Indra

#9,710 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Possessing drops of rain

Indra has been given to 943 babies in the U.S. since 1951. In 2025 it ranked #9,710 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2015, with 28 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 86% girls, 14% boys all-time.

Babies named Indra, 2025

1 in 332,000

Indra over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Indra over time

In 2025, Indra went to 43% girls and 57% boys.

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A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Indra: meaning, origin, and history

Possessing drops of rain

Javanese

What Indra means

Indra means “possessing drops of rain”.

Origin, language, and formation

Indra is used in Indonesian and Latvian. Its origins include Javanese.

Indra comes through Sanskrit इन्द्र.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Indonesian, Indra is pronounced /ˈindra/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 813 girls were recorded with the name Indra between 1951 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 28 in 2015; its best national rank was #3,388 in 1967.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #4,803 in 2020 to #9,710 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #4,903 in 2015 to #9,710 in 2025.

In the United States, 130 boys were recorded with the name Indra between 1995 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 16 in 2024; its best national rank was #5,750 in 2024.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #9,032 in 2020 to #6,593 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #12,809 in 2015 to #6,593 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Indra?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 332,000
10 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 161,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#9,710
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
229,791 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Indra sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 229,791 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Indra. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Indras were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Indra was born before 1999 — so the typical Indra is around 26 today.

Median birth year
1999
About 26 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
21.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
47.7%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
813
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 21.2% of all recorded uses (172).

Is Indra rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+880
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−4,907
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−4,807
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.36×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
35.7%
Peak was 2015 (28)
Years since peak
10
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
26.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#3,388
1967

Spellings of Indra

Indra is not the most common spelling — Linda is, with 41.8% against Indra's 0.02%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Indra is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Indra was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 755,557 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2New York1 in —
  3. 3Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Indra has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Indra is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Indra was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 3,486,540 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Indra has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Indra around the world

Where Indra ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1998–2023
    #5,688
    in 2023
  • France
    1977–2025
    #5,361
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2015–2018
    #2,940
    in 2018
  • South Australia
    1955–2009
    #818
    in 2009

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Indra by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#9,710
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 4,907
Best rank ever
#3,388
1967
Peak year
2015
28 that year
First recorded
1951
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
813
Count in 2025
10

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#6,593
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 2,439
Best rank ever
#5,750
2024
Peak year
2024
16 that year
First recorded
1995
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
130
Count in 2025
13

Names similar to Indra

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Sibling names for Indra

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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