Inga
Inga is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 12 births. Its best rank was 368th, in 1889.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 120.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1969115 births
- Best rank
- #368in 1889
- Since 1880
- 4,117people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,117 girls have been named Inga in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1969, with 115 births.
The name has all but left use: 12 births in 2024, against 115 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1962, and the 1970s alone account for 15%. It has spent 33 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Inga | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 216 | |
| 1890s | 400 | |
| 1900s | 248 | |
| 1910s | 330 | |
| 1920s | 214 | |
| 1930s | 135 | |
| 1940s | 144 | |
| 1950s | 261 | |
| 1960s | 608 | |
