Inga
#9,457 for girls in 2025, 10 births
- Peak · girls
- 1889 · 43 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,127since 1880
Inga over time
Rank among girls' names. Inga has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #9,457 | 10 |
| 2024 | #8,443 | 12 |
| 2023 | #8,989 | 11 |
| 2022 | #5,465 | 23 |
| 2021 | #5,398 | 23 |
| 2020 | #8,406 | 12 |
| 2019 | #8,138 | 13 |
| 2018 | #5,785 | 21 |
| 2017 | #4,576 | 30 |
| 2016 | #6,186 | 20 |
| 2015 | #5,833 | 22 |
| 2014 | #5,456 | 24 |
| 2013 | #6,017 | 21 |
| 2012 | #6,341 | 20 |
| 2011 | #6,148 | 21 |
| 2010 | #6,904 | 18 |
| 2009 | #7,066 | 18 |
| 2008 | #10,084 | 11 |
| 2007 | #7,394 | 17 |
| 2006 | #5,233 | 26 |
| 2005 | #7,891 | 14 |
| 2004 | #7,828 | 14 |
| 2003 | #6,885 | 16 |
| 2002 | #7,444 | 14 |
| 2001 | #6,619 | 16 |
| 2000 | #8,027 | 12 |
| 1999 | #5,661 | 18 |
| 1998 | #5,583 | 18 |
| 1997 | #9,017 | 9 |
| 1996 | #5,280 | 18 |
| 1995 | #7,041 | 12 |
| 1994 | #5,445 | 17 |
| 1993 | #5,206 | 18 |
| 1992 | #4,849 | 20 |
| 1991 | #4,497 | 22 |
| 1990 | #4,868 | 19 |
| 1989 | #4,248 | 22 |
| 1988 | #4,496 | 19 |
| 1987 | #3,624 | 24 |
| 1986 | #4,724 | 16 |
| 1985 | #3,419 | 25 |
| 1984 | #2,781 | 32 |
| 1983 | #2,552 | 35 |
| 1982 | #2,369 | 41 |
| 1981 | #2,375 | 41 |
| 1980 | #2,043 | 51 |
| 1979 | #1,770 | 61 |
| 1978 | #2,191 | 42 |
| 1977 | #2,381 | 37 |
| 1976 | #1,883 | 48 |
| 1975 | #2,097 | 41 |
| 1974 | #1,616 | 58 |
| 1973 | #1,399 | 70 |
| 1972 | #1,248 | 83 |
| 1971 | #1,253 | 88 |
| 1970 | #1,099 | 107 |
| 1969 | #1,007 | 115 |
| 1968 | #1,473 | 59 |
| 1967 | #1,478 | 57 |
| 1966 | #1,474 | 56 |
| 1965 | #1,500 | 55 |
| 1964 | #1,497 | 57 |
| 1963 | #1,449 | 59 |
| 1962 | #1,456 | 58 |
| 1961 | #1,640 | 47 |
| 1960 | #1,673 | 45 |
| 1959 | #1,643 | 44 |
| 1958 | #1,872 | 34 |
| 1957 | #1,808 | 36 |
| 1956 | #1,796 | 35 |
| 1955 | #2,063 | 27 |
| 1954 | #2,378 | 21 |
| 1953 | #2,173 | 23 |
| 1952 | #2,502 | 18 |
| 1951 | #3,284 | 11 |
| 1950 | #3,052 | 12 |
| 1949 | #2,069 | 22 |
| 1948 | #2,008 | 23 |
| 1947 | #2,279 | 19 |
| 1946 | #2,597 | 14 |
| 1945 | #3,388 | 8 |
| 1944 | #2,096 | 17 |
| 1943 | #2,558 | 13 |
| 1942 | #2,986 | 10 |
| 1941 | #3,252 | 8 |
| 1940 | #2,737 | 10 |
| 1939 | #3,145 | 8 |
| 1938 | #2,113 | 15 |
| 1937 | #3,146 | 8 |
| 1936 | #2,386 | 12 |
| 1935 | #2,731 | 10 |
| 1934 | #2,289 | 13 |
| 1933 | #2,540 | 11 |
| 1932 | #1,817 | 19 |
| 1931 | #2,024 | 16 |
| 1930 | #1,661 | 23 |
| 1929 | #2,011 | 17 |
| 1928 | #2,194 | 16 |
| 1927 | #2,026 | 19 |
| 1926 | #1,721 | 24 |
| 1925 | #1,946 | 20 |
| 1924 | #2,308 | 16 |
| 1923 | #1,782 | 23 |
| 1922 | #2,027 | 19 |
| 1921 | #1,577 | 28 |
| 1920 | #1,407 | 32 |
| 1919 | #1,216 | 38 |
| 1918 | #1,411 | 30 |
| 1917 | #1,307 | 31 |
| 1916 | #1,013 | 46 |
| 1915 | #1,075 | 39 |
