NameTides

Indigo

Indigo was the #853 girls' name in the US in 2025 (318 babies), and #483 in England & Wales and #1,668 in Canada.

Indigo as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • VIC
Indigo as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUSIrelandScotlandCanada
Indigo as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Victoria publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanadaVIC
2025#853 (318)#483 (82)#780 (3)#718 (4)#1,668 (14)—
2024#919 (289)#503 (78)——#2,102 (10)—
2023#961 (270)#558 (69)——#1,678 (13)—
2022#978 (272)#596 (64)——#1,313 (18)—
2021#901 (300)#438 (100)#792 (3)—#2,893 (6)—
2020#1,027 (244)#525 (76)#765 (3)#834 (3)#2,343 (8)—
2019#1,229 (191)#590 (67)——#1,231 (20)—
2018#1,335 (169)#478 (90)——#2,151 (9)—
2017#1,379 (167)#683 (60)—#734 (4)#2,179 (9)—
2016#1,719 (123)#630 (67)#798 (3)#750 (4)#3,294 (5)—
2015#1,743 (120)#549 (79)——#2,599 (7)—
2014#1,830 (111)#576 (73)——#2,374 (8)—
2013#2,259 (82)#626 (65)——#2,888 (6)#97 (54)
2012#2,935 (58)#654 (63)————
2011#2,725 (64)#817 (45)#810 (3)———

Indigo as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Indigo as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & WalesCanada
Indigo as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2025#1,529 (113)#2,014 (12)#2,789 (6)
2024#1,608 (106)#2,089 (11)—
2023#1,718 (97)#1,907 (12)—
2022#1,523 (118)#1,782 (13)#2,229 (7)
2021#1,815 (86)#1,391 (18)#2,061 (8)
2020#1,977 (72)#1,825 (12)—
2019#2,421 (55)#1,869 (12)—
2018#2,046 (70)#1,991 (11)—
2017#2,388 (54)#2,324 (9)—
2016#2,626 (47)#2,335 (9)—
2015#2,386 (54)#3,908 (4)#2,139 (7)
2014#3,234 (34)#1,721 (13)—
2013#4,981 (18)#2,055 (10)—
2012#4,390 (22)#2,721 (7)—
2011#4,822 (19)#2,194 (9)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #853.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1971.
  • In 2025, 74% of US babies named Indigo were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,100 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 5,100uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 3,100uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 6,000uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 5,300uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 11,000rare
USBoys2025about 1 in 15,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 23,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 26,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Indigo is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,200 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 4,600 to 1 in 6,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Indigo by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #447WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #617WAIdaho: #351IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #731MNIllinois: #1,405ILMichigan: #735MINew York: #1,087NYMassachusetts: #873MAOregon: #483ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #916INOhio: #801OHPennsylvania: #515PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,149CAUtah: #490UTColorado: #536CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #516MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #843VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #578AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #497KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #1,127TNNorth Carolina: #684NCSouth Carolina: #688SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #611GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,037TXFlorida: #825FL
Indigo (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
IndigoCanadaGirls#1,66814
IndigoCanadaBoys#2,7896
IndigoEngland & WalesGirls#48382
IndigoEngland & WalesBoys#2,01412
IndigoIrelandGirls#7184
IndigoNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
IndigoNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
IndigoScotlandGirls#7803
IndigoUSGirls#853318
IndigoUSBoys#1,529113
IndigoVICGirls—too few