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Indi

Feminine · “of the Indus”

Indi is given to both — 846 girls and 53 boys since 1880. See other names given to both

1967high 2023
#2542 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare69 girls in 2025

Indi clips India, and India descends from the Indus — whose own name is the Sanskrit sindhu, a river.

How old is the name Indi?

Indi first appears in US birth records in 1967 — 58 years ago. The typical Indi is a kid of about 5 — this name's wave is very recent. About 800 people named Indi are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Indi most popular?

Indi peaked in 2023, reaching #2107 nationally. Today it ranks #2542, 435 places below that high. See the whole 2023 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Indi

Sindhu meant simply a river; Persian said Hindu, Greek said Indos, and from that one word came India, Hindu, Sindh and the Indus itself. Indi is a modern clipping and appears in American records in current use.

Meaning

of the Indus

Through India, from the Indus, from the Sanskrit sindhu, 'river' or 'ocean'. Persian turned the s to h, giving Hindu, and Greek dropped it, giving Indos. So Indus, Hindu, India and Sindh are one word. The chain is documented.

How the name formed

  1. sindhu
  2. Indos
  3. India
  4. Indi

Related forms: Indie · India

Pronouncing Indi

IN-dee

Two syllables, stress on the first. Indi and Indie are homophones.

Nicknames for Indi

Moderate

IndiaThe parent form, available as a fuller and more formal version
IndA bare clipping, used inside families rather than generally
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

GIRLS NAMED · 1967–202591460916919672025

US babies named Indi per year from 1967 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#21071960s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1967
Most girls named
202391 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#2107reached in 2023
Change vs 2024
+4.5%69 in 2025, from 66
Indi sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2023, with 91 girls. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Indi in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • Indie in English — spelling variant
  • India in English — related form

Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Utah.

Indis among us

800

people named Indi are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 girl in 23,294 born in 2025 was named Indi

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Indi

#2542
Indi on the 2025 chart
#572
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Indi went to 69 girls in 2025, but Indy is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 422, which makes it the 572nd most-given girls’ name of the year — 1,970 places above the chart.

About 1 girl in 3,809 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 23,294 for Indi itself.

Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method

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Is it right for you

The Jaretzy test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Indi's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Jaretzy climbed just as high around 2006, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Jaretzy's path sketches the road Indi is walking now.

40%chance Indi will feel “very 2020s” by 2040
Indi, aligned on its peakJaretzy· peak 2006not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-40 yrs+20 yrsJaretzy · #6651Indi today
Indi today is about where Jaretzy stood in 2008 — 2 years past a #2107-sized peak. By 2023, Jaretzy had settled around #6651.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Indi sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Where Indi is headed

19672030

US babies named Indi per year, 1967 to 2025, with a projection to 2030

Indi should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.

Steady+4% by 2030projected around #2,571 in 2030

Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.

A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.

Indi beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Indi in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Indithis name69#2542Taelyn69#2542Lennie69#2542Atarah69#2542Alaysha69#2542

US girls given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • That Indus, Hindu, India and Sindh are one word is a first-rate etymology.
  • India is available as a full formal version.
  • Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk.
What to consider
  • It reads as a diminutive rather than a full name.
  • Indie is the commoner spelling and a music genre.
  • The name rests on a colonial misnaming.

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Frequently asked

How many Indis are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 800 people named Indi are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Indi?
Indi is one of 2 recorded spellings. Indy is the more common one — 353 births in 2025 against 69 for Indi.
How popular is the name Indi in 2025?
Indi ranks #2542 among US girl names in 2025, with 69 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Indi?
About 1 in every 23,294 US girls born in 2025 was named Indi — 69 in all.
Will my child share the name Indi with classmates?
Indi will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Indi

Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.

Taelyn#2542 · Lennie#2542 · Atarah#2542 · Alaysha#2542 · Ania#2542 · Lynn#2542 · Eliyana#2542 · Primrose#2542

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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology

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