Ingram — #8978 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Ingram

The Social Security Administration has registered 419 babies named Ingram between 1883 and 2024, spanning 142 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ingram currently holds the #8978 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ingram performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 82 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Ingram shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in South Carolina, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ingram in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ingram 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 419 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.