Inga — #8410 US girls' name
4,117 babies named Inga in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1969. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 52% of names given to girls today.
15% of everyone ever named Inga was born in this single decade.
115 babies were named Inga in 1969 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Inga
The Social Security Administration has registered 4,117 babies named Inga between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Inga currently holds the #8410 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1969, when 115 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Inga performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 635 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Inga shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 145 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Minnesota and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Inga in 20 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Inga in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 4,117 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Inga at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Inga popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (1969)
- 115
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #8410 among girls.
4,117 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1969 with 115 births in a single year.
Inga by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 635 births that decade — 15% of Inga's all-time total
Inga decade highlights
- Peak decade 635 births
- Runner-up 608 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Inga's strongest decade
635 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 15% of all-time use.
Inga by state
Where Inga concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 145 | 3.5% |
| #2 | Minnesota | | 105 | 2.6% |
| #3 | New York | | 101 | 2.5% |
| #4 | North Dakota | | 68 | 1.7% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 46 | 1.1% |
| #6 | Florida | | 41 | 1.0% |
| #7 | District of Columbia | | 34 | 0.8% |
| #8 | Wisconsin | | 29 | 0.7% |
145 of 4,117 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 20 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 3.5% of nationwide
- Minnesota 2.6% of nationwide
- New York 2.5% of nationwide
- North Dakota 1.7% of nationwide
- Illinois 1.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 20 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Inga appears in 20 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1880–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.