Indigo
A unisex name of Sanskrit origin, meaning indigo dye; deep blue color.
How Indigo has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2021 | #904 |
| 2022 | #982 |
| 2023 | #964 |
| 2024 | #923 |
| 2025 | #854 |
Indigo by the numbers
In 2025, 82 babies in England and Wales were named Indigo. In the US, 219 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Indigo. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Indie367 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean blue
Like Indigo, each of these has blue in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Sapphireprecious blue gemstone; from sappheiros60 in England and Wales (2025)
- Saphirasapphire; precious blue stone; a form of Sapphira141 in the US (2017)
- Niladark blue; indigo64 in England and Wales (2025)
- Azulblue116 in the US (2017)
- Neelblue, sapphire115 in the US (2017)
- Sapphirasapphire; precious blue stone49 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Indigo
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