*, Nyel, Oluwanifemi, Oluwatomisin, Omega, Phynix, Psalm, Qamar, Rayen, Reyhan, Ryian, Santanna, Shadow, Shyler, Siah, Sinclair, Skiler, Starling, Stellar, Thanh, Ugonna, Windsor, Yali, Yareth

*I’m pleased that Money made the list. There may be a gender-based income gap in the U.S., but at least men and women are named Money in equal measure. That has to count for something, right?

Image: Adapted from Gallery 1 by Sarah Howells under CC BY-SA 3.0.

Where did the baby name Callahan come from in 1983?

From the opening credits of the TV show "Callahan" (1982).

The surname-name Callahan, which became trendy during the 2010s, first appeared in the U.S. baby name data back in 1983:

  • 1986: 13 baby boys named Callahan
  • 1985: 5 baby boys named Callahan
  • 1984: unlisted
  • 1983: 5 baby boys named Callahan [debut]
  • 1982: unlisted
  • 1981: unlisted

Why?

Because of the single-episode TV show Callahan, which aired on September 9, 1982. (Though modern sources refer to it as a TV “movie,” it was actually just the half-hour pilot for a TV series that was never picked up.)

An Indiana Jones spoof, Callahan starred Hart Bochner as the adventurous researcher Callahan (whose first name never revealed). In the pilot episode, Callahan and his brand-new research assistant (played by Jamie Lee Curtis) “travel to Burma to recover a sacred relic stolen by Marcus Vex, a notorious scientific faker.”

What are your thoughts on Callahan as a first name? Would you use it?

Sources: Callahan (TV Movie 1982) – IMDb, Callahan (1982) – TCM

[Latest update: Jan. 2022]