Indigo

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Primarily a girl's name · Unisex — 77% girls / 23% boys

Meaning

Indigo is a given name often used in reference to the color, a shade between the colors blue and violet. Deep blue indigo dye was originally derived from the plant called true indigo. The name is in use for both boys and girls in the Anglosphere.

From Wikipedia

Indigo first appears in the data in 1971 and has been recorded in 38 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2021 with 300 babies (rank #901 that year). In 2024 it was given to 287 girls (rank #923). The name has been rising over the last five years.

Numerology of Indigo

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Indigo yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

4,807
Total babies (all years)
38
Years in the data
300
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19715#8,785
19835#10,866
19867#8,876
199015#5,935
199169#2,002
199275#1,880
199360#2,199
199456#2,331
199553#2,433
199663#2,163
199769#2,056
199852#2,628
199953#2,650
200053#2,750
200146#3,065
200251#2,909
200371#2,353
200465#2,568
200564#2,648
200665#2,737
200755#3,142
200859#2,968
200968#2,689
201063#2,795
201164#2,742
201258#2,947
201382#2,271
2014111#1,830
2015120#1,746
2016123#1,724
2017167#1,381
2018169#1,335
2019191#1,230
2020244#1,028
2021300#901
2022272#978
2023270#961
2024287#923