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Indie
OriginShort form of India, Indigo etc
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.
Pronounced IN-dee.
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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Indie on lists
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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