Indie
96% girls · 4% boys
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.
Indie for boys#5479 US
Variant spelling of Indy
Pronounced IN-dee.
As of October 2026, Indie ranked #634 for girls and #5479 for boys in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #552 for girls in 2022 and #3805 for boys in 2022, Nameberry popularity #757 for girls.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #2,205 | 86 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #1,528 | 147 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #1,197 | 208 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #1,084 | 234 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #1,030 | 251 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #862 | 311 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #741 | 370 | #4,766 | 20 |
| 2021 | #675 | 437 | #4,295 | 24 |
| 2022 | #552 | 550 | #3,805 | 29 |
| 2023 | #577 | 518 | #4,151 | 26 |
| 2024 | #651 | 450 | #4,933 | 20 |
| 2025 | #634 | 459 | — | 0 |
World rankings
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Famous Indies
- Indie Mae GardnerGirl
one,fourth of the Gardner quadruplets
- Indie Shay LewisGirl
daughter of musician Aaron Lewis
Indie in pop culture
- Indie HoltGirl
character in the "Matched" trilogy
- Indira "Indie" MehtaGirl
main character on TV's "How to Be Indie"