Indy Boy & girl
How popular is Indy?
#768 girl name in 2025
353 baby girls were named Indy in the US in 2025, making it the 768th most popular girl name. Another 58 boys got the name (#2,363 for boys).
Indy popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #768 for girls (▲ 7 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 353 girls, 58 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+667% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,429 in 2015, #1,510 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2024 (363 girls) |
| Highest rank | #768 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1955 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 23% boys, 77% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Indy counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Indie family of names ranked #358 for girls in 2025 (#363 the year before), with 891 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Indy is most popular
Babies named Indy per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Utah: 1.6 per 1,000 (132 girls)
- Idaho: 1.1 per 1,000 (36 girls)
- North Dakota: 0.8 per 1,000 (11 girls)
- Oklahoma: 0.4 per 1,000 (33 girls)
- Iowa: 0.4 per 1,000 (25 girls)
Indy by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 23 | #3,929 |
| 1970s | 38 | #5,412 |
| 1980s | 20 | #7,745 |
| 1990s | 42 | #7,491 |
| 2000s | 105 | #6,796 |
| 2010s | 475 | #1,773 |
| 2020s | 1,626 | #768 |
Girl names about as popular as Indy
Questions
- Is Indy a boy or girl name?
- Indy is used for both. Over the last 10 years, 23% of babies named Indy were boys and 77% were girls.
- How popular is the name Indy?
- 353 baby girls were named Indy in the US in 2025, making it the 768th most popular girl name. Another 58 boys got the name (#2,363 for boys).
- When was Indy most popular?
- Indy peaked in 2024, when 363 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #768 in 2025.
- How many people are named Indy?
- 3,176 babies have been named Indy in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,157 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 5.
- Where is Indy most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Indy was most common in Utah, at 1.6 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.