India

Girl #1271 in 2023

India is a girl name of mixed origin.

Meaning of India

A territory of the British Empire, chiefly comprising the modern day countries of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and Burma. Indea, from India, from Ἰνδία, from Ἰνδός, from 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁, from सिन्धु, ultimately from síndʰuš. Compare and Ynde from (original form started to prevail in the 16th century),,.

Popularity of India

Popularity, 1880–2023

181 births in 2023

1880 2023

23,700 U.S. births recorded from 1880–2023.

Peak year

2001

1,049 babies

First recorded

1880

Earliest SSA data

Recent trend

Steady

Last 5 yrs vs. prior 5

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Popularity counts come from the U.S. Social Security Administration's national dataset. Etymology adapted from Wiktionary under CC BY-SA 4.0. If you spot an error, please let us know.