girls:
3.4k births since 1971
#2967 (48th percentile)
boys:
998 births since 1994
#3594 (22nd percentile)
overall:
4.4k births since 1971
#4118 (47th percentile)
The name Indigo is the #4,118 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,407 recorded births since 1971. This represents the 46.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 46.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,967 (48.1% percentile) for all time with 3,409 births since 1971. For boys, it ranks #3,594 (21.6% percentile) for all time with 998 births since 1994.
Indigo first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1971 (1971 for girls and 1994 for boys). Birth data for Indigo is available in 37 out of the 53 years between 1971 and 2023 (37 years for girls and 30 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Indigo has been given predominantly to girls, with 77.4% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 74.0% of babies named Indigo were girls.
For girls, Indigo reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 30.6% percentile (ranked #650) with 167 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 167 births per million (ranked 30.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2008, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Indigo ranks #690 for girls (27.2% percentile) with 153 births per million, which is 91.5% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Indigo reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 12.2% percentile (ranked #811) with 63 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 63 births per million (ranked 12.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2009, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Indigo ranks #822 for boys (9.8% percentile) with 51 births per million, which is 81.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Indigo".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Indigo. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 53.2% confident that Indigo is pronounced as IHN-dih-goh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is IHN-duh-goh, at 23.4% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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