Indy
- Gender
- Unisex
- Say it
- IN-dee
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #590 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #768 for girls
Unisex
Indy is a name of Modern origin, meaning “Indian, from India”. In 2025 it ranked 590th for girls in the UK (72 babies) and 768th for girls in the US (353 babies).
What does Indy mean?
Modern: short form of Indiana or India
“Indian, from India”
Indiana Jones is usually called Indy by his friends.
Is Indy a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Indy has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 72 girls and 19 boys in the UK and 353 girls and 58 boys in the US.
How popular is Indy in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #590among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 72about 1 in 3,900 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 101% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 72 girls in the UK were named Indy, making it the 590th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 925th. 19 boys were also named Indy in 2025 (1,473rd for boys).
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 7 years. 2025 had the most girls named Indy of any year since it first appeared, in 1999.
Half of all the girls named Indy in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 502 girls in the UK were given Indy or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #125, up from #590 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 50% of the babies named Indy in the UK in 2005, and 79% in 2025.
Among girls in 2025, it was 610th in England and Wales, 539th in Scotland and 397th in Northern Ireland.
Indy in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 72 | #590 |
| 2024 | 57 | #717 |
| 2023 | 52 | #747 |
| 2022 | 47 | #824 |
| 2021 | 44 | #876 |
| 2020 | 41 | #925 |
| 2019 | 28 | #1,256 |
| 2018 | 21 | #1,577 |
| 2017 | 30 | #1,213 |
| 2016 | 27 | #1,324 |
| 2015 | 27 | #1,317 |
| 2014 | 23 | #1,452 |
| 2013 | 36 | #1,065 |
| 2012 | 33 | #1,128 |
| 2011 | 13 | #2,152 |
| 2010 | 22 | #1,475 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,695 |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
| 2002 | 1 | #5,540 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 1 | #5,280 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
How popular is Indy in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #768among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 353about 1 in 4,600 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 189% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 353 girls in the US were named Indy, making it the 768th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,510th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 363 girls. It first appears in the records in 1955. 58 boys were also named Indy in 2025 (2,363rd for boys).
Half of all the girls named Indy in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 891 girls in the US were given Indy or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #371, up from #768 for this spelling alone.
In 2008, 46% of the babies named Indy in the US were girls. By 2025 it was 86%, with more girls than boys since 2014.
Indy in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 353 | #768 |
| 2024 | 363 | #775 |
| 2023 | 287 | #923 |
| 2022 | 246 | #1,039 |
| 2021 | 236 | #1,067 |
| 2020 | 141 | #1,510 |
| 2019 | 115 | #1,773 |
| 2018 | 91 | #2,098 |
| 2017 | 64 | #2,689 |
| 2016 | 57 | #2,934 |
| 2015 | 46 | #3,429 |
| 2014 | 39 | #3,846 |
| 2013 | 18 | #6,725 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 20 | #6,380 |
| 2009 | 18 | #7,063 |
| 2008 | 19 | #6,796 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 9 | #5,412 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 10 | #3,929 |
| 1956 | 7 | #4,836 |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,207 |
Names like Indy
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Navy Arya Prisha River Ivy Saanvi Poppy Aadhya Isla Tilly Myla Aarya
Other spellings of Indy
Names related to Indy
More Modern names
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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, “Indy: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/indy, updated 20 October 2026.