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How popular is “India” in the USA?

Number of people named “India” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “India” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “India” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “India” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “India” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “India” by birth year

This chart shows how “India” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 12 0.000059558 12 100%
1881 16 0.000083036 16 100%
1882 16 0.000072224 16 100%
1883 16 0.000073751 16 100%
1884 20 0.000082149 20 100%
1885 14 0.000058127 14 100%
1886 15 0.000058751 15 100%
1887 10 0.000040422 10 100%
1888 18 0.000060105 18 100%
1889 17 0.000058835 17 100%
1890 22 0.000072992 22 100%
1891 13 0.000045348 13 100%
1892 32 0.000095701 32 100%
1893 18 0.000055347 18 100%
1894 11 0.000032478 11 100%
1895 22 0.000062674 22 100%
1896 27 0.000075528 27 100%
1897 16 0.000046115 16 100%
1898 16 0.000041945 16 100%
1899 19 0.000056009 19 100%
1900 18 0.000039977 18 100%
1901 16 0.000046268 16 100%
1902 16 0.000041372 16 100%
1903 16 0.000041973 16 100%
1904 10 0.000024784 10 100%
1905 17 0.000040102 17 100%
1906 16 0.000037344 16 100%
1907 16 0.00003438 16 100%
1908 9 0.000018418 9 100%
1909 15 0.000029341 15 100%
1910 19 0.000032165 19 100%
1911 20 0.000031043 20 100%
1912 18 0.000018217 18 100%
1913 25 0.000021986 25 100%
1914 33 0.000023299 33 100%
1915 33 0.000018009 33 100%
1916 29 0.000014992 29 100%
1917 26 0.000012956 26 100%
1918 28 0.000012897 28 100%
1919 33 0.000015638 33 100%
1920 30 0.000013259 30 100%
1921 32 0.000013707 32 100%
1922 39 0.000017037 39 100%
1923 27 0.000011726 27 100%
1924 24 0.000010077 24 100%
1925 35 0.000015 35 100%
1926 34 0.000014809 34 100%
1927 25 0.000010779 25 100%
1928 22 0.00000973 22 100%
1929 21 0.00000958 21 100%
1930 17 0.000007646 17 100%
1931 16 0.000007603 16 100%
1932 13 0.000006157 13 100%
1933 14 0.000007002 14 100%
1934 17 0.000008186 17 100%
1935 14 0.000006699 14 100%
1936 16 0.000007701 16 100%
1937 17 0.000007979 17 100%
1938 17 0.000007683 17 100%
1939 10 0.000004538 10 100%
1940 22 0.000009554 22 100%
1941 31 0.000012724 31 100%
1942 23 0.000008419 23 100%
1943 31 0.000010983 31 100%
1944 17 0.00000632 17 100%
1945 21 0.000007916 21 100%
1946 25 0.000007824 25 100%
1947 20 0.000005552 20 100%
1948 32 0.000009269 32 100%
1949 28 0.000008035 28 100%
1950 27 0.000007707 27 100%
1951 31 0.000008415 31 100%
1952 31 0.000008162 31 100%
1953 42 0.000010899 42 100%
1954 53 0.000013314 53 100%
1955 52 0.000012951 52 100%
1956 45 0.000010914 45 100%
1957 46 0.000010947 46 100%
1958 49 0.000011853 49 100%
1959 48 0.000011544 48 100%
1960 41 0.00000987 41 100%
1961 40 0.000009656 40 100%
1962 31 0.000007682 31 100%
1963 29 0.000007327 29 100%
1964 27 0.000006945 27 100%
1965 34 0.000009378 34 100%
1966 39 0.000011221 39 100%
1967 42 0.000012372 42 100%
1968 32 0.000009472 32 100%
1969 41 0.000011797 41 100%
1970 192 0.000053237 192 100%
1971 249 0.000072545 249 100%
1972 194 0.000061725 194 100%
1973 140 0.000046405 140 100%
1974 106 0.000034868 106 100%
1975 151 0.00005001 151 100%
1976 134 0.000044162 134 100%
1977 159 0.000050055 159 100%
1978 129 0.000040644 129 100%
1979 157 0.00004719 157 100%
1980 134 0.000038903 134 100%
1981 178 0.000051454 178 100%
1982 141 0.000040194 141 100%
1983 178 0.000051395 178 100%
1984 329 0.000094303 329 100%
1985 759 0.000212658 754 5 99%
1986 603 0.000169521 603 100%
1987 530 0.000146993 530 100%
1988 498 0.000134775 498 100%
1989 452 0.000117572 443 9 96%
1990 507 0.000128274 500 7 97%
1991 614 0.000157627 614 100%
1992 670 0.000174421 664 6 98%
1993 659 0.000174788 659 100%
1994 616 0.000165696 616 100%
1995 598 0.000163292 598 100%
1996 668 0.000183154 668 100%
1997 602 0.000166035 602 100%
1998 514 0.000139742 514 100%
1999 677 0.000183277 677 100%
2000 723 0.000191275 723 100%
2001 1049 0.000280227 1049 100%
2002 979 0.000261884 979 100%
2003 740 0.000194618 740 100%
2004 615 0.000160956 615 100%
2005 613 0.000159434 613 100%
2006 522 0.000131945 522 100%
2007 431 0.000107812 431 100%
2008 353 0.000089807 353 100%
2009 335 0.000087692 335 100%
2010 261 0.000070622 261 100%
2011 253 0.000069167 253 100%
2012 204 0.000055778 204 100%
2013 259 0.000071043 259 100%
2014 226 0.000060976 226 100%
2015 262 0.000070793 262 100%
2016 263 0.000071688 263 100%
2017 302 0.000084447 302 100%
2018 295 0.000083905 295 100%
2019 285 0.00008211 285 100%
2020 248 0.000074239 248 100%
2021 283 0.000083531 283 100%
2022 274 0.00008099 274 100%
2023 181 0.000054663 181 100%
2024 168 0.000050473 168 100%

Explore other names

These names are alphabetically near to India:

  1. Inderjit
  2. Inderpreet
  3. Indeya
  4. Indhira
  5. Indi
  6. India (this page)
  7. Indiah
  8. Indian
  9. Indiana
  10. Indianna
  11. Indica