Inga
Inga was given to 10 girls in 2025, #9,711 among girls’ names; 4,127 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,370 Americans named Inga and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (58% of everyone recorded); the median is 52 years old and half are between 35 and 61.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Inga by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Inga mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Inga is “a female given name from Old Norse.”
From Danish, Norwegian, Swedish Inga etc., all from Old Norse Inga.
/ˈɪŋɡə/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Inga?
#9,711 among girls’ names, 2025
Inga fell from #5,904 in 2015 to #9,711 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 12.3 to 6.2 per million.
115 babies in 1969, the peak
Inga peaked in 1969, when 115 girls were given it, #1,012 among girls’ names. The 10 births of 2025 are 9% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,711 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,642 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 11 | #9,232 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 23 | #5,530 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 23 | #5,460 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,609 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,300 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 21 | #5,862 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 30 | #4,610 | 0.02 |
| 2016 | 20 | #6,266 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 22 | #5,904 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 24 | #5,534 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 21 | #6,105 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 20 | #6,431 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 21 | #6,219 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 18 | #7,028 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 18 | #7,164 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,343 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,515 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 26 | #5,292 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 14 | #8,053 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,974 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 16 | #6,996 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 14 | #7,564 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,738 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,213 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 18 | #5,742 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 18 | #5,661 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,310 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 18 | #5,366 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,211 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 17 | #5,539 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 18 | #5,289 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 20 | #4,916 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 22 | #4,545 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 19 | #4,927 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 22 | #4,286 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 19 | #4,539 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 24 | #3,665 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 16 | #4,806 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 25 | #3,453 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 32 | #2,803 | 0.02 |
| 1983 | 35 | #2,564 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 41 | #2,386 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 41 | #2,387 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 51 | #2,053 | 0.03 |
| 1979 | 61 | #1,781 | 0.04 |
| 1978 | 42 | #2,206 | 0.03 |
| 1977 | 37 | #2,390 | 0.02 |
| 1976 | 48 | #1,891 | 0.03 |
| 1975 | 41 | #2,108 | 0.03 |
| 1974 | 58 | #1,623 | 0.04 |
| 1973 | 70 | #1,409 | 0.05 |
| 1972 | 83 | #1,250 | 0.05 |
| 1971 | 88 | #1,256 | 0.05 |
| 1970 | 107 | #1,101 | 0.06 |
| 1969 | 115 | #1,012 | 0.07 |
| 1968 | 59 | #1,480 | 0.04 |
| 1967 | 57 | #1,484 | 0.03 |
| 1966 | 56 | #1,480 | 0.03 |
| 1965 | 55 | #1,503 | 0.03 |
| 1964 | 57 | #1,506 | 0.03 |
| 1963 | 59 | #1,450 | 0.03 |
| 1962 | 58 | #1,465 | 0.03 |
| 1961 | 47 | #1,647 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 45 | #1,681 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 44 | #1,653 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 34 | #1,884 | 0.02 |
