Indie
- #632 for girls in 2025, 459 births
- #5,399 for boys in 2025, 17 births
- Given to girls 94.2% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2022 · 550 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,412since 1959
Indie over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #632 | 459 | #5,399 | 17 |
| 2024 | #653 | 450 | #4,890 | 20 |
| 2023 | #577 | 518 | #4,112 | 26 |
| 2022 | #552 | 550 | #3,774 | 29 |
| 2021 | #675 | 437 | #4,247 | 24 |
| 2020 | #739 | 370 | #4,698 | 20 |
| 2019 | #861 | 311 | #5,340 | 17 |
| 2018 | #1,030 | 251 | #5,106 | 18 |
| 2017 | #1,082 | 234 | #6,338 | 13 |
| 2016 | #1,197 | 208 | #6,053 | 14 |
| 2015 | #1,526 | 147 | #8,744 | 8 |
| 2014 | #2,194 | 86 | #8,130 | 9 |
| 2013 | #2,769 | 62 | #7,026 | 11 |
| 2012 | #3,464 | 46 | #7,050 | 11 |
| 2011 | #3,014 | 56 | #8,767 | 8 |
| 2010 | #4,180 | 35 | #8,803 | 8 |
| 2009 | #4,482 | 33 | #8,985 | 8 |
| 2008 | #5,750 | 24 | #12,553 | 5 |
| 2007 | #3,653 | 44 | #12,367 | 5 |
| 2006 | #8,237 | 14 | — | |
| 2005 | #5,437 | 23 | — | |
| 2004 | #9,264 | 11 | — | |
| 2003 | #9,048 | 11 | — | |
| 2002 | #8,837 | 11 | — | |
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First appearance
1959
The first year at least five girls were named Indie! It came in at #5,566, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1960–2001, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Indie is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- North Dakota#80 · 1 in 245
- West Virginia#230 · 1 in 725
- Arkansas#231 · 1 in 815
- Utah#260 · 1 in 1,005
- Oregon#273 · 1 in 1,004
Best ever in a state: #80 in North Dakota, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | #80 | 11 | 1 in 245 |
| West Virginia | #230 | 7 | 1 in 725 |
| Arkansas | #231 | 13 | 1 in 815 |
| Utah | #260 | 17 | 1 in 1,005 |
| Oregon | #273 | 13 | 1 in 1,004 |
| Idaho | #277 | 8 | 1 in 896 |
| Iowa | #323 | 10 | 1 in 1,177 |
| Mississippi | #341 | 8 | 1 in 1,113 |
| Missouri | #386 | 15 | 1 in 1,620 |
| Arizona | #388 | 17 | 1 in 1,660 |
| Kentucky | #405 | 10 | 1 in 1,725 |
| Indiana | #418 | 16 | 1 in 1,744 |
| Wisconsin | #420 | 12 | 1 in 1,688 |
| Tennessee | #432 | 18 | 1 in 1,782 |
| Nevada | #433 | 6 | 1 in 1,534 |
| Kansas | #497 | 6 | 1 in 1,968 |
| North Carolina | #510 | 21 | 1 in 2,213 |
| Pennsylvania | #515 | 20 | 1 in 2,334 |
| Michigan | #519 | 15 | 1 in 2,382 |
| Ohio | #531 | 19 | 1 in 2,488 |
| Louisiana | #534 | 8 | 1 in 2,046 |
| Oklahoma | #546 | 7 | 1 in 2,111 |
| Washington | #617 | 10 | 1 in 2,886 |
| Alabama | #633 | 7 | 1 in 2,617 |
| Minnesota | #659 | 7 | 1 in 3,068 |
| Georgia | #710 | 14 | 1 in 3,229 |
| South Carolina | #773 | 5 | 1 in 3,658 |
| Florida | #825 | 19 | 1 in 4,566 |
| Virginia | #843 | 8 | 1 in 4,218 |
| Illinois | #852 | 10 | 1 in 4,433 |
| California | #889 | 32 | 1 in 5,054 |
| Texas | #901 | 32 | 1 in 5,017 |
| Colorado | #907 | 5 | 1 in 4,665 |
| New York | #1,654 | 7 | 1 in 11,190 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Indie
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 107 spots since 2020 (#739 → #632)
- Biggest jump: 169 spots in 2019
- Biggest drop: 76 spots in 2024
Rise & fade · girls
63 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1959
- Peaked 2022 at #552 (550 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 7 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 2019–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,982
- Highest: 1 in 2,982 girls born in 2022 were named Indie (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 3,502 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
Era · girls
The 2020s
- 63.1% of all girls named Indie (2,784) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 6 | #5,566 (1959) | #5,566 |
| 1960s | 5 | #6,390 (1960) | #6,390 |
| 1970s | 5 | #10,210 (1979) | #10,210 |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 5 | #13,386 (1995) | #13,386 |
| 2000s | 171 | #3,653 (2007) | #6,839 |
| 2010s | 1,436 | #861 (2019) | #2,132 |
| 2020s | 2,784 | #552 (2022) | #638 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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