Indica
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- IN-di-ka
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #6,324 for girls
Indica is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “of India, Indian”. In 2025 it ranked 6,324th for girls in the US (18 babies).
What does Indica mean?
Latin: Latin feminine adjective
“of India, Indian”
A Latin word meaning 'of India', familiar from botanical names such as Cannabis indica.
Is Indica a girl's or a boy's name?
Indica is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Indica in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2022, with 5 girls.
Indica in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 1 | #5,353 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 1 | #5,054 |
How popular is Indica in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,324th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 18 about 1 in 89,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 18 girls in the US were named Indica, making it the 6,324th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,451st. Its busiest year was 2021, with 43 girls. It first appears in the records in 1986.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Indica than any year since 2015.
Half of all the girls named Indica in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Indica in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #6,324 |
| 2024 | 33 | #4,293 |
| 2023 | 42 | #3,638 |
| 2022 | 43 | #3,593 |
| 2021 | 43 | #3,552 |
| 2020 | 30 | #4,451 |
| 2019 | 38 | #3,850 |
| 2018 | 31 | #4,457 |
| 2017 | 25 | #5,189 |
| 2016 | 30 | #4,631 |
| 2015 | 17 | #6,974 |
| 2014 | 27 | #5,023 |
| 2013 | 24 | #5,484 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 19 | #6,638 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,390 |
| 2006 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,495 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,692 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,278 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,636 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,313 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
Names like Indica
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Luna, Isla, Isabella, Aurora, Francesca, Aria, Arabella, Maeva, Sienna, Alora, Elora, Zara
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Clara, Anthony
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Indica: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/indica, updated 20 October 2026.