Given name
Indiana
Indiana is used as a given name. One English interpretation is “from the land of the Indians; from the state of Indiana.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “from the land of the Indians; from the state of Indiana.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
How it developed
From English Indiana Territory, from English Indian, from Middle English Indien, from Anglo-Norman indien, built from English Indian + a.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Indiana through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,537
- 1,447 boys · 2,090 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 190 babies
- 2025
- 144
- #2,202 for girls · #2,317 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −4%
- Steady
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 43% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 84 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 2,202 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 0.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 60 birth records for boys in 2025. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (12). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,716 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Indiana’s family of names
Indiana has a related form in Indianna. Indiana has a related form in Indyana. Indiana has a related form in Indyanna.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Indiana
- Indiana EvansAustralian actress and singerborn 1990
- Indiana VassilevAmerican soccer playerborn 2001
- Indy NeidellAmerican historian, actor and YouTube personalityborn 1967
- Indiana SánchezMiss Nicaraguaborn 1987
- Indiana MassaraAustralian singer, actress, model, and Internet personalityborn 2002
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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