Ida

#1,120 for girls in 2025, 209 births · Last seen for boys in 1967 at #2,985
Given to girls 99.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
1886 · 2,049 births
Debut · girls
1,472 births
In top 100 · girls
52 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
187,929
since 1880

Ida over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201921peak #7, 1886girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,120209
2024#1,135213
2023#1,179203
2022#1,104226
2021#1,112222
2020#1,177197
2019#1,259184
2018#1,216193
2017#1,303180
2016#1,241196
2015#1,416163
2014#1,493149
2013#1,744118
2012#1,940101
2011#1,968100
2010#1,928104
2009#2,11995
2008#2,020103
2007#2,10196
2006#2,24885
2005#2,00494
2004#2,15583
2003#2,00190
2002#2,11380
2001#1,85195
2000#1,80196
1999#1,99978
1998#1,607101
1997#1,62497
1996#1,532104
1995#1,531100
1994#1,465108
1993#1,485107
1992#1,260136
1991#1,395115
1990#1,330121
1989#1,196136
1988#1,007162
1987#1,033150
1986#996156
1985#987154
1984#935157
1983#959152
1982#789205
1981#788206
1980#784209
1979#698242
1978#722219
1977#649250
1976#679219
1975#639240
1974#553303
1973#543307
1972#521326
1971#528347
1970#510385
1969#491391
1968#479401
1967#428480#2,9858
1966#409514
1965#409518#3,9305
1964#406577#3,6016
1963#385624
1962#366658
1961#362704#4,0655
1960#356738
1959#329822
1958#334792
1957#313867
1956#288932#2,62810
1955#281935
1954#2531,063
1953#2541,017#3,7985
1952#2421,061#3,0957
1951#2351,077
1950#2171,195
1949#2081,290#3,6905
1948#2051,303#3,3166
1947#1991,347
1946#1841,389#2,9197
1945#1731,232#3,3385
1944#1661,335
1943#1621,477#3,2316
1942#1531,621#2,26811
1941#1481,609#2,33310
1940#1441,688#2,4789
1939#1451,589#1,87914
1938#1411,724#2,08412
1937#1331,784#2,08812
1936#1301,802#2,4529
1935#1211,922#1,92914
1934#1181,972#1,86015
1933#1092,061#1,70717
1932#1052,317#1,84816
1931#1002,419#2,10113
1930#942,643#2,17813
1929#962,673#1,44325
1928#872,994#2,16214
1927#843,206#1,64722
1926#823,285#2,30213
1925#823,489#1,74520
1924#703,861#1,89418
1923#683,888#2,22414
1922#653,987#2,34713
1921#674,146#1,90418
1920#664,090#2,23114
1919#574,163#2,51111
1918#574,450#1,71020
1917#564,247#2,09114
1916#544,364#1,77117
1915#544,125#1,87815
1914#493,561#1,68714
1913#492,916#2,8215
1912#452,740#1,26814
1911#452,119#89614
1910#472,107#1,4216
1909#441,943#80413
1908#431,952#1,1137
1907#381,980#1,3455
1906#431,753#1,1116
1905#421,757#74111
1904#381,751#1,0646
1903#371,774#1,0096
1902#341,836
1901#341,835#9436
1900#302,285#69913
1899#311,804#66110
1898#292,090#8048
1897#242,108#9426
1896#242,159#1,1015
1895#232,170#68510
1894#212,195#7309
1893#182,247#7059
1892#172,259#68810
1891#172,002
1890#162,178#62910
1889#142,122#7228
1888#122,229#55413
1887#101,929#6319
1886#72,049#6948
1885#91,854#8366
1884#71,882#7018
1883#81,634#8925
1882#71,673#9435
1881#71,439#8665
1880#71,472#6828
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Ida was already there! It came in at #7, and was given to 1,472 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1993–2012, when fewer than 110 girls a year got the name.

