# Indira (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/indira/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,476 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 2,476 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 296, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit इन्दिरा (indirā).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 55 | 3,065 |
| 2012 | 54 | 3,113 |
| 2013 | 42 | 3,663 |
| 2014 | 49 | 3,291 |
| 2015 | 47 | 3,404 |
| 2016 | 59 | 2,877 |
| 2017 | 42 | 3,658 |
| 2018 | 39 | 3,810 |
| 2019 | 37 | 3,956 |
| 2020 | 41 | 3,649 |
| 2021 | 44 | 3,515 |
| 2022 | 38 | 3,915 |
| 2023 | 34 | 4,226 |
| 2024 | 55 | 2,991 |
| 2025 | 39 | 3,797 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 15 | 1,807 |
| 2012 | 16 | 1,809 |
| 2013 | 13 | 2,062 |
| 2014 | 13 | 2,058 |
| 2015 | 10 | 2,496 |
| 2016 | 13 | 2,120 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,925 |
| 2018 | 15 | 1,887 |
| 2019 | 11 | 2,286 |
| 2020 | 6 | 3,447 |
| 2021 | 13 | 2,073 |
| 2022 | 14 | 1,948 |
| 2023 | 8 | 2,927 |
| 2024 | 16 | 1,819 |
| 2025 | 14 | 2,006 |

## People named Indira

- Indira Varma, English actress
- Indira Devi Chaudhurani, Bengali literary figure, author and musician
- Indira Levak, Croatian singer
- Mamoni Raisom Goswami, A celebrated writer of contemporary Indian literature
- Anita Anand, Canadian politician and professor (born 1967)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.