| 1957 | 36 | #1,819 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 35 | #1,810 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 27 | #2,081 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 21 | #2,402 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 23 | #2,198 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 18 | #2,534 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 11 | #3,365 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 12 | #3,131 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 22 | #2,089 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 23 | #2,034 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 19 | #2,306 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 14 | #2,659 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 8 | #3,498 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 17 | #2,141 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 13 | #2,620 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 10 | #3,075 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 8 | #3,372 | 0.01 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,831 | 0.01 |
| 1939 | 8 | #3,263 | 0.01 |
| 1938 | 15 | #2,162 | 0.01 |
| 1937 | 8 | #3,272 | 0.01 |
| 1936 | 12 | #2,435 | 0.01 |
| 1935 | 10 | #2,817 | 0.01 |
| 1934 | 13 | #2,351 | 0.01 |
| 1933 | 11 | #2,603 | 0.01 |
| 1932 | 19 | #1,839 | 0.02 |
| 1931 | 16 | #2,059 | 0.02 |
| 1930 | 23 | #1,679 | 0.02 |
| 1929 | 17 | #2,047 | 0.02 |
| 1928 | 16 | #2,234 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 19 | #2,064 | 0.02 |
| 1926 | 24 | #1,748 | 0.02 |
| 1925 | 20 | #1,967 | 0.02 |
| 1924 | 16 | #2,358 | 0.01 |
| 1923 | 23 | #1,800 | 0.02 |
| 1922 | 19 | #2,058 | 0.02 |
| 1921 | 28 | #1,592 | 0.02 |
| 1920 | 32 | #1,422 | 0.03 |
| 1919 | 38 | #1,224 | 0.03 |
| 1918 | 30 | #1,425 | 0.03 |
| 1917 | 31 | #1,319 | 0.03 |
| 1916 | 46 | #1,016 | 0.04 |
| 1915 | 39 | #1,084 | 0.04 |
| 1914 | 42 | #907 | 0.06 |
| 1913 | 27 | #1,053 | 0.04 |
| 1912 | 27 | #988 | 0.05 |
| 1911 | 21 | #970 | 0.05 |
| 1910 | 29 | #801 | 0.07 |
| 1909 | 15 | #1,081 | 0.04 |
| 1908 | 19 | #926 | 0.06 |
| 1907 | 28 | #718 | 0.09 |
| 1906 | 21 | #809 | 0.07 |
| 1905 | 25 | #719 | 0.09 |
| 1904 | 21 | #788 | 0.08 |
| 1903 | 32 | #584 | 0.12 |
| 1902 | 24 | #701 | 0.09 |
| 1901 | 29 | #582 | 0.12 |
| 1900 | 34 | #606 | 0.11 |
| 1899 | 39 | #473 | 0.17 |
| 1898 | 46 | #452 | 0.18 |
| 1897 | 36 | #481 | 0.15 |
| 1896 | 38 | #473 | 0.16 |
| 1895 | 35 | #495 | 0.15 |
| 1894 | 40 | #443 | 0.18 |
| 1893 | 43 | #409 | 0.20 |
| 1892 | 47 | #387 | 0.22 |
| 1891 | 35 | #424 | 0.19 |
| 1890 | 41 | #398 | 0.22 |
| 1889 | 43 | #368 | 0.24 |
| 1888 | 29 | #460 | 0.16 |
| 1887 | 28 | #415 | 0.19 |
| 1886 | 21 | #483 | 0.15 |
| 1885 | 28 | #387 | 0.21 |
| 1884 | 18 | #489 | 0.14 |
| 1883 | 13 | #551 | 0.12 |
| 1882 | 13 | #519 | 0.12 |
| 1881 | 15 | #438 | 0.16 |
| 1880 | 8 | #650 | 0.09 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Inga a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Inga has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 146 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Inga: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Inga, and how old are they?
2,370 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 58% of the 4,127 Americans ever recorded as Inga. The median Inga alive today is 52 years old; half are between 35 and 61.
The 2020 Census counted 4,193 people named Inga (4,180 women and girls, 13 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,401 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1.7 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 62 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 488 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 951 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 370 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 259 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 240 |
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 Inga born?
The states with the most babies named Inga are California, Minnesota and New York, with 50% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Minnesota is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 145 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Minnesota | 105 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| New York | 101 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| North Dakota | 68 | not ranked | 4.4× |
| Illinois | 46 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Florida | 41 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| District of Columbia | 34 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Wisconsin | 29 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Texas | 19 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| New Jersey | 17 | not ranked | 0.2× |
Where Inga is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Inga is most over-represented in Minnesota: since 1910 it was given 1.5 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 Inga 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 2 names spelled alike, given to 4,844 babies since 1880, Inga is the most given (85% of them).
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 Inga
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 Inga and names like it
- Compare Inga and IngeBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sInga peaked in 1969.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Inga since 1910.
- The top names of 1969The year the most babies were named Inga.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Inga alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with IMost given first.