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

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Peak · girls
2001 · 1,049 births
Debut · girls
12 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
23,990
since 1880

India over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. India has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201989peak #299, 2001girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,721118
2024#1,350169
2023#1,264182
2022#968275
2021#938283
2020#1,015248
2019#928285
2018#909295
2017#894302
2016#1,005263
2015#1,018262
2014#1,121226
2013#971259
2012#1,201204
2011#997253
2010#976261
2009#834335
2008#813353
2007#681431
2006#563522
2005#496613
2004#477616
2003#410740
2002#311979
2001#2991,049
2000#395723
1999#411677
1998#494514
1997#427602
1996#398667
1995#431599
1994#406616
1993#386659
1992#390664#7,4226
1991#414614
1990#488500#6,4157
1989#525443#5,1659
1988#452498
1987#422529
1986#383604
1985#318754#6,5235
1984#562329
1983#858178
1982#1,032141
1981#871178
1980#1,059134
1979#940157
1978#1,049129
1977#891159
1976#949134
1975#878151
1974#1,094106
1973#894140
1972#727194
1971#652249
1970#761192
1969#1,95541
1968#2,12632
1967#1,78342
1966#1,82739
1965#1,99334
1964#2,34827
1963#2,21129
1962#2,11331
1961#1,80740
1960#1,76441
1959#1,56748
1958#1,52749
1957#1,58846
1956#1,58145
1955#1,38352
1954#1,37753
1953#1,50342
1952#1,78131
1951#1,74031
1950#1,83527
1949#1,80728
1948#1,64832
1947#2,20020
1946#1,80825
1945#1,82521
1944#2,09617
1943#1,49231
1942#1,76023
1941#1,38431
1940#1,68222
1939#2,73610
1938#1,94517
1937#1,91417
1936#1,95016
1935#2,20614
1934#1,91317
1933#2,16114
1932#2,36513
1931#2,02416
1930#2,02317
1929#1,76621
1928#1,78422
1927#1,66925
1926#1,35734
1925#1,34735
1924#1,77024
1923#1,59827
1922#1,25239
1921#1,43732
1920#1,47030
1919#1,34833
1918#1,49728
1917#1,47026
1916#1,35729
1915#1,19033
1914#1,03433
1913#1,09125
1912#1,25218
1911#98220
1910#99719
1909#1,05215
1908#1,4399
1907#94516
1906#91716
1905#90017
1904#1,17010
1903#86216
1902#87216
1901#82916
1900#88518
1899#72819
1898#84016
1897#78616
1896#59427
1895#65822
1894#95011
1893#68718
1892#47932
1891#75013
1890#55822
1889#62017
1888#59318
1887#73310
1886#57215
1885#57614
1884#44920
1883#48016
1882#45816
1881#41816
1880#49212
First appearance
1880

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.

See more about India
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
121 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2001 at #299 (1,049 births)
  • Births halved by 2006, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 73 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 73 yrs · run 1983–2011
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,717
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 26.5% of all girls named India (6,361) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s154#418 (1881)#539
1890s196#479 (1892)#703
1900s149#829 (1901)#987
1910s264#982 (1911)#1,222
1920s289#1,252 (1922)#1,545
1930s151#1,913 (1934)#2,124
1940s250#1,384 (1941)#1,770
1950s424#1,377 (1954)#1,588
1960s356#1,764 (1960)#1,993
1970s1,611#652 (1971)#884
1980s3,788#318 (1985)#648
1990s6,112#386 (1993)#425
2000s6,361#299 (2001)#528
2010s2,610#894 (2017)#1,002
2020s1,275#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 1989

girls
#525
443 births · 1 in 4,162 girls
boys
#5,165
9 births · 1 in 222,325 boys

Top girls' names in 1989

  1. #1Jessica47,887
  2. #2Ashley47,588
  3. #3Brittany37,792
  4. #4Amanda36,834
  5. #5Sarah27,797
  6. #6Samantha24,792
  7. #7Jennifer24,006
  8. #8Stephanie22,766
  9. #9Lauren21,065
  10. #10Elizabeth20,298
  11. #525India443

Top boys' names in 1989

  1. #1Michael65,415
  2. #2Christopher53,186
  3. #3Matthew45,375
  4. #4Joshua44,100
  5. #5David35,225
  6. #6Daniel35,007
  7. #7Andrew34,817
  8. #8Justin32,852
  9. #9James32,720
  10. #10Robert30,072
  11. #5,165India9
More about 1989

girls

1,843,552 girls got a published name in 1989; 1 in 4,162 of them was named India, which outranked 96.4% of the 14,550 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside India
  1. #521Serena448
  2. #521Tori448
  3. #524Elizabet445
  4. #525India443
  5. #526Mollie442
  6. #527Kelsi441
  7. #528Kourtney439
Biggest movers since 1988
Risers
  1. 9,523Audriana#10,386#863
  2. 7,504Martika#8,391#887
  3. 6,932Audrianna#7,691#759
  4. 3,972Elizabet#4,496#524
  5. 1,772Katherin#2,489#717
Fallers
  1. 539Diandra#905#1,444
  2. 524Taja#720#1,244
  3. 455Jonathan#999#1,454
  4. 445Katarina#960#1,405
  5. 397Caryn#816#1,213

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,000,928 boys got a published name in 1989; 1 in 222,325 of them was named India, which outranked 44.1% of the 9,232 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside India
  1. #4,811Zerrick10
  2. #4,811Zoe10
  3. #4,811Zuri10
  4. #5,165India9
  5. #5,165Abdallah9
  6. #5,165Abiel9
  7. #5,165Abrahim9
  8. #5,615Abdel8
  9. #5,615Abdias8
  10. #5,615Abed8

Tied with 449 names at #5,165; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1988
Risers
  1. 6,314Kiara#7,270#956
  2. 5,870Alexande#6,426#556
  3. 1,111Kwame#1,768#657
  4. 766Kadeem#1,467#701
  5. 684Hakeem#1,270#586
Fallers
  1. 839Long#819#1,658
  2. 337Darell#981#1,318
  3. 294Whitney#890#1,184
  4. 269Trevin#840#1,109
  5. 252Curt#850#1,102

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1989