Inga

Where Inga comes from

From Danish, Norwegian, Swedish Inga etc., all from Old Norse Inga.
— Wiktionary's entry for Inga
  • Old Norse
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #628 among girls — 8 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1889
    Peak, #368
    43 babies named Inga — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1904
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #773.
  4. 1932
    Inga Swenson born
    American actress
  5. 1981
    Inga Ruginienė born
    Lithuanian politician (LSDP) and Prime Minister
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Old Norse.
Namesakes
  • Inga Ruginienė · Lithuanian politician (LSDP) and Prime Minister, born 1981
  • Inga Swenson · American actress, 1932–2023
  • Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas · Norwegian actor, born 1989
  • Inga Abitova · Russian long-distance runner, born 1982
  • Inga Tidblad · Swedish actress, 1901–1975

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.