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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201937peak #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 1937

girls
#133
1,784 births · 1 in 596 girls
boys
#2,088
12 births · 1 in 88,888 boys

Top girls' names in 1937

  1. #1Mary55,641
  2. #2Barbara34,917
  3. #3Patricia26,838
  4. #4Shirley26,823
  5. #5Betty25,337
  6. #6Carol17,336
  7. #7Nancy17,074
  8. #8Dorothy16,572
  9. #9Joan15,301
  10. #10Margaret15,144
  11. #133Ida1,784

Top boys' names in 1937

  1. #1Robert61,842
  2. #2James56,561
  3. #3John48,755
  4. #4William40,725
  5. #5Richard32,975
  6. #6Charles30,520
  7. #7Donald27,868
  8. #8David20,981
  9. #9Thomas19,772
  10. #10George18,439
  11. #2,088Ida12
More about 1937

girls

1,064,033 girls got a published name in 1937; 1 in 596 of them was named Ida, which outranked 97.3% of the 4,930 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ida
  1. #130Sara1,901
  2. #131Lillie1,899
  3. #132Georgia1,812
  4. #133Ida1,784
  5. #134Ella1,748
  6. #135Christine1,742
  7. #136Maxine1,730
Biggest movers since 1936
Risers
  1. 3,217Noreta#4,181#964
  2. 2,845Noretta#3,701#856
  3. 2,351Leilani#3,103#752
  4. 1,407Deann#2,263#856
  5. 1,209Norita#1,741#532
Fallers
  1. 438Dorla#951#1,389
  2. 331Vilma#951#1,282
  3. 303Imelda#979#1,282
  4. 297Lulu#695#992
  5. 292Lyda#840#1,132

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

boys

1,066,659 boys got a published name in 1937; 1 in 88,888 of them was named Ida, which outranked 48.1% of the 4,020 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ida
  1. #1,992Vinton13
  2. #1,992Wilburt13
  3. #1,992Winslow13
  4. #2,088Ida12
  5. #2,088Adrain12
  6. #2,088Alexis12
  7. #2,088Antoine12
  8. #2,197Abran11
  9. #2,197Adrien11
  10. #2,197Alfons11

Tied with 108 names at #2,088; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1936
Risers
  1. 1,923Tyrone#2,629#706
  2. 558Lamont#1,540#982
  3. 540Lary#1,540#1,000
  4. 416Errol#906#490
  5. 399Levon#1,356#957
Fallers
  1. 492Gaston#989#1,481
  2. 461Gorden#827#1,288
  3. 432Sergio#940#1,372
  4. 371Landon#422#793
  5. 347Harlen#747#1,094

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

See the top 100 for 1937