Indiana

Indiana: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “of India”
Origin: Latin
Say it: in-dee-AN-uh · 4 syllables
Used for: Both (59% girls, 41% boys since 1880)

Formed from India with the Latin-derived suffix -ana, and best known from the U.S. place name. As a personal name it is a transferred modern use.

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How popular is Indiana?

202445.0 per million US babies

Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

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Babies named Indiana in 2024151

2024 rank#2,244 girls

Peak year2021

Total US babies since 18803,392

Indiana is rising: use over the last five years is 2.3× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Indiana

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Ariesram · Latin
Joviof Jupiter · Latin
Renereborn · Latin
Dominiqueof the Lord · Latin
Amorlove · Latin
Luxlight · Latin
Honorhonor; dignity · Latin
Jupitersky father · Latin

Indiana questions

What does the name Indiana mean?

Indiana means "of India". It comes from Latin. Formed from India with the Latin-derived suffix -ana, and best known from the U.S. place name. As a personal name it is a transferred modern use.

Is Indiana a boy or girl name?

Indiana is used for both: about 59% of US babies named Indiana since 1880 were girls.

How popular is Indiana?

151 US babies were named Indiana in 2024. Its peak year was 2021.

How do you pronounce Indiana?

Indiana is usually pronounced in-dee-AN-uh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.