See more about Ida
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 15 spots since 2024 (#1,135#1,120)
  • 57 spots since 2020 (#1,177#1,120)
  • 296 spots since 2015 (#1,416#1,120)
  • Biggest jump: 30 spots in 1977 (#679#649)
  • Biggest drop: 170 spots in 1983 (#789#959)
Rise & fade · girls
6 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1886 at #7 (2,049 births)
  • Births halved by 1953, 67 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 10 for 8 yrs
  • Top 10: 8 yrs · run 1880–1887
  • Top 100: 52 yrs · run 1880–1931
  • Top 1,000: 107 yrs · run 1880–1986
Share of babies · girls
1 in 62
  • Highest: 1 in 62 girls born in 1880 were named Ida (1.6%)
  • Latest: 1 in 7,690 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #7 in 1886, was only 1 in 71 (1.4%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 19.0% of all girls named Ida (35,619) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s18,283#7 (1886)#9
1890s21,212#16 (1890)#22
1900s18,866#30 (1900)#38
1910s34,792#45 (1912)#51
1920s35,619#65 (1922)#77
1930s20,233#94 (1930)#120
1940s14,291#144 (1940)#174
1950s9,761#217 (1950)#275
1960s5,605#356 (1960)#409
1970s2,838#510 (1970)#604
1980s1,687#784 (1980)#947
1990s1,067#1,260 (1992)#1,523
2000s917#1,801 (2000)#2,041
2010s1,488#1,216 (2018)#1,551
2020s1,270#1,104 (2022)#1,138

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Ida in 1921

girls
#67
4,146 births · 1 in 297 girls
boys
#1,904
18 births · 1 in 61,192 boys

Top girls' names in 1921

  1. #1Mary73,984
  2. #2Dorothy39,087
  3. #3Helen34,822
  4. #4Margaret28,468
  5. #5Ruth25,783
  6. #6Virginia19,032
  7. #7Mildred17,880
  8. #8Betty17,638
  9. #9Frances15,993
  10. #10Elizabeth15,800
  11. #67Ida4,146

Top boys' names in 1921

  1. #1John58,216
  2. #2Robert52,779
  3. #3William51,862
  4. #4James49,750
  5. #5Charles29,242
  6. #6George27,476
  7. #7Joseph26,182
  8. #8Edward20,817
  9. #9Frank16,705
  10. #10Richard16,376
  11. #1,904Ida18
More about 1921

girls

1,233,058 girls got a published name in 1921; 1 in 297 of them was named Ida, which outranked 98.9% of the 5,871 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ida
  1. #64Kathryn4,201
  2. #65Pearl4,175
  3. #66Viola4,160
  4. #67Ida4,146
  5. #68Vivian4,103
  6. #69Marian4,064
  7. #70Anne4,007
Biggest movers since 1920
Risers
  1. 4,238Elwanda#4,975#737
  2. 458Noreen#1,255#797
  3. 440Venice#1,375#935
  4. 343Isobel#1,312#969
  5. 306Aida#1,119#813
Fallers
  1. 612Lilia#931#1,543
  2. 345Denise#931#1,276
  3. 330Aleen#968#1,298
  4. 269Virgil#968#1,237
  5. 265Aldona#903#1,168

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,101,449 boys got a published name in 1921; 1 in 61,192 of them was named Ida, which outranked 61.8% of the 4,985 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ida
  1. #1,829Ygnacio19
  2. #1,829Zachary19
  3. #1,829Zeno19
  4. #1,904Ida18
  5. #1,904Abbott18
  6. #1,904Achille18
  7. #1,904Alfonza18
  8. #1,980Agapito17
  9. #1,980Aime17
  10. #1,980Alban17

Tied with 75 names at #1,904; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1920
Risers
  1. 828Kevin#1,543#715
  2. 499Enrico#1,157#658
  3. 435Richmond#1,225#790
  4. 427Reynaldo#1,252#825
  5. 425Art#1,416#991
Fallers
  1. 391Stacy#835#1,226
  2. 279Gorden#947#1,226
  3. 248Brady#653#901
  4. 246Guillermo#812#1,058
  5. 219Lindsay#903#1,122

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1921