Indira — #3055 US girls' name
2,435 babies named Indira in U.S. Social Security records since 1966, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 83% of names given to girls today.
25% of everyone ever named Indira was born in this single decade.
72 babies were named Indira in 2001 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Indira
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,435 babies named Indira between 1966 and 2024, spanning 59 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Indira currently holds the #3055 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 72 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Indira performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 611 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Indira shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 406 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Indira in 13 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Indira in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,435 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Indira at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Indira popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1966
- Peak year (2001)
- 72
- Annual births at peak — across 59 years of records
Currently ranks #3055 among girls.
2,435 total births across 59 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2001 with 72 births in a single year.
Indira by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 611 births that decade — 25% of Indira's all-time total
Indira decade highlights
- Peak decade 611 births
- Runner-up 466 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Indira's strongest decade
611 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 25% of all-time use.
Indira by state
Where Indira concentrates geographically — total births since 1966
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 406 | 16.7% |
| #2 | California | | 357 | 14.7% |
| #3 | Texas | | 135 | 5.5% |
| #4 | Florida | | 70 | 2.9% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 29 | 1.2% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 21 | 0.9% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 15 | 0.6% |
| #8 | Maryland | | 13 | 0.5% |
406 of 2,435 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 13 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 16.7% of nationwide
- California 14.7% of nationwide
- Texas 5.5% of nationwide
- Florida 2.9% of nationwide
- New Jersey 1.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 13 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 16.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Indira appears in 13 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1966–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.