Inger
Inger was last recorded in 1986, when 5 babies were given it; 1,372 Americans have been recorded with it between 1888 and 1986 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,030 Americans named Inger and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (75% of everyone recorded); the median is 59 years old and half are between 55 and 62.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Inger by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Inger mean?
Wiktionary, French section
Inger is “a female given name”
From Ingegerd and Ingrid.
Meaning: Wiktionary, French section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Inger?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #11,578, in 1986; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
118 babies in 1966, the peak
Inger peaked in 1966, when 118 girls were given it, #932 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 5 | #11,578 | 2.9 |
| 1985 | 9 | #7,162 | 5.2 |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,640 | 4.8 |
| 1983 | 11 | #5,945 | 6.6 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,647 | 4.8 |
| 1980 | 17 | #4,392 | 10.2 |
| 1979 | 20 | #3,815 | 12.5 |
| 1978 | 16 | #4,332 | 10.4 |
| 1977 | 20 | #3,668 | 13.0 |
| 1976 | 26 | #2,891 | 17.7 |
Every recorded year (70)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 27 | #2,763 | 18.5 |
| 1974 | 30 | #2,518 | 20.4 |
| 1973 | 28 | #2,588 | 19.2 |
| 1972 | 32 | #2,329 | 21.0 |
| 1971 | 67 | #1,504 | 40.3 |
| 1970 | 76 | #1,374 | 43.5 |
| 1969 | 52 | #1,674 | 30.8 |
| 1968 | 55 | #1,545 | 33.5 |
| 1967 | 58 | #1,467 | 35.1 |
| 1966 | 118 | #932 | 69.7 |
| 1965 | 101 | #1,046 | 57.2 |
| 1964 | 107 | #1,048 | 56.5 |
| 1963 | 42 | #1,795 | 21.8 |
| 1962 | 39 | #1,838 | 19.8 |
| 1961 | 30 | #2,167 | 14.9 |
| 1960 | 25 | #2,397 | 12.4 |
| 1959 | 30 | #2,071 | 14.8 |
| 1958 | 18 | #2,794 | 8.9 |
| 1957 | 17 | #2,854 | 8.3 |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,542 | 3.0 |
| 1955 | 7 | #4,906 | 3.6 |
| 1954 | 5 | #6,083 | 2.6 |
| 1953 | 11 | #3,557 | 5.8 |
| 1952 | 5 | #5,896 | 2.7 |
| 1951 | 7 | #4,550 | 3.9 |
| 1948 | 7 | #4,358 | 4.1 |
| 1946 | 5 | #5,240 | 3.2 |
| 1945 | 6 | #4,237 | 4.6 |
| 1941 | 5 | #4,678 | 4.1 |
| 1935 | 5 | #4,498 | 4.8 |
| 1934 | 5 | #4,580 | 4.8 |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,730 | 6.6 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,656 | 6.6 |
| 1930 | 6 | #4,268 | 5.3 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,581 | 6.9 |
| 1927 | 7 | #4,039 | 5.9 |
| 1926 | 6 | #4,541 | 5.1 |
| 1925 | 10 | #3,219 | 8.2 |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,502 | 7.2 |
| 1923 | 7 | #4,155 | 5.8 |
| 1922 | 6 | #4,691 | 5.0 |
| 1919 | 9 | #3,316 | 8.0 |
| 1918 | 12 | #2,743 | 10.4 |
| 1917 | 10 | #2,967 | 9.2 |
| 1916 | 9 | #3,135 | 8.6 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,991 | 6.1 |
| 1914 | 7 | #3,021 | 9.2 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,430 | 12.8 |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,650 | 12.0 |
| 1907 | 5 | #2,201 | 15.7 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,903 | 18.9 |
| 1899 | 6 | #1,487 | 25.7 |
| 1898 | 7 | #1,431 | 27.1 |
| 1896 | 9 | #1,166 | 37.8 |
| 1895 | 7 | #1,357 | 30.0 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,526 | 23.5 |
| 1892 | 6 | #1,353 | 28.3 |
| 1890 | 7 | #1,140 | 36.8 |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,372 | 28.0 |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,371 | 28.0 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Inger a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Inger has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 70 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Inger: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Inger, and how old are they?
1,030 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 75% of the 1,372 Americans ever recorded as Inger. The median Inger alive today is 59 years old; half are between 55 and 62.
The 2020 Census counted 1,660 people named Inger (1,645 women and girls, 15 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,082 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1.5 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 | 10 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 303 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 680 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 40 |
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 Inger born?
The states with the most babies named Inger are California, New York and Michigan, with 60% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 113 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| New York | 81 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Michigan | 34 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Texas | 26 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Louisiana | 23 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Alabama | 19 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Illinois | 18 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Georgia | 12 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Florida | 10 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| New Jersey | 10 | not ranked | 0.2× |
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 Inger with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
More about Inger and names like it
- The most given names of the 1960sInger peaked in 1966.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Inger since 1910.
- French namesWiktionary’s origin for Inger: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1966The year the most babies were named Inger.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Inger alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with IMost given first.