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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201922peak #144, 1887girls
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

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.

Where Ina is popular in 1922

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Ina, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Ina, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Ina, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Ina, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Ina, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Ina, so not publishedIDMontana: #166 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 906 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #209 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,364 girlsNDMinnesota: #259 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,106 girlsMNIllinois: #256 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 2,336 girlsILWisconsin: #308 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,516 girlsWIMichigan: #259 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 2,313 girlsMINew York: #311 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 3,530 girlsNYMassachusetts: #320 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,062 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Ina, so not publishedRIOregon: #188 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,171 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Ina, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Ina, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Ina, so not publishedSDIowa: #209 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,459 girlsIAIndiana: #266 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,633 girlsINOhio: #213 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 1,760 girlsOHPennsylvania: #324 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 4,541 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Ina, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Ina, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #272 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,061 girlsCAUtah: #119 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 452 girlsUTColorado: #206 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,146 girlsCONebraska: #304 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,477 girlsNEMissouri: #158 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 805 girlsMOKentucky: #155 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 790 girlsKYWest Virginia: #241 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,653 girlsWVVirginia: #255 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,061 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Ina, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Ina, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Ina, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Ina, so not publishedNMKansas: #214 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,360 girlsKSArkansas: #150 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 646 girlsARTennessee: #124 for girls · 52 births · 1 in 542 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #185 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 1,104 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #296 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,482 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Ina, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #148 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 677 girlsOKLouisiana: #273 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,579 girlsLAMississippi: #186 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 904 girlsMSAlabama: #259 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,650 girlsALGeorgia: #194 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 1,246 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Ina, so not publishedHITexas: #211 for girls · 62 births · 1 in 951 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Ina, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Utah#119 · 1 in 452
  2. Tennessee#124 · 1 in 542
  3. Oklahoma#148 · 1 in 677
  4. Arkansas#150 · 1 in 646
  5. Kentucky#155 · 1 in 790

Best ever in a state: #91 in New Hampshire, 1913.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Utah#119111 in 452
Tennessee#124521 in 542
Oklahoma#148371 in 677
Arkansas#150321 in 646
Kentucky#155381 in 790
Missouri#158381 in 805
Montana#16651 in 906
North Carolina#185351 in 1,104
Mississippi#186251 in 904
Oregon#18851 in 1,171
Georgia#194301 in 1,246
Colorado#20681 in 1,146
Iowa#209151 in 1,459
North Dakota#20951 in 1,364
Texas#211621 in 951
Ohio#213311 in 1,760
Kansas#214121 in 1,360
West Virginia#241121 in 1,653
Virginia#255141 in 2,061
Illinois#256251 in 2,336
Alabama#259191 in 1,650
Michigan#259161 in 2,313
Minnesota#259111 in 2,106
Indiana#266101 in 2,633
California#272151 in 2,061
Louisiana#273151 in 1,579
South Carolina#296101 in 2,482
Nebraska#30451 in 2,477
Wisconsin#30871 in 3,516
New York#311281 in 3,530
Massachusetts#32071 in 5,062
Pennsylvania#324211 in 4,541
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Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Hawaii
Idaho
Maine
Maryland
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
Rhode Island
South Dakota
Vermont
Washington
Wyoming

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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 1922

girls
#248
689 births · 1 in 1,743 girls

Top girls' names in 1922

  1. #1Mary72,177
  2. #2Dorothy37,716
  3. #3Helen32,510
  4. #4Margaret26,862
  5. #5Ruth23,633
  6. #6Betty20,895
  7. #7Virginia19,144
  8. #8Mildred16,412
  9. #9Elizabeth15,244
  10. #10Frances15,054
  11. #248Ina689
More about 1922

girls

1,201,003 girls got a published name in 1922; 1 in 1,743 of them was named Ina, which outranked 95.7% of the 5,789 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. #245Ola698
  2. #246Selma692
  3. #247Alta691
  4. #248Ina689
  5. #249Elva686
  6. #250Janie684
  7. #250Lizzie684
Biggest movers since 1921
Risers
  1. 626Lilia#1,543#917
  2. 573Leatrice#1,258#685
  3. 412Phylis#1,409#997
  4. 352Darleen#1,258#906
  5. 295Madlyn#1,136#841
Fallers
  1. 518Erlene#946#1,464
  2. 390Exie#879#1,269
  3. 327Arlyne#905#1,232
  4. 288Toby#964#1,252
  5. 265Rochelle#987#1,252

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

See the top 100 for 1922