Ina

#2,607 for girls in 2025, 66 births · Last seen for boys in 1994 at #8,800
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1887 · 178 births
Debut · girls
79 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
34,074
since 1880

Ina over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Ina has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201918peak #144, 1887girls
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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#2,60766
2024#2,63766
2023#3,91138
2022#3,47045
2021#3,88338
2020#3,22148
2019#3,66541
2018#2,61066
2017#2,90357
2016#3,18251
2015#3,02456
2014#3,54944
2013#3,57343
2012#3,78241
2011#3,99937
2010#4,60831
2009#4,19636
2008#4,17937
2007#3,53146
2006#4,35833
2005#4,37331
2004#3,81937
2003#3,86935
2002#3,28342
2001#3,41739
2000#3,40439
1999#3,14841
1998#3,17339
1997#3,22436
1996#4,18425
1995#2,93240
1994#3,30234#8,8005
1993#4,10025
1992#3,58130
1991#3,15935
1990#3,15635
1989#2,81039
1988#2,70039
1987#2,65737
1986#2,51239
1985#2,39841
1984#2,34041
1983#2,59534
1982#2,15047
1981#2,11948#5,4686
1980#2,06950
1979#1,83258
1978#1,63365
1977#1,90152
1976#1,67758
1975#1,48169
1974#1,30082
1973#1,30278
1972#1,40470
1971#1,36478
1970#1,20194
1969#1,078105
1968#1,031101
1967#1,14286
1966#897126
1965#878129
1964#945124
1963#893138
1962#873144
1961#866151
1960#851149
1959#777172
1958#752175
1957#749177
1956#634226
1955#646207
1954#572245
1953#575235
1952#524261
1951#533246
1950#493266
1949#420351
1948#440324
1947#428360
1946#415340
1945#381342
1944#380347
1943#332448#3,5385
1942#337426
1941#324410
1940#307423
1939#289466
1938#284489
1937#276514
1936#262531
1935#268528
1934#262571
1933#263542
1932#242654#3,3616
1931#245616
1930#249623#3,0228
1929#232677
1928#261612#3,0768
1927#264624
1926#253677#4,2015
1925#244737#4,1975
1924#250700
1923#259621#3,8226
1922#248689
1921#242745#3,8696
1920#251683
1919#238710
1918#240707#4,1795
1917#237691
1916#238671
1915#223705
1914#239495
1913#221469
1912#219419
1911#226306
1910#216296
1909#200287
1908#188299
1907#189289
1906#189262
1905#179283
1904#195230
1903#181256
1902#194224
1901#176249
1900#182288
1899#176243
1898#168297
1897#170262
1896#176238
1895#179220
1894#166242
1893#158248
1892#171216
1891#158216
1890#165215
1889#150209
1888#153206
1887#144178
1886#157149
1885#163126
1884#154134
1883#158113
1882#157104
1881#145108
1880#16779
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Ina was already there! It came in at #167, and was given to 79 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1990–1994, when fewer than 36 girls a year got the name.

See more about Ina
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 30 spots since 2024 (#2,637#2,607)
  • 614 spots since 2020 (#3,221#2,607)
  • 417 spots since 2015 (#3,024#2,607)
  • Biggest jump: 67 spots in 1965 (#945#878)
  • Biggest drop: 245 spots in 1967 (#897#1,142)
Rise & fade · girls
7 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1887 at #144 (178 births)
  • Births halved by 1967, 80 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 87 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 87 yrs · run 1880–1966
Share of babies · girls
1 in 820
  • Highest: 1 in 820 girls born in 1887 were named Ina (0.12%)
  • Latest: 1 in 24,353 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 19.9% of all girls named Ina (6,765) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s1,406#144 (1887)#155
1890s2,397#158 (1893)#169
1900s2,667#176 (1901)#187
1910s5,469#216 (1910)#230
1920s6,765#232 (1929)#250
1930s5,534#242 (1932)#264
1940s3,771#307 (1940)#376
1950s2,210#493 (1950)#626
1960s1,253#851 (1960)#945
1970s704#1,201 (1970)#1,510
1980s415#2,069 (1980)#2,435
1990s340#2,932 (1995)#3,396
2000s375#3,283 (2002)#3,843
2010s467#2,610 (2018)#3,490
2020s301#2,607 (2025)#3,288

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.

Ina in 1918

girls
#240
707 births · 1 in 1,637 girls
boys
#4,179
5 births · 1 in 202,696 boys

Top girls' names in 1918

  1. #1Mary67,365
  2. #2Helen36,148
  3. #3Dorothy32,030
  4. #4Margaret27,139
  5. #5Ruth25,535
  6. #6Mildred17,258
  7. #7Virginia16,421
  8. #8Frances16,132
  9. #9Elizabeth15,853
  10. #10Anna15,666
  11. #240Ina707

Top boys' names in 1918

  1. #1John56,558
  2. #2William45,291
  3. #3James42,115
  4. #4Robert40,619
  5. #5Charles26,921
  6. #6George26,318
  7. #7Joseph26,261
  8. #8Edward19,489
  9. #9Frank17,018
  10. #10Thomas13,910
  11. #4,179Ina5
More about 1918

girls

1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 1,637 of them was named Ina, which outranked 95.7% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ina
  1. #236Maude727
  2. #238Angela721
  3. #239Billie709
  4. #240Ina707
  5. #241Beverly706
  6. #242Mollie701
  7. #243Matilda690
Biggest movers since 1917
Risers
  1. 547Jesse#1,507#960
  2. 494Liberty#1,079#585
  3. 389Marilynn#1,337#948
  4. 312Margueritte#1,281#969
  5. 306Syble#807#501
Fallers
  1. 447Valentine#964#1,411
  2. 428Ottie#952#1,380
  3. 354Delora#923#1,277
  4. 318Georgene#896#1,214
  5. 299Clifford#904#1,203

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

boys

1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 202,696 of them was named Ina, which outranked 13.2% of the 4,813 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ina
  1. #3,728Zeke6
  2. #3,728Zigmunt6
  3. #3,728Zoltan6
  4. #4,179Ina5
  5. #4,179Abdon5
  6. #4,179Abelino5
  7. #4,179Abert5

Tied with 634 names at #4,179; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1917
Risers
  1. 600Quinton#1,092#492
  2. 542Pershing#876#334
  3. 480Quentin#723#243
  4. 440Issac#1,264#824
  5. 339Furman#1,092#753
Fallers
  1. 473Bernhard#900#1,373
  2. 424Edson#919#1,343
  3. 394Gasper#919#1,313
  4. 352Berton#934#1,286
  5. 346Ishmael#997#1,343

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

See the top 100 for 1918