India is a girl name with a modern feel, drawn from real birth records. Below you'll find what India means and where it comes from, plus how many babies have been named India across the United States, UK, Ireland and New Zealand, how popular India has been over the decades, and the year it peaked.
India is a girl name of English origin meaning “from the Indus river”. Used as a given name from the country name, ultimately from Sanskrit sindhu.
| Country | Births on record |
|---|---|
| United States since 1880 | 24,017 births |
| England & Wales since 1996 | 8,215 births |
| Scotland since 1974 | 404 births |
| Northern Ireland since 1997 | 89 births |
| Ireland since 1964 | 155 births |
Counts come from official national birth-registration statistics: U.S. Social Security Administration, England & Wales (Office for National Statistics), Scotland (National Records of Scotland), Northern Ireland (NISRA), Ireland (Central Statistics Office) and New Zealand (Dept. of Internal Affairs). Coverage spans differ, so totals aren't directly comparable across countries.
Babies named India per year, United States (1880 to 2025). United States peaked in 2001 (1,049/yr) · England & Wales peaked in 2011 (438/yr) · Scotland peaked in 2011 (21/yr) · Ireland peaked in 2007 (14/yr) · Northern Ireland peaked in 1999 (9/yr).
India has been a fairly common baby name in the United States. It was most common in 2001, when it ranked #584 nationally (given to 1,449 babies that year).
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