| 1914 | #901 | 42 |
| 1913 | #1,040 | 27 |
| 1912 | #978 | 27 |
| 1911 | #958 | 21 |
| 1910 | #794 | 29 |
| 1909 | #1,052 | 15 |
| 1908 | #912 | 19 |
| 1907 | #710 | 28 |
| 1906 | #793 | 21 |
| 1905 | #713 | 25 |
| 1904 | #773 | 21 |
| 1903 | #574 | 32 |
| 1902 | #688 | 24 |
| 1901 | #577 | 29 |
| 1900 | #605 | 34 |
| 1899 | #467 | 39 |
| 1898 | #448 | 46 |
| 1897 | #477 | 36 |
| 1896 | #467 | 38 |
| 1895 | #493 | 35 |
| 1894 | #442 | 40 |
| 1893 | #408 | 43 |
| 1892 | #387 | 47 |
| 1891 | #423 | 35 |
| 1890 | #397 | 41 |
| 1889 | #368 | 43 |
| 1888 | #458 | 29 |
| 1887 | #412 | 28 |
| 1886 | #476 | 21 |
| 1885 | #386 | 28 |
| 1884 | #479 | 18 |
| 1883 | #536 | 13 |
| 1882 | #507 | 13 |
| 1881 | #434 | 15 |
| 1880 | #628 | 8 |
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.
Where Inga is popular in 1916
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Dakota#172 · 1 in 834
- North Dakota#225 · 1 in 1,500
- Minnesota#293 · 1 in 2,405
- Wisconsin#349 · 1 in 3,921
Best ever in a state: #91 in Minnesota, 1910.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| South Dakota | #172 | 7 | 1 in 834 |
| North Dakota | #225 | 5 | 1 in 1,500 |
| Minnesota | #293 | 9 | 1 in 2,405 |
| Wisconsin | #349 | 6 | 1 in 3,921 |
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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 Inga
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1889 at #368 (43 births)
- Births halved by 1904, 15 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 33 yrs · run 1880–1908
- 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%)
- 15.4% of all girls named Inga (635) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 216 | #368 (1889) | #468 |
| 1890s | 400 | #387 (1892) | #441 |
| 1900s | 248 | #574 (1903) | #740 |
| 1910s | 330 | #794 (1910) | #1,069 |
| 1920s | 214 | #1,407 (1920) | #1,900 |
| 1930s | 135 | #1,661 (1930) | #2,385 |
| 1940s | 144 | #2,008 (1948) | #2,597 |
| 1950s | 261 | #1,643 (1959) | #2,257 |
| 1960s | 608 | #1,007 (1969) | #1,465 |
| 1970s | 635 | #1,099 (1970) | #1,694 |
| 1980s | 306 | #2,043 (1980) | #3,263 |
| 1990s | 171 | #4,497 (1991) | #5,745 |
| 2000s | 158 | #5,233 (2006) | #7,447 |
| 2010s | 210 | #4,576 (2017) | #6,138 |
| 2020s | 91 | #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 1916
Top girls' names in 1916
More about 1916
girls
1,044,334 girls got a published name in 1916; 1 in 22,703 of them was named Inga, which outranked 80.4% of the 5,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,005Vena47
- #1,005Verlie47
- #1,005Vivien47
- #1,013Inga46
- #1,013Burnice46
- #1,013Gaynell46
- #1,013Helga46
- #1,026Alexandra45
- #1,026Amie45
- #1,026Ardath45
Tied with 12 names at #1,013; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.