unisex name

Indra

  • Gender Unisex
  • Letters 5
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 1,569

Indra is a unisex name. It is given to both girls and boys — about 86% of recorded births with this name are girls. In 2025 it was given to 23 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 2020, when 35 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 144,155 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1951.

Indra over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1950s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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'50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Indra by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1950s 29
1960s 72
1970s 102
1980s 98
1990s 119
2000s 140
2010s 219
2020s (to 2025) 164

How popular is Indra?

In 2025, Indra was given to 23 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Indra is used

England & Wales #3,102 7 in 2024
Canada #3,173 6 in 2018
France #6,433 5 in 2025
United States #6,595 23 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Indra

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Indra also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Indra over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Indra

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Indra — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Indra

How popular is the name Indra?

In 2025, Indra was given to 23 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Indra a girl's or a boy's name?

Indra is used for both girls and boys. About 86% of recorded births with this name are girls.

When was Indra most popular?

Indra peaked in 2020, when 35 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Indra a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Indra currently ranks #6,433 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.