Inger
- Last seen for girls in 1986 at #10,912
- Peak · girls
- 1966 · 118 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,372since 1888
Inger over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Inger has never cracked the top 900 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| rank | births | |
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| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 |
| 1985 | #6,955 | 9 |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 |
| 1983 | #5,824 | 11 |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | #7,409 | 8 |
| 1980 | #4,327 | 17 |
| 1979 | #3,777 | 20 |
| 1978 | #4,242 | 16 |
| 1977 | #3,612 | 20 |
| 1976 | #2,865 | 26 |
| 1975 | #2,743 | 27 |
| 1974 | #2,497 | 30 |
| 1973 | #2,565 | 28 |
| 1972 | #2,311 | 32 |
| 1971 | #1,500 | 67 |
| 1970 | #1,369 | 76 |
| 1969 | #1,667 | 52 |
| 1968 | #1,539 | 55 |
| 1967 | #1,460 | 58 |
| 1966 | #929 | 118 |
| 1965 | #1,042 | 101 |
| 1964 | #1,047 | 107 |
| 1963 | #1,787 | 42 |
| 1962 | #1,826 | 39 |
| 1961 | #2,150 | 30 |
| 1960 | #2,369 | 25 |
| 1959 | #2,054 | 30 |
| 1958 | #2,755 | 18 |
| 1957 | #2,823 | 17 |
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 |
| 1955 | #4,740 | 7 |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 |
| 1953 | #3,480 | 11 |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 |
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 |
| 1950 | — | |
| 1949 | — | |
| 1948 | #4,205 | 7 |
| 1947 | — | |
| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 |
| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 |
| 1944 | — | |
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| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 |
| 1940 | — | |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 |
| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 |
| 1933 | — | |
| 1932 | #3,568 | 7 |
| 1931 | #3,497 | 7 |
| 1930 | #4,047 | 6 |
| 1929 | — | |
| 1928 | #3,436 | 8 |
| 1927 | #3,875 | 7 |
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 |
| 1925 | #3,116 | 10 |
| 1924 | #3,393 | 9 |
| 1923 | #3,971 | 7 |
| 1922 | #4,445 | 6 |
| 1921 | — | |
| 1920 | — | |
| 1919 | #3,219 | 9 |
| 1918 | #2,674 | 12 |
| 1917 | #2,879 | 10 |
| 1916 | #3,031 | 9 |
| 1915 | #3,795 | 6 |
| 1914 | #2,876 | 7 |
| 1913 | #2,331 | 8 |
| 1912 | — | |
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 |
| 1906 | — | |
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| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,793 | 5 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,394 | 6 |
| 1898 | #1,379 | 7 |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,122 | 9 |
| 1895 | #1,299 | 7 |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,437 | 5 |
| 1892 | #1,278 | 6 |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | #1,099 | 7 |
| 1889 | #1,279 | 5 |
| 1888 | #1,276 | 5 |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1888
The first year at least five girls were named Inger! It came in at #1,276, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1891, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Inger is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Inger in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Inger
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1986
- Biggest jump: 113 spots in 1966
- Biggest drop: 531 spots in 1967
Rise & fade · girls
78 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1888
- Peaked 1966 at #929 (118 births)
- Births halved by 1967, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1966
Share of babies · girls
1 in 14,340
- Highest: 1 in 14,340 girls born in 1966 were named Inger (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 343,109 girls born in 1986 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
- 45.7% of all girls named Inger (627) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 10 | #1,276 (1888) | #1,278 |
| 1890s | 47 | #1,099 (1890) | #1,287 |
| 1900s | 10 | #1,793 (1902) | #1,927 |
| 1910s | 66 | #2,331 (1913) | #2,909 |
| 1920s | 53 | #3,116 (1925) | #3,792 |
| 1930s | 30 | #3,497 (1931) | #3,920 |
| 1940s | 23 | #4,025 (1945) | #4,403 |
| 1950s | 106 | #2,054 (1959) | #4,098 |
| 1960s | 627 | #929 (1966) | #1,582 |
| 1970s | 342 | #1,369 (1970) | #2,748 |
| 1980s | 58 | #4,327 (1980) | #7,138 |
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.
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