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Indira

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Indira is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 53 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
530.00% of girls
Peak year
200172 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1966
2,435people given the name
Babies named Indira, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

2,435 girls have been named Indira in the United States since 1966, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2001, with 72 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2001, and the 2000s alone account for 25%.

By decade

Decadegirls named Indira
1960s90
1970s241
1980s352
1990s466
2000s611
2010s465
2020s210

In 2001, its biggest year

Indira was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2001 were Emily, Madison, Hannah, Ashley and Alexis. See all of 2001.

Names that rose and fell with Indira

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.