Unisex name · since 1955
Indy
2,329 babies named Indy in U.S. Social Security records since 1955, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #4,246 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #768 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,329
- born since 1955
- 2020s
- peak decade
Indy currently ranks #768 among unisex names in America, with 2,329 babies recorded since 1955.
Indy has 2,329 recorded births among girls since 1955, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #768 as of the latest data, more common than 96% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1955 to 2025.
- #4,246 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #768 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,329 born since 1955
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Indy ranks #4,246 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #768 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,329 born since 1955, peaking in the 2020s.
- #4,246 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #768 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,329
- born since 1955
- 2020s
- peak decade
Indy's 2,329 recorded births place it above 94.13% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
35 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Utah.
How Indy compares
2,329 Top 21% higher than 79% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Indy's all-time total is 6x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Indy | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,329 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 363 | 21 | 19,840 |
Indy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Indy's full recorded timeline at 2004, 93% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 7% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1971, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 363 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Indy popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1955–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 363
- Annual births at peak, across 71 years of records
Indy popularity over time - boys
847 total births recorded since 1992 (Indy as boys' name)
Indy by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (1,626 births, 70% of the file).
2020s was Indy's strongest decade.
1,626 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 70% of all-time use.
Indy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 23
1950s
23 births
- 1970s 38
1970s
38 births
- 1980s 20
1980s
20 births
- 1990s 42
1990s
42 births
- 2000s 105
2000s
105 births
- 2010s 475
2010s
475 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,626 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 1,626 births (70% of all-time use).
How Indy compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Indy's total volume
Indy by state
Where Indy concentrates geographically, total births since 1955
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Utah | | 213 | 9.1% |
| #2 | California | | 189 | 8.1% |
| #3 | Texas | | 149 | 6.4% |
| #4 | Florida | | 90 | 3.9% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 70 | 3.0% |
| #6 | Tennessee | | 67 | 2.9% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 58 | 2.5% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 47 | 2.0% |
213 of 2,329 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 35 reporting states.
Indy appears in 35 states. Explore state details →
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- Utah records the most Indys (213 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Utah names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Indy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1955–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Indy draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.