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Indie
OriginShort form of India, Indigo etc
GenderGirl
US Rank#634
Top 1000
About Indie
Indie is an independent-sounding nickname name that is in the Top 100 in Wales. As a diminutive, it's growing in popularity -- along with indie films, indie publishing -- and the reason some parents are choosing names like India and Indigo. The Indie version seems more feminine, while Indy as in Indiana Jones tends toward the boyish.
As of October 2026, Indie ranked #634 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #552 in 2022, Nameberry popularity #763.
Editor's take: The name Indie is a girl's name.
Popularity & trends
US popularity — history
US rank, lower is more popular · SSA data 2014–2025
Actual · SSA
20142025
18802025
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #2,205 | 86 | 48.1 |
| 2015 | #1,528 | 147 | 82.3 |
| 2016 | #1,197 | 208 | 117.4 |
| 2017 | #1,084 | 234 | 135.5 |
| 2018 | #1,030 | 251 | 147.6 |
| 2019 | #862 | 311 | 185.3 |
| 2020 | #741 | 370 | 228.9 |
| 2021 | #675 | 437 | 266.3 |
| 2022 | #552 | 550 | 335.3 |
| 2023 | #577 | 518 | 322.8 |
| 2024 | #651 | 450 | 277.7 |
| 2025 | #634 | 459 | 285.6 |
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Famous Indies
- Indie Mae Gardner
one,fourth of the Gardner quadruplets
- Indie Shay Lewis
daughter of musician Aaron Lewis
Indie in pop culture
- Indie Holt
character in the "Matched" trilogy
- Indira "Indie" Mehta
main character on TV's "How to Be Indie"
Indie in blog posts
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