Ida

Where Ida comes from

Short form of obsolete names beginning with Germanic īd "work", used for both sexes in medieval England. It was revived in the 19th century, partly mistaken for a Greek name, for the Mount Ida of classical mythology.
— Wiktionary's entry for Ida
  • Germanic
  • Sanskrit
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1862
    Ida B. Wells born
    American journalist and civil rights activist
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #7 among girls — 1,472 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1886
    Peak, #7
    2,049 babies named Ida — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1918
    Ida Lupino born
    British actress
  5. 1953
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #254.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from the Germanic languages.
  • A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Namesakes
  • Ida Lupino · British actress, 1918–1995
  • Ida B. Wells · American journalist and civil rights activist, 1862–1931
  • Ida Noddack · German chemist, 1896–1978
  • Ida Saxton McKinley · First Lady of the United States from 1897 to 1901, 1847–1907
  • Ida Tarbell · American journalist, 1857–1944

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.