Indy

What Indy means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Indy yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #3,429 in 2015, #768 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Indy?

US: Rising: up from #3429 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1405 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2024, when 363 girls got the name (#775 that year). First in the US records in 1955.

How common

• About 1 in 4,553 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 3,958 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 3,578 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in ND (2.22 per 1,000 girls), UT (2.05 per 1,000 girls), NE (1.55 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Indy is #768 in the US and #610 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 85.9% of US babies named Indy were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Andi459 US · 3 E&W
• Indi69 US · 24 E&W
• Andy31 US
• Inti20 US · 3 E&W
• Indee10 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Indy

Girls

• Wren#231Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #703 in 2015, #231 in 2025
• Kaylani#185Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,054 in 2015, #185 in 2025
• Amira#132“princess”^*
• Kailani#253“sea + sky”^*
• Antonella#284Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,018 in 2015, #284 in 2025
• Esme#298Diminutive of Esmeralda, meaning “emerald”^*

For a brother

• Saint#267From the word “saint”^*
• Aziel#186Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #186 vs #606 in 2025
• Atlas#75Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #487 in 2015, #75 in 2025
• Jaziel#198Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #934 in 2015, #198 in 2025
• Otto#277“wealth, riches”^*
• Thiago#50Portuguese, meaning “natal, relating to birth”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Indy’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.