Inger — girls' name

What the Data Says About Inger

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,367 babies named Inger between 1888 and 1986, spanning 99 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Inger currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1986. The name reached its historical peak in 1966, when 118 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Inger performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 627 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Inger shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 113 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Inger in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Inger 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 1,367 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.