India
India was given to 118 girls in 2025, #1,722 among girls’ names; 24,017 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 22,200 Americans named India and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (92% of everyone recorded); the median is 28 years old and half are between 21 and 38.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of India by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does India mean?
Wiktionary, English section
India is “a female given name.” Its etymology gives the senses “Indus river” (Ἰνδός) and “river” (*síndʰuš).
Inherited from Old English India, Indea, from Latin India, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía), from Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós, “Indus river”), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hiⁿdūš), from Sanskrit सिन्धु (sindhu), ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš (“river”). Compare Middle English Inde and Ynde from Old French Ynde (original form started to prevail in the 16th century), Classical Persian هند (hind, “India”), Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu, “a river, stream”). Doublet of Indus, Sindhu, Hindu, and Sindh.
/ˈɪndi.ə/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is India?
#1,722 among girls’ names, 2025
India fell from #1,022 in 2015 to #1,722 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 0.15 to 0.07 per 1,000.
1,049 babies in 2001, the peak
India peaked in 2001, when 1,049 girls were given it, #299 among girls’ names. The 118 births of 2025 are 11% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 118 | #1,722 | 0.07 |
| 2024 | 169 | #1,352 | 0.10 |
| 2023 | 182 | #1,266 | 0.11 |
| 2022 | 275 | #969 | 0.17 |
| 2021 | 283 | #938 | 0.17 |
| 2020 | 248 | #1,018 | 0.15 |
| 2019 | 285 | #928 | 0.17 |
| 2018 | 295 | #911 | 0.17 |
| 2017 | 302 | #894 | 0.17 |
| 2016 | 263 | #1,006 | 0.15 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 262 | #1,022 | 0.15 |
| 2014 | 226 | #1,121 | 0.13 |
| 2013 | 259 | #971 | 0.15 |
| 2012 | 204 | #1,202 | 0.12 |
| 2011 | 253 | #997 | 0.14 |
| 2010 | 261 | #977 | 0.15 |
| 2009 | 335 | #836 | 0.18 |
| 2008 | 353 | #813 | 0.19 |
| 2007 | 431 | #682 | 0.22 |
| 2006 | 522 | #564 | 0.27 |
| 2005 | 613 | #497 | 0.33 |
| 2004 | 616 | #477 | 0.34 |
| 2003 | 740 | #410 | 0.41 |
| 2002 | 979 | #312 | 0.54 |
| 2001 | 1,049 | #299 | 0.58 |
| 2000 | 723 | #395 | 0.40 |
| 1999 | 677 | #411 | 0.38 |
| 1998 | 514 | #494 | 0.29 |
| 1997 | 602 | #427 | 0.35 |
| 1996 | 667 | #398 | 0.38 |
| 1995 | 599 | #431 | 0.34 |
| 1994 | 616 | #406 | 0.34 |
| 1993 | 659 | #386 | 0.36 |
| 1992 | 664 | #390 | 0.36 |
| 1991 | 614 | #414 | 0.33 |
| 1990 | 500 | #487 | 0.26 |
| 1989 | 443 | #525 | 0.24 |
| 1988 | 498 | #452 | 0.28 |
| 1987 | 529 | #422 | 0.30 |
| 1986 | 604 | #385 | 0.35 |
| 1985 | 754 | #318 | 0.44 |
| 1984 | 329 | #562 | 0.20 |
| 1983 | 178 | #858 | 0.11 |
| 1982 | 141 | #1,034 | 0.08 |
| 1981 | 178 | #871 | 0.11 |
| 1980 | 134 | #1,059 | 0.08 |
| 1979 | 157 | #941 | 0.10 |
| 1978 | 129 | #1,052 | 0.08 |
| 1977 | 159 | #894 | 0.10 |
| 1976 | 134 | #951 | 0.09 |
| 1975 | 151 | #881 | 0.10 |
| 1974 | 106 | #1,095 | 0.07 |
| 1973 | 140 | #895 | 0.10 |
| 1972 | 194 | #727 | 0.13 |
| 1971 | 249 | #653 | 0.15 |
| 1970 | 192 | #761 | 0.11 |
| 1969 | 41 | #1,965 | 0.02 |
| 1968 | 32 | #2,139 | 0.02 |
| 1967 | 42 | #1,794 | 0.03 |
| 1966 | 39 | #1,837 | 0.02 |
| 1965 | 34 | #2,011 | 0.02 |
| 1964 | 27 | #2,373 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 29 | #2,224 | 0.02 |
| 1962 | 31 | #2,129 | 0.02 |
| 1961 | 40 | #1,817 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 41 | #1,773 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 48 | #1,571 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 49 | #1,532 | 0.02 |
| 1957 | 46 | #1,595 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 45 | #1,586 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 52 | #1,391 | 0.03 |
| 1954 | 53 | #1,381 | 0.03 |
| 1953 | 42 | #1,511 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 31 | #1,797 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 31 | #1,753 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 27 | #1,850 | 0.02 |
| 1949 | 28 | #1,823 | 0.02 |
| 1948 | 32 | #1,652 | 0.02 |
| 1947 | 20 | #2,233 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 25 | #1,826 | 0.02 |
| 1945 | 21 | #1,847 | 0.02 |
| 1944 | 17 | #2,140 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 31 | #1,503 | 0.02 |
| 1942 | 23 | #1,778 | 0.02 |
| 1941 | 31 | #1,398 | 0.03 |
| 1940 | 22 | #1,709 | 0.02 |
| 1939 | 10 | #2,797 | 0.01 |
| 1938 | 17 | #1,976 | 0.02 |
| 1937 | 17 | #1,954 | 0.02 |
| 1936 | 16 | #1,979 | 0.02 |
| 1935 | 14 | #2,243 | 0.01 |
| 1934 | 17 | #1,952 | 0.02 |
| 1933 | 14 | #2,206 | 0.01 |
| 1932 | 13 | #2,420 | 0.01 |
| 1931 | 16 | #2,058 | 0.02 |
| 1930 | 17 | #2,058 | 0.02 |
| 1929 | 21 | #1,784 | 0.02 |
| 1928 | 22 | #1,804 | 0.02 |
| 1927 | 25 | #1,696 | 0.02 |
| 1926 | 34 | #1,369 | 0.03 |
| 1925 | 35 | #1,356 | 0.03 |
| 1924 | 24 | #1,782 | 0.02 |
| 1923 | 27 | #1,613 | 0.02 |
| 1922 | 39 | #1,258 | 0.03 |
| 1921 | 32 | #1,451 | 0.03 |
| 1920 | 30 | #1,488 | 0.03 |
| 1919 | 33 | #1,356 | 0.03 |
| 1918 | 28 | #1,513 | 0.02 |
| 1917 | 26 | #1,486 | 0.02 |
| 1916 | 29 | #1,367 | 0.03 |
| 1915 | 33 | #1,210 | 0.03 |
| 1914 | 33 | #1,047 | 0.04 |
| 1913 | 25 | #1,103 | 0.04 |
| 1912 | 18 | #1,268 | 0.03 |
| 1911 | 20 | #997 | 0.05 |
| 1910 | 19 | #1,013 | 0.05 |
| 1909 | 15 | #1,080 | 0.04 |
| 1908 | 9 | #1,483 | 0.03 |
| 1907 | 16 | #962 | 0.05 |
| 1906 | 16 | #936 | 0.05 |
| 1905 | 17 | #909 | 0.06 |
| 1904 | 10 | #1,206 | 0.04 |
| 1903 | 16 | #877 | 0.06 |
| 1902 | 16 | #885 | 0.06 |
| 1901 | 16 | #840 | 0.07 |
| 1900 | 18 | #901 | 0.06 |
| 1899 | 19 | #738 | 0.08 |
| 1898 | 16 | #863 | 0.06 |
| 1897 | 16 | #810 | 0.07 |
| 1896 | 27 | #600 | 0.11 |
| 1895 | 22 | #670 | 0.09 |
| 1894 | 11 | #972 | 0.05 |
| 1893 | 18 | #699 | 0.08 |
| 1892 | 32 | #483 | 0.15 |
| 1891 | 13 | #769 | 0.07 |
| 1890 | 22 | #566 | 0.12 |
| 1889 | 17 | #627 | 0.10 |
| 1888 | 18 | #600 | 0.10 |
| 1887 | 10 | #762 | 0.07 |
| 1886 | 15 | #588 | 0.10 |
| 1885 | 14 | #589 | 0.11 |
| 1884 | 20 | #454 | 0.16 |
| 1883 | 16 | #489 | 0.14 |
| 1882 | 16 | #466 | 0.15 |
| 1881 | 16 | #422 | 0.17 |
| 1880 | 12 | #506 | 0.13 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is India a boy’s or a girl’s name?
India has been given almost only to girls: 27 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named India: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named India, and how old are they?
22,200 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 92% of the 24,017 Americans ever recorded as India. The median India alive today is 28 years old; half are between 21 and 38.
The 2020 Census counted 18,045 people named India (17,991 women and girls, 54 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 21,204 born in the U.S. The Census count is 15% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 107 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 546 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,810 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 7,790 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 8,770 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 3,150 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named India born?
The states with the most babies named India are Florida, California and Georgia, with 38% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 14 | #1,081 | 1.0× |
| California | 8 | #2,364 | 0.4× |
| Georgia | 7 | #1,269 | 2.4× |
| New York | 7 | #1,723 | 0.8× |
| North Carolina | 7 | #1,192 | 1.7× |
| Louisiana | 6 | #711 | 2.3× |
| Pennsylvania | 6 | #1,295 | 0.9× |
| Alabama | 6 | #755 | 1.8× |
| Ohio | 5 | #1,552 | 1.2× |
| Virginia | 5 | #1,259 | 1.8× |
Where India is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, India is most over-represented in District of Columbia: since 1910 it was given 4.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of India with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 35,622 babies since 1880, India is the most given (67% of them). In 2025 it was given to 118 of their 1,098 babies (11%), the third most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as India
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about India and names like it
- Compare India and IndieBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sIndia peaked in 2001.
- Georgia’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named India since 1910.
- The top names of 2001The year the most babies were named India.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named India alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with IMost given first.