NameTides

Indie

Indie was the #632 girls' name in the US in 2025 (459 babies), and #134 in England & Wales and #834 in Canada.

Indie as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Indie as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020IrelandEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandUSCanada
Indie as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#632 (459)#134 (367)#172 (24)#205 (8)#109 (43)#834 (34)
2024#653 (450)#148 (339)#146 (30)#144 (14)#156 (29)#775 (38)
2023#577 (518)#138 (353)#102 (43)#126 (16)#89 (56)#698 (40)
2022#552 (550)#135 (381)#124 (34)#201 (9)#91 (59)#710 (39)
2021#675 (437)#114 (450)#80 (55)#181 (11)#78 (74)#616 (48)
2020#739 (370)#124 (398)#91 (48)#134 (15)#106 (49)#840 (33)
2019#861 (311)#171 (295)#140 (33)#213 (8)#119 (46)#1,002 (26)
2018#1,030 (251)#229 (218)#156 (30)#218 (8)#179 (29)#817 (34)
2017#1,082 (234)#238 (211)#186 (24)#215 (8)#205 (25)#927 (29)
2016#1,197 (208)#276 (180)#216 (20)—#195 (26)#1,399 (17)
2015#1,526 (147)#279 (176)#191 (23)—#276 (18)#1,499 (15)
2014#2,194 (86)#262 (186)#212 (22)#439 (3)#304 (16)#2,374 (8)
2013#2,769 (62)#298 (158)#194 (23)#178 (11)#374 (12)#3,286 (5)
2012#3,464 (46)#270 (185)#214 (21)—#337 (15)—
2011#3,014 (56)#410 (109)#334 (11)—#798 (4)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #552.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1959.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,500 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 3,500uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 690common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 750common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 910common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 490common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 4,400uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Indie is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,400 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 2,700 to 1 in 4,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Indie by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #420WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #617WAIdaho: #277IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: #80NDMinnesota: #659MNIllinois: #852ILMichigan: #519MINew York: #1,654NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #273ORNevada: #433NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #323IAIndiana: #418INOhio: #531OHPennsylvania: #515PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #889CAUtah: #260UTColorado: #907CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #386MOKentucky: #405KYWest Virginia: #230WVVirginia: #843VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #388AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #497KSArkansas: #231ARTennessee: #432TNNorth Carolina: #510NCSouth Carolina: #773SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #546OKLouisiana: #534LAMississippi: #341MSAlabama: #633ALGeorgia: #710GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #901TXFlorida: #825FL
Indie (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#70817

Indie (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
IndieCanadaGirls#83434
IndieCanadaBoys—too few
IndieEngland & WalesGirls#134367
IndieEngland & WalesBoys#3,2566
IndieIrelandGirls#10943
IndieNorthern IrelandGirls#2058
IndieScotlandGirls#17224
IndieScotlandBoys—too few
IndieUSGirls#632459
IndieUSBoys#5,39917