NameTides

India

India was the #1,721 girls' name in the US in 2025 (118 babies), and #509 in England & Wales.

India as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
India as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandEngland & WalesUS
India as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#1,721 (118)#509 (79)—#334 (4)——
2024#1,350 (169)#429 (100)#790 (3)—#898 (3)—
2023#1,264 (182)#319 (138)#540 (5)———
2022#968 (275)#305 (147)——#634 (5)#2,835 (6)
2021#938 (283)#213 (235)#396 (8)—#363 (11)#2,893 (6)
2020#1,015 (248)#200 (247)#293 (12)—#544 (6)#2,591 (7)
2019#928 (285)#222 (224)#447 (7)—#621 (5)#1,922 (11)
2018#909 (295)#194 (275)#255 (15)#361 (4)#474 (8)#1,741 (12)
2017#894 (302)#196 (267)#347 (10)—#430 (9)#2,041 (10)
2016#1,005 (263)#217 (240)#453 (7)#440 (3)—#2,383 (8)
2015#1,018 (262)#202 (268)#566 (5)—#581 (6)#1,499 (15)
2014#1,121 (226)#190 (279)#323 (12)#314 (5)#584 (6)#1,681 (13)
2013#971 (259)#142 (370)#223 (19)#370 (4)#399 (11)#2,204 (9)
2012#1,201 (204)#143 (395)#278 (16)#330 (5)#435 (10)#1,472 (16)
2011#997 (253)#130 (438)#213 (21)#277 (6)#465 (9)#1,244 (19)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2001 at #299.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 14,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 14,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 3,200uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, India is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 16,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 13,000 to 1 in 20,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

India by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,654NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,438OHPennsylvania: #1,231PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,276CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,180VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,138NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #677LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #716ALGeorgia: #1,213GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #3,285TXFlorida: #1,055FL
India (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
IndiaCanadaGirls—too few
IndiaEngland & WalesGirls#50979
IndiaIrelandGirls—too few
IndiaNorthern IrelandGirls#3344
IndiaScotlandGirls—too few
IndiaUSGirls#1,721118
IndiaUSBoys—too few