Indie
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- IN-dee
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #141 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #632 for girls
Indie is a girls' name of Modern origin, meaning “Indian, from India”. In 2025 it ranked 141st for girls in the UK (399 babies) and 632nd for girls in the US (459 babies).
What does Indie mean?
Modern: short form of India, Indiana or Indigo
“Indian, from India”
Is Indie a girl's or a boy's name?
Indie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 399 girls and 6 boys in the UK and 459 girls and 17 boys in the US.
How popular is Indie in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 141st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 399 about 1 in 700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 2% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 399 girls in the UK were named Indie, making it the 141st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 119th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 516 girls. 6 boys were also named Indie in 2025 (3,329th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Indie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 502 girls in the UK were given Indie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #125, up from #141 for this spelling alone.
In 2025, 99% of the babies named Indie in the UK were girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 134th in England and Wales, 172nd in Scotland and 205th in Northern Ireland.
Indie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 399 | #141 |
| 2024 | 383 | #145 |
| 2023 | 412 | #136 |
| 2022 | 424 | #134 |
| 2021 | 516 | #111 |
| 2020 | 461 | #119 |
| 2019 | 336 | #172 |
| 2018 | 256 | #219 |
| 2017 | 243 | #231 |
| 2016 | 200 | #281 |
| 2015 | 199 | #274 |
| 2014 | 211 | #258 |
| 2013 | 192 | #271 |
| 2012 | 206 | #269 |
| 2011 | 120 | #421 |
| 2010 | 59 | #688 |
| 2009 | 47 | #813 |
| 2008 | 33 | #1,015 |
| 2007 | 21 | #1,374 |
| 2006 | 18 | #1,481 |
| 2005 | 24 | #1,128 |
| 2004 | 11 | #1,949 |
| 2003 | 11 | #1,831 |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,874 |
| 2001 | 8 | #2,150 |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Indie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 632nd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 459 about 1 in 3,500 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 53% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 459 girls in the US were named Indie, making it the 632nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 739th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 550 girls. It first appears in the records in 1959. 17 boys were also named Indie in 2025 (5,397th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Indie in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 891 girls in the US were given Indie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #371, up from #632 for this spelling alone.
Indie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 459 | #632 |
| 2024 | 450 | #653 |
| 2023 | 518 | #577 |
| 2022 | 550 | #552 |
| 2021 | 437 | #675 |
| 2020 | 370 | #739 |
| 2019 | 311 | #861 |
| 2018 | 251 | #1,030 |
| 2017 | 234 | #1,082 |
| 2016 | 208 | #1,197 |
| 2015 | 147 | #1,526 |
| 2014 | 86 | #2,194 |
| 2013 | 62 | #2,768 |
| 2012 | 46 | #3,463 |
| 2011 | 56 | #3,013 |
| 2010 | 35 | #4,179 |
| 2009 | 33 | #4,481 |
| 2008 | 24 | #5,747 |
| 2007 | 44 | #3,652 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 23 | #5,432 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,389 |
| 1959 | 6 | #5,565 |
Names like Indie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Myla, Isla, Lyra, Elodie, Maisie, Esme, Sylvie, Amelie, Pippa, Mila, Dua, Harper
Other spellings of Indie
Names related to Indie
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn, Ailani
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, “Indie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/indie, updated 20 October 2026.