When this station started operating, the name "Inari" was given to the present Fukakusa Station, located nearer to the front approach to Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine, but because the new approach to the shrine, after which this station was initially named, was nearer to the shrine, this station became used as the gateway to Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine in less than a year.
開業当時は伏見稲荷の表参道に近い現・深草駅が稲荷駅を称したが、当初の駅名にある新しい参道が神社に近かったことから1年経たない間にこちらが伏見稲荷の玄関口となった。