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Indie
OriginShort form of India, Indigo etc
GenderBoy & girl
US rank · girls#634
2025 SSA
US rank · boys#5479
2025 SSA
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 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #552 in 2022, Nameberry popularity #757.
Popularity & trends
US popularity — history
US rank, lower is more popular · SSA data 2014–2025
Girls #634
Boys #4,933
20142025
18802025
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 |
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- Indie Mae GardnerGirl
one,fourth of the Gardner quadruplets
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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"
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