Girls' name · since 1959
Ingra
Ingra has 71 recorded births since 1959 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1967 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #30,947 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 71
- born since 1959
- 1960s
- peak decade
71 girls have been named Ingra since 1959, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Ingra has 71 recorded births among girls since 1959, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1959 to 1974.
- #30,947 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 71 born since 1959
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ingra ranks #30,947 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 71 born since 1959, peaking in the 1960s.
- #30,947 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 71
- born since 1959
- 1960s
- peak decade
Ingra's 71 recorded births place it above 57.08% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ingra's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ingra splits its recorded history at 1969: 46% of all births land in the more recent half, 54% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1959 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1967 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ingra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1959–1974
- Peak year (1967)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Ingra by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (38 births, 54% of the file).
1960s was Ingra's strongest decade.
38 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Ingra births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s
1960s
38 births
- 1970s
1970s
28 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 38 births (54% of all-time use).
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- Ingra's usage has stayed within range of its 1960s decade-level peak (38 total births) through the 1970s (28) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ingra: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1967)
Similar record span (~15 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1959–1974 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Ingra draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.