Indigo**
#2,406 most common girls' name of all time · #4,090 across all names · 23% male / 77% female · used 1971–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#2,406
Rank overall
#4,090 of 105,966
First appeared
1971
Years on the list
39 of 146
All-time
5,242
Since 2016
3,161
Peak year
2025 #854
Best rank
#854 2025
Girls
Boys
peak 431/yr
Indigo first appears in 1971. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 318 | 113 | 431 | #854 |
| 2024 | 289 | 106 | 395 | #920 |
| 2023 | 270 | 97 | 367 | #962 |
| 2022 | 272 | 118 | 390 | #979 |
| 2021 | 300 | 86 | 386 | #903 |
| 2020 | 244 | 72 | 316 | #1,030 |
| 2019 | 191 | 55 | 246 | #1,231 |
| 2018 | 169 | 70 | 239 | #1,337 |
| 2017 | 167 | 54 | 221 | #1,383 |
| 2016 | 123 | 47 | 170 | #1,724 |
| 2015 | 120 | 54 | 174 | #1,752 |
| 2014 | 111 | 34 | 145 | #1,835 |
| 2013 | 82 | 18 | 100 | #2,266 |
| 2012 | 58 | 22 | 80 | #2,957 |
| 2011 | 64 | 19 | 83 | #2,743 |
| 2010 | 63 | 20 | 83 | #2,790 |
| 2009 | 68 | 20 | 88 | #2,688 |
| 2008 | 59 | 12 | 71 | #2,973 |
| 2007 | 55 | 12 | 67 | #3,143 |
| 2006 | 65 | 17 | 82 | #2,745 |
| 2005 | 64 | 19 | 83 | #2,654 |
| 2004 | 65 | 20 | 85 | #2,575 |
| 2003 | 71 | 21 | 92 | #2,354 |
| 2002 | 51 | 17 | 68 | #2,907 |
| 2001 | 46 | 10 | 56 | #3,071 |
| 2000 | 53 | 16 | 69 | #2,760 |
| 1999 | 53 | 19 | 72 | #2,658 |
| 1998 | 52 | 13 | 65 | #2,632 |
| 1997 | 69 | 13 | 82 | #2,063 |
| 1996 | 63 | 6 | 69 | #2,171 |
| 1995 | 53 | 12 | 65 | #2,449 |
| 1994 | 56 | 10 | 66 | #2,346 |
| 1993 | 60 | — | 60 | #2,208 |
| 1992 | 75 | — | 75 | #1,888 |
| 1991 | 69 | — | 69 | #2,008 |
| 1990 | 15 | — | 15 | #6,014 |
| 1986 | 7 | — | 7 | #9,067 |
| 1983 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,107 |
| 1971 | 5 | — | 5 | #9,402 |