Recorded 1976–2015 Girls' name Peak 2004 240 births

Ingris — girls' name

240 babies named Ingris in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s131980s231990s722000s1272010s5
2000s
Peak decade

53% of everyone ever named Ingris was born in this single decade.

2004
Single peak year

20 babies were named Ingris in 2004 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Ingris

The Social Security Administration has registered 240 babies named Ingris between 1976 and 2015, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ingris currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 20 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ingris performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 127 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Ingris shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Ingris in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ingris 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 240 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.

Ingris at a glance

Last recorded 2015

Total births

240

Since 1976

40 years of records

Peak year

2004

20 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2015

Active since

1976

Recorded for 40 years

Last year on file: 2015

Ingris popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1976

Last recorded 2015
Peak year (2004)
20
Annual births at peak — across 40 years of records
0510152025 2015200620021998199219871976 7

Ingris by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
127 births that decade — 53% of Ingris's all-time total
1970s131980s231990s722000s1272010s5

Ingris by state

Where Ingris concentrates geographically — total births since 1976

Geographically diffuse
Top 2 states by recorded births for the name Ingris
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
5 2.1%
#2 New York
5 2.1%
California share of Ingris's total US births 2.1%
Even split

5 of 240 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Ingris?
240 babies have been named Ingris since 1976. It was last recorded in 2015. The peak year was 2004 with 20 births.
When was Ingris most popular?
Ingris was most popular in the 2000s decade with 127 total births. The single peak year was 2004.
Where is Ingris most popular?
The top states for the name Ingris are California (5 births), New York (5 births).
How long has the name Ingris been used?
Ingris has been recorded in Social Security data since 1976, spanning 40 years of data through 2015.
What names are similar to Ingris?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Ingrid, Inga, Inger, Ingeborg, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1976–2015 (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.