India
#1,721 for girls in 2025, 118 births · Last seen for boys in 1992 at #7,422
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2001 · 1,049 births
- Debut · girls
- 12 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 23,990since 1880
India over time
Rank among girls' names. India has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,721 | 118 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,350 | 169 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,264 | 182 | — | |
| 2022 | #968 | 275 | — | |
| 2021 | #938 | 283 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,015 | 248 | — | |
| 2019 | #928 | 285 | — | |
| 2018 | #909 | 295 | — | |
| 2017 | #894 | 302 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,005 | 263 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,018 | 262 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,121 | 226 | — | |
| 2013 | #971 | 259 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,201 | 204 | — | |
| 2011 | #997 | 253 | — | |
| 2010 | #976 | 261 | — | |
| 2009 | #834 | 335 | — | |
| 2008 | #813 | 353 | — | |
| 2007 | #681 | 431 | — | |
| 2006 | #563 | 522 | — | |
| 2005 | #496 | 613 | — | |
| 2004 | #477 | 616 | — | |
| 2003 | #410 | 740 | — | |
| 2002 | #311 | 979 | — | |
| 2001 | #299 | 1,049 | — | |
| 2000 | #395 | 723 | — | |
| 1999 | #411 | 677 | — | |
| 1998 | #494 | 514 | — | |
| 1997 | #427 | 602 | — | |
| 1996 | #398 | 667 | — | |
| 1995 | #431 | 599 | — | |
| 1994 | #406 | 616 | — | |
| 1993 | #386 | 659 | — | |
| 1992 | #390 | 664 | #7,422 | 6 |
| 1991 | #414 | 614 | — | |
| 1990 | #488 | 500 | #6,415 | 7 |
| 1989 | #525 | 443 | #5,165 | 9 |
| 1988 | #452 | 498 | — | |
| 1987 | #422 | 529 | — | |
| 1986 | #383 | 604 | — | |
| 1985 | #318 | 754 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #562 | 329 | — | |
| 1983 | #858 | 178 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,032 | 141 | — | |
| 1981 | #871 | 178 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,059 | 134 | — | |
| 1979 | #940 | 157 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,049 | 129 | — | |
| 1977 | #891 | 159 | — | |
| 1976 | #949 | 134 | — | |
| 1975 | #878 | 151 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,094 | 106 | — | |
| 1973 | #894 | 140 | — | |
| 1972 | #727 | 194 | — | |
| 1971 | #652 | 249 | — | |
| 1970 | #761 | 192 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,955 | 41 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,126 | 32 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,783 | 42 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,827 | 39 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,993 | 34 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,348 | 27 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,211 | 29 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,113 | 31 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,807 | 40 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,764 | 41 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,567 | 48 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,527 | 49 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,588 | 46 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,581 | 45 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,383 | 52 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,377 | 53 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,503 | 42 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,781 | 31 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,740 | 31 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,835 | 27 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,807 | 28 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,648 | 32 | — | |
| 1947 | #2,200 | 20 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,808 | 25 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,825 | 21 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,096 | 17 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,492 | 31 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,760 | 23 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,384 | 31 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,682 | 22 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,736 | 10 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,945 | 17 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,914 | 17 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,950 | 16 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,206 | 14 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,913 | 17 | — | |
| 1933 | #2,161 | 14 | — | |
| 1932 | #2,365 | 13 | — | |
| 1931 | #2,024 | 16 | — | |
| 1930 | #2,023 | 17 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,766 | 21 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,784 | 22 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,669 | 25 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,357 | 34 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,347 | 35 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,770 | 24 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,598 | 27 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,252 | 39 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,437 | 32 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,470 | 30 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,348 | 33 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,497 | 28 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,470 | 26 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,357 | 29 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,190 | 33 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,034 | 33 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,091 | 25 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,252 | 18 | — | |
| 1911 | #982 | 20 | — | |
| 1910 | #997 | 19 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,052 | 15 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,439 | 9 | — | |
| 1907 | #945 | 16 | — | |
| 1906 | #917 | 16 | — | |
| 1905 | #900 | 17 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,170 | 10 | — | |
| 1903 | #862 | 16 | — | |
| 1902 | #872 | 16 | — | |
| 1901 | #829 | 16 | — | |
| 1900 | #885 | 18 | — | |
| 1899 | #728 | 19 | — | |
| 1898 | #840 | 16 | — | |
| 1897 | #786 | 16 | — | |
| 1896 | #594 | 27 | — | |
| 1895 | #658 | 22 | — | |
| 1894 | #950 | 11 | — | |
| 1893 | #687 | 18 | — | |
| 1892 | #479 | 32 | — | |
| 1891 | #750 | 13 | — | |
| 1890 | #558 | 22 | — | |
| 1889 | #620 | 17 | — | |
| 1888 | #593 | 18 | — | |
| 1887 | #733 | 10 | — | |
| 1886 | #572 | 15 | — | |
| 1885 | #576 | 14 | — | |
| 1884 | #449 | 20 | — | |
| 1883 | #480 | 16 | — | |
| 1882 | #458 | 16 | — | |
| 1881 | #418 | 16 | — | |
| 1880 | #492 | 12 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, India was already there! It came in at #492, and was given to 12 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1908, when fewer than 10 girls a year got the name.
Where India is popular in 1977
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- District of Columbia#222 · 1 in 864
- Georgia#391 · 1 in 2,526
- South Carolina#445 · 1 in 2,923
- Virginia#457 · 1 in 3,524
- Maryland#500 · 1 in 3,691
Best ever in a state: #45 in District of Columbia, 1989.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | #222 | 7 | 1 in 864 |
| Georgia | #391 | 13 | 1 in 2,526 |
| South Carolina | #445 | 6 | 1 in 2,923 |
| Virginia | #457 | 8 | 1 in 3,524 |
| Maryland | #500 | 5 | 1 in 3,691 |
| Mississippi | #506 | 5 | 1 in 3,162 |
| Michigan | #534 | 12 | 1 in 4,760 |
| Massachusetts | #556 | 5 | 1 in 5,883 |
| New York | #573 | 24 | 1 in 4,243 |
| Illinois | #628 | 14 | 1 in 5,166 |
| Ohio | #830 | 7 | 1 in 10,019 |
| Pennsylvania | #885 | 6 | 1 in 11,066 |
| California | #2,036 | 5 | 1 in 29,914 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about India
- 371 spots since 2024 (#1,350 → #1,721)
- 706 spots since 2020 (#1,015 → #1,721)
- 703 spots since 2015 (#1,018 → #1,721)
- Biggest jump: 1,194 spots in 1970 (#1,955 → #761)
- Biggest drop: 494 spots in 1908 (#945 → #1,439)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2001 at #299 (1,049 births)
- Births halved by 2006, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 73 yrs · run 1983–2011
- Highest: 1 in 1,717 girls born in 2001 were named India (0.06%)
- Latest: 1 in 13,621 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 26.5% of all girls named India (6,361) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 154 | #418 (1881) | #539 |
| 1890s | 196 | #479 (1892) | #703 |
| 1900s | 149 | #829 (1901) | #987 |
| 1910s | 264 | #982 (1911) | #1,222 |
| 1920s | 289 | #1,252 (1922) | #1,545 |
| 1930s | 151 | #1,913 (1934) | #2,124 |
| 1940s | 250 | #1,384 (1941) | #1,770 |
| 1950s | 424 | #1,377 (1954) | #1,588 |
| 1960s | 356 | #1,764 (1960) | #1,993 |
| 1970s | 1,611 | #652 (1971) | #884 |
| 1980s | 3,788 | #318 (1985) | #648 |
| 1990s | 6,112 | #386 (1993) | #425 |
| 2000s | 6,361 | #299 (2001) | #528 |
| 2010s | 2,610 | #894 (2017) | #1,002 |
| 2020s | 1,275 | #938 (2021) | #1,209 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
India in 1977
Top girls' names in 1977
More about 1977
girls
1,533,146 girls got a published name in 1977; 1 in 9,642 of them was named India, which outranked 92.1% of the 11,329 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #888Janis161
- #888Keshia161
- #888Latarsha161
- #891India159
- #891Christian159
- #891Corrine159
- #891Darci159
- #898Benita158
- #898Fatima158
- #898Tamiko158
Tied with 6 names at #891; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.