Ina
Ina was given to 66 girls in 2025, #2,627 among girls’ names; 34,139 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 8,750 Americans named Ina and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (26% of everyone recorded); the median is 71 years old and half are between 52 and 82.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Ina by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Ina mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Ina is “a female given name from Latin.”
Short form of given names ending in -ina, e.g. Georgina, Christina, Wilhelmina.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Ina?
#2,627 among girls’ names, 2025
Ina rose from #3,042 in 2015 to #2,627 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 31.4 to 41.1 per million.
751 babies in 1921, the peak
Ina peaked in 1921, when 751 babies were given it (745 girls, #242 among girls’ names). The 66 births of 2025 are 9% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 66 | #2,627 | 0.04 |
| 2024 | 66 | #2,646 | 0.04 |
| 2023 | 38 | #3,934 | 0.02 |
| 2022 | 45 | #3,501 | 0.03 |
| 2021 | 38 | #3,900 | 0.02 |
| 2020 | 48 | #3,244 | 0.03 |
| 2019 | 41 | #3,683 | 0.02 |
| 2018 | 66 | #2,624 | 0.04 |
| 2017 | 57 | #2,911 | 0.03 |
| 2016 | 51 | #3,199 | 0.03 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 56 | #3,042 | 0.03 |
| 2014 | 44 | #3,558 | 0.02 |
| 2013 | 43 | #3,601 | 0.02 |
| 2012 | 41 | #3,809 | 0.02 |
| 2011 | 37 | #4,026 | 0.02 |
| 2010 | 31 | #4,655 | 0.02 |
| 2009 | 36 | #4,220 | 0.02 |
| 2008 | 37 | #4,214 | 0.02 |
| 2007 | 46 | #3,552 | 0.02 |
| 2006 | 33 | #4,392 | 0.02 |
| 2005 | 31 | #4,405 | 0.02 |
| 2004 | 37 | #3,845 | 0.02 |
| 2003 | 35 | #3,901 | 0.02 |
| 2002 | 42 | #3,293 | 0.02 |
| 2001 | 39 | #3,439 | 0.02 |
| 2000 | 39 | #3,414 | 0.02 |
| 1999 | 41 | #3,156 | 0.02 |
| 1998 | 39 | #3,186 | 0.02 |
| 1997 | 36 | #3,248 | 0.02 |
| 1996 | 25 | #4,228 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 40 | #2,938 | 0.02 |
| 1994 | 34 | #3,316 | 0.02 |
| 1993 | 25 | #4,141 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 30 | #3,604 | 0.02 |
| 1991 | 35 | #3,168 | 0.02 |
| 1990 | 35 | #3,173 | 0.02 |
| 1989 | 39 | #2,827 | 0.02 |
| 1988 | 39 | #2,709 | 0.02 |
| 1987 | 37 | #2,678 | 0.02 |
| 1986 | 39 | #2,530 | 0.02 |
| 1985 | 41 | #2,412 | 0.02 |
| 1984 | 41 | #2,351 | 0.02 |
| 1983 | 34 | #2,609 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 47 | #2,162 | 0.03 |
| 1981 | 48 | #2,131 | 0.03 |
| 1980 | 50 | #2,077 | 0.03 |
| 1979 | 58 | #1,838 | 0.04 |
| 1978 | 65 | #1,642 | 0.04 |
| 1977 | 52 | #1,910 | 0.03 |
| 1976 | 58 | #1,687 | 0.04 |
| 1975 | 69 | #1,489 | 0.05 |
| 1974 | 82 | #1,303 | 0.06 |
| 1973 | 78 | #1,307 | 0.05 |
| 1972 | 70 | #1,407 | 0.05 |
| 1971 | 78 | #1,369 | 0.05 |
| 1970 | 94 | #1,202 | 0.05 |
| 1969 | 105 | #1,082 | 0.06 |
| 1968 | 101 | #1,035 | 0.06 |
| 1967 | 86 | #1,143 | 0.05 |
| 1966 | 126 | #897 | 0.07 |
| 1965 | 129 | #879 | 0.07 |
| 1964 | 124 | #946 | 0.07 |
| 1963 | 138 | #893 | 0.07 |
| 1962 | 144 | #874 | 0.07 |
| 1961 | 151 | #867 | 0.07 |
| 1960 | 149 | #851 | 0.07 |
| 1959 | 172 | #777 | 0.09 |
| 1958 | 175 | #751 | 0.09 |
| 1957 | 177 | #748 | 0.09 |
| 1956 | 226 | #634 | 0.11 |
| 1955 | 207 | #647 | 0.11 |
| 1954 | 245 | #571 | 0.13 |
| 1953 | 235 | #575 | 0.12 |
| 1952 | 261 | #523 | 0.14 |
| 1951 | 246 | #532 | 0.14 |
| 1950 | 266 | #492 | 0.16 |
| 1949 | 351 | #419 | 0.21 |
| 1948 | 324 | #441 | 0.19 |
| 1947 | 360 | #428 | 0.20 |
| 1946 | 340 | #415 | 0.22 |
| 1945 | 342 | #382 | 0.26 |
| 1944 | 347 | #380 | 0.26 |
| 1943 | 448 | #333 | 0.32 |
| 1942 | 426 | #337 | 0.32 |
| 1941 | 410 | #324 | 0.34 |
| 1940 | 423 | #307 | 0.37 |
| 1939 | 466 | #289 | 0.42 |
| 1938 | 489 | #284 | 0.44 |
| 1937 | 514 | #276 | 0.48 |
| 1936 | 531 | #262 | 0.51 |
| 1935 | 528 | #268 | 0.50 |
| 1934 | 571 | #262 | 0.55 |
| 1933 | 542 | #263 | 0.54 |
| 1932 | 654 | #242 | 0.61 |
| 1931 | 616 | #245 | 0.58 |
| 1930 | 623 | #249 | 0.55 |
| 1929 | 677 | #232 | 0.61 |
| 1928 | 612 | #261 | 0.53 |
| 1927 | 624 | #264 | 0.52 |
| 1926 | 677 | #253 | 0.57 |
| 1925 | 737 | #244 | 0.61 |
| 1924 | 700 | #250 | 0.56 |
| 1923 | 621 | #259 | 0.51 |
| 1922 | 689 | #248 | 0.57 |
| 1921 | 745 | #242 | 0.60 |
| 1920 | 683 | #251 | 0.57 |
| 1919 | 710 | #238 | 0.63 |
| 1918 | 707 | #240 | 0.61 |
| 1917 | 691 | #237 | 0.64 |
| 1916 | 671 | #238 | 0.64 |
| 1915 | 705 | #223 | 0.72 |
| 1914 | 495 | #239 | 0.65 |
| 1913 | 469 | #221 | 0.75 |
| 1912 | 419 | #219 | 0.75 |
| 1911 | 306 | #226 | 0.73 |
| 1910 | 296 | #216 | 0.75 |
| 1909 | 287 | #200 | 0.83 |
| 1908 | 299 | #189 | 0.89 |
| 1907 | 289 | #189 | 0.91 |
| 1906 | 262 | #189 | 0.89 |
| 1905 | 283 | #179 | 1.0 |
| 1904 | 230 | #196 | 0.84 |
| 1903 | 256 | #181 | 1.0 |
| 1902 | 224 | #194 | 0.85 |
| 1901 | 249 | #177 | 1.0 |
| 1900 | 288 | #182 | 1.0 |
| 1899 | 243 | #176 | 1.0 |
| 1898 | 297 | #168 | 1.1 |
| 1897 | 262 | #170 | 1.1 |
| 1896 | 238 | #177 | 1.0 |
| 1895 | 220 | #179 | 0.94 |
| 1894 | 242 | #166 | 1.1 |
| 1893 | 248 | #158 | 1.2 |
| 1892 | 216 | #171 | 1.0 |
| 1891 | 216 | #158 | 1.2 |
| 1890 | 215 | #165 | 1.1 |
| 1889 | 209 | #150 | 1.2 |
| 1888 | 206 | #153 | 1.2 |
| 1887 | 178 | #145 | 1.2 |
| 1886 | 149 | #157 | 1.0 |
| 1885 | 126 | #164 | 0.95 |
| 1884 | 134 | #154 | 1.0 |
| 1883 | 113 | #158 | 1.0 |
| 1882 | 104 | #157 | 1.0 |
| 1881 | 108 | #145 | 1.2 |
| 1880 | 79 | #167 | 0.87 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Ina a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Ina has been given almost only to girls: 65 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Ina: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Ina, and how old are they?
8,750 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 26% of the 34,139 Americans ever recorded as Ina. The median Ina alive today is 71 years old; half are between 52 and 82.
The 2020 Census counted 11,921 people named Ina (11,841 women and girls, 80 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 10,918 born in the U.S. The Census count is 9% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 2,440 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 3,220 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,200 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 582 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 593 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 655 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Ina born?
The states with the most babies named Ina are Texas, Kentucky and Tennessee, with 21% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Kentucky and Tennessee are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 2,016 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Kentucky | 1,516 | not ranked | 2.2× |
| Tennessee | 1,457 | not ranked | 2.0× |
| New York | 1,410 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| North Carolina | 1,098 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Illinois | 1,086 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Missouri | 1,059 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Oklahoma | 1,007 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Ohio | 947 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| California | 935 | #1,384 | 0.7× |
Where Ina is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Ina is most over-represented in Kentucky: since 1910 it was given 2.2 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Ina with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 67,598 babies since 1880, Ina is the most given (51% of them). In 2025 it was given to 66 of their 617 babies (11%), the second most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Ina
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Ina and names like it
- Compare Ina and IonaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sIna peaked in 1921.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Ina since 1910.
- Latin namesWiktionary’s origin for Ina: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1921The year the most babies were named Ina.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Ina alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with IMost given first.