Inga

#9,457 for girls in 2025, 10 births

Peak · girls
#368
1889 · 43 births
Debut · girls
1880
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
4,127
since 1880

Inga over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Inga has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201881peak #368, 1889girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#9,45710
2024#8,44312
2023#8,98911
2022#5,46523
2021#5,39823
2020#8,40612
2019#8,13813
2018#5,78521
2017#4,57630
2016#6,18620
2015#5,83322
2014#5,45624
2013#6,01721
2012#6,34120
2011#6,14821
2010#6,90418
2009#7,06618
2008#10,08411
2007#7,39417
2006#5,23326
2005#7,89114
2004#7,82814
2003#6,88516
2002#7,44414
2001#6,61916
2000#8,02712
1999#5,66118
1998#5,58318
1997#9,0179
1996#5,28018
1995#7,04112
1994#5,44517
1993#5,20618
1992#4,84920
1991#4,49722
1990#4,86819
1989#4,24822
1988#4,49619
1987#3,62424
1986#4,72416
1985#3,41925
1984#2,78132
1983#2,55235
1982#2,36941
1981#2,37541
1980#2,04351
1979#1,77061
1978#2,19142
1977#2,38137
1976#1,88348
1975#2,09741
1974#1,61658
1973#1,39970
1972#1,24883
1971#1,25388
1970#1,099107
1969#1,007115
1968#1,47359
1967#1,47857
1966#1,47456
1965#1,50055
1964#1,49757
1963#1,44959
1962#1,45658
1961#1,64047
1960#1,67345
1959#1,64344
1958#1,87234
1957#1,80836
1956#1,79635
1955#2,06327
1954#2,37821
1953#2,17323
1952#2,50218
1951#3,28411
1950#3,05212
1949#2,06922
1948#2,00823
1947#2,27919
1946#2,59714
1945#3,3888
1944#2,09617
1943#2,55813
1942#2,98610
1941#3,2528
1940#2,73710
1939#3,1458
1938#2,11315
1937#3,1468
1936#2,38612
1935#2,73110
1934#2,28913
1933#2,54011
1932#1,81719
1931#2,02416
1930#1,66123
1929#2,01117
1928#2,19416
1927#2,02619
1926#1,72124
1925#1,94620
1924#2,30816
1923#1,78223
1922#2,02719
1921#1,57728
1920#1,40732
1919#1,21638
1918#1,41130
1917#1,30731
1916#1,01346
1915#1,07539
1914#90142
1913#1,04027
1912#97827
1911#95821
1910#79429
1909#1,05215
1908#91219
1907#71028
1906#79321
1905#71325
1904#77321
1903#57432
1902#68824
1901#57729
1900#60534
1899#46739
1898#44846
1897#47736
1896#46738
1895#49335
1894#44240
1893#40843
1892#38747
1891#42335
1890#39741
1889#36843
1888#45829
1887#41228
1886#47621
1885#38628
1884#47918
1883#53613
1882#50713
1881#43415
1880#6288
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Inga was already there! It came in at #628, and was given to 8 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1880, when fewer than 9 girls a year got the name.

See more about Inga
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 1,014 spots since 2024 (#8,443 → #9,457)
  • 1,051 spots since 2020 (#8,406 → #9,457)
  • 3,624 spots since 2015 (#5,833 → #9,457)
  • Biggest jump: 258 spots in 1910 (#1,052 → #794)
  • Biggest drop: 202 spots in 1908 (#710 → #912)
Rise & fade · girls
9 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1889 at #368 (43 births)
  • Births halved by 1904, 15 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 33 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 33 yrs · run 1880–1908
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,148
  • Highest: 1 in 4,148 girls born in 1889 were named Inga (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 160,727 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 15.4% of all girls named Inga (635) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s216#368 (1889)#468
1890s400#387 (1892)#441
1900s248#574 (1903)#740
1910s330#794 (1910)#1,069
1920s214#1,407 (1920)#1,900
1930s135#1,661 (1930)#2,385
1940s144#2,008 (1948)#2,597
1950s261#1,643 (1959)#2,257
1960s608#1,007 (1969)#1,465
1970s635#1,099 (1970)#1,694
1980s306#2,043 (1980)#3,263
1990s171#4,497 (1991)#5,745
2000s158#5,233 (2006)#7,447
2010s210#4,576 (2017)#6,138
2020s91#5,398 (2021)#7,693

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.

Inga in 1881

girls
#434
15 births · 1 in 6,130 girls

Top girls' names in 1881

  1. #1Mary6,919
  2. #2Anna2,698
  3. #3Emma2,034
  4. #4Elizabeth1,852
  5. #5Margaret1,658
  6. #6Minnie1,653
  7. #7Ida1,439
  8. #8Annie1,326
  9. #9Bertha1,324
  10. #10Alice1,308
  11. #434Inga15
More about 1881

girls

91,953 girls got a published name in 1881; 1 in 6,130 of them was named Inga, which outranked 53.7% of the 938 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Inga
  1. #418Sidney16
  2. #418Sophronia16
  3. #418Tilda16
  4. #434Inga15
  5. #434Albina15
  6. #434Arvilla15
  7. #434Aurelia15
  8. #447Adell14
  9. #447Berta14
  10. #447Celeste14

Tied with 12 names at #434; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1880
Risers
  1. ↑ 431Isa#836 → #405
  2. ↑ 389Opal#836 → #447
  3. ↑ 345Natalie#836 → #491
  4. ↑ 304Arvilla#738 → #434
  5. ↑ 304Lauretta#738 → #434
Fallers
  1. ↓ 381Avis#449 → #830
  2. ↓ 365Clementine#375 → #740
  3. ↓ 364Eleanore#466 → #830
  4. ↓ 364Lonnie#466 → #830
  5. ↓ 319Luvenia#421 → #740

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

See the top 100 for 1881 →