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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201942peak #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.

Where Ina is popular in 1942

  • 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: #276 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,321 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Ina, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Ina, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: #181 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,071 girlsNDMinnesota: #369 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,078 girlsMNIllinois: #418 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 5,424 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Ina, so not publishedWIMichigan: #339 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 4,287 girlsMINew York: #311 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 3,426 girlsNYMassachusetts: #259 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,156 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Ina, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Ina, so not publishedORNevada: 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: fewer than 5 girls named Ina, so not publishedIAIndiana: #309 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,551 girlsINOhio: #357 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 4,391 girlsOHPennsylvania: #478 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 8,187 girlsPANew Jersey: #313 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,568 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Ina, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #510 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 6,275 girlsCAUtah: #219 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,204 girlsUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Ina, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Ina, so not publishedNEMissouri: #225 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,703 girlsMOKentucky: #164 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 917 girlsKYWest Virginia: #288 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,570 girlsWVVirginia: #265 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,086 girlsVAMaryland: #300 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,950 girlsMDDelaware: 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: fewer than 5 girls named Ina, so not publishedKSArkansas: #214 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,132 girlsARTennessee: #248 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,649 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #264 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 2,096 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Ina, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Ina, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #187 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,073 girlsOKLouisiana: #368 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,918 girlsLAMississippi: #273 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,739 girlsMSAlabama: #260 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,838 girlsALGeorgia: #350 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,198 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Ina, so not publishedHITexas: #397 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 2,913 girlsTXFlorida: #299 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,977 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Kentucky#164 · 1 in 917
  2. North Dakota#181 · 1 in 1,071
  3. Oklahoma#187 · 1 in 1,073
  4. Arkansas#214 · 1 in 1,132
  5. Utah#219 · 1 in 1,204

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Kentucky#164321 in 917
North Dakota#18151 in 1,071
Oklahoma#187191 in 1,073
Arkansas#214181 in 1,132
Utah#21951 in 1,204
Missouri#225191 in 1,703
Tennessee#248191 in 1,649
Massachusetts#259121 in 3,156
Alabama#260181 in 1,838
North Carolina#264201 in 2,096
Virginia#265141 in 2,086
Mississippi#273141 in 1,739
Washington#27671 in 2,321
West Virginia#28881 in 2,570
Florida#29991 in 1,977
Maryland#30061 in 2,950
Indiana#30991 in 3,551
New York#311331 in 3,426
New Jersey#313101 in 3,568
Michigan#339131 in 4,287
Georgia#350111 in 3,198
Ohio#357151 in 4,391
Louisiana#36891 in 2,918
Minnesota#36951 in 5,078
Texas#397231 in 2,913
Illinois#418131 in 5,424
Pennsylvania#478111 in 8,187
California#510111 in 6,275
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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 1942

girls
#337
426 births · 1 in 3,171 girls

Top girls' names in 1942

  1. #1Mary63,256
  2. #2Barbara44,739
  3. #3Patricia39,465
  4. #4Linda31,613
  5. #5Carol30,272
  6. #6Sandra24,994
  7. #7Judith24,792
  8. #8Nancy23,327
  9. #9Betty21,659
  10. #10Carolyn19,978
  11. #337Ina426
More about 1942

girls

1,350,719 girls got a published name in 1942; 1 in 3,171 of them was named Ina, which outranked 93.7% of the 5,378 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ina
  1. #334Gracie434
  2. #335Christina433
  3. #336Lorene429
  4. #337Ina426
  5. #338Willa421
  6. #339Jewel419
  7. #340Mona418
Biggest movers since 1941
Risers
  1. 3,567Michal#4,420#853
  2. 1,885Merrily#2,397#512
  3. 1,081Merrilee#1,954#873
  4. 783Jerrilyn#1,610#827
  5. 760Candace#1,418#658
Fallers
  1. 354Rebekah#924#1,278
  2. 350Leatha#830#1,180
  3. 307Nella#993#1,300
  4. 272Arla#934#1,206
  5. 262Vivien#735#997

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

See the top 100 for 1942