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.
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 1989
Top girls' names in 1989
Top boys' names in 1989
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).
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).
- #4,811Zerrick10
- #4,811Zoe10
- #4,811Zuri10
- #5,165India9
- #5,165Abdallah9
- #5,165Abiel9
- #5,165Abrahim9
- #5,615Abdel8
- #5,615Abdias8
- #5,615Abed8
Tied with 449 names at #5,165; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.