Indigo

Boy · recorded 1994–2025 · given to both girls and boys (about 2.8 to 1)

  • #1,529in 2025
  • 1 in 15,115boys in 2025
  • +135%last ten years

Most popular in 2022.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1994

0346819942002201020172025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 32 recorded years as a table
Indigo, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19945
19956
19963
19977
19987
199910
20008
20015
20029
200311
200410
200510
20068
20076
20086
200910
201010
201110
201212
201310
201418
201528
201625
201729
201839
201931
202042
202149
202268
202357
202462
202566

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. California 1.5×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
113
Rank in 2025
#1,529
How rare
1 in 15,115 boys
Since 1994
1,222

Most popular in 2022, at 68 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 135% per million boys born.

Top 1 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
California1.5×49

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.