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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201906peak #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.

Where Ida is popular in 1906

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

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 1906

girls
#43
1,753 births · 1 in 168 girls
boys
#1,111
6 births · 1 in 22,192 boys

Top girls' names in 1906

  1. #1Mary16,370
  2. #2Helen7,176
  3. #3Margaret6,096
  4. #4Anna5,502
  5. #5Ruth5,140
  6. #6Dorothy4,326
  7. #7Elizabeth4,320
  8. #8Alice4,192
  9. #9Mildred3,873
  10. #10Florence3,691
  11. #43Ida1,753

Top boys' names in 1906

  1. #1John8,264
  2. #2William6,566
  3. #3James5,908
  4. #4George4,201
  5. #5Robert3,635
  6. #6Charles3,607
  7. #7Joseph3,527
  8. #8Frank2,798
  9. #9Edward2,398
  10. #10Thomas2,176
  11. #1,111Ida6
More about 1906

girls

295,297 girls got a published name in 1906; 1 in 168 of them was named Ida, which outranked 98.1% of the 2,220 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ida
  1. #40Elsie1,771
  2. #41Agnes1,758
  3. #41Eva1,758
  4. #43Ida1,753
  5. #44Sarah1,697
  6. #45Beatrice1,679
  7. #46Lucille1,676
Biggest movers since 1905
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,036Lavera#1,931 → #895
  2. ↑ 1,014Luberta#1,931 → #917
  3. ↑ 1,014Williemae#1,931 → #917
  4. ↑ 851Evelyne#1,696 → #845
  5. ↑ 851Gregoria#1,696 → #845
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,126Dulcie#825 → #1,951
  2. ↓ 1,051Zelpha#900 → #1,951
  3. ↓ 930Sydney#797 → #1,727
  4. ↓ 855Lester#872 → #1,727
  5. ↓ 801Alvira#926 → #1,727

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

boys

133,154 boys got a published name in 1906; 1 in 22,192 of them was named Ida, which outranked 21.4% of the 1,413 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ida
  1. #1,004Wilfrid7
  2. #1,004Woodie7
  3. #1,004Woodrow7
  4. #1,111Ida6
  5. #1,111Acie6
  6. #1,111Albion6
  7. #1,111Aldo6
  8. #1,253Adrien5
  9. #1,253Alger5
  10. #1,253Almond5

Tied with 141 names at #1,111; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1905
Risers
  1. ↑ 665Sheldon#1,233 → #568
  2. ↑ 568Rudy#1,091 → #523
  3. ↑ 530Mac#1,002 → #472
  4. ↑ 524Llewellyn#1,233 → #709
  5. ↑ 524Casey#1,233 → #709
Fallers
  1. ↓ 661Price#592 → #1,253
  2. ↓ 617Foy#636 → #1,253
  3. ↓ 587Benton#666 → #1,253
  4. ↓ 554Cruz#699 → #1,253
  5. ↓ 554Larkin#699 → #1,253

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

See the top 100 for 1906 →