How Many People Are Named Indira?
people named Indira are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 141,058 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,476 babies named Indira in Social Security records from 1966 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
72 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "beauty" in Sanskrit. This is another name of Lakshmi, the wife of the Hindu god Vishnu. A notable bearer was India's first female prime minister, Indira Gandhi (1917-1984).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Indira in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Indira alive today is about 26 years old, and 64% are under 30. Half of them were between 13 and 37 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Indira first appears in the records in 1966 and was given most often in 2001, to 72 babies. In 2025, 39 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1966 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Indira has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,721, in 1966. In 2025 it ranked #3,796.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,796 |
| Best rank | #1,721 (1966) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,725 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Indira alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Indira were born in New York than in any other state: about 399 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Indira was given 5.5 times as often in New York, 2.4 times in California and 1.3 times in Florida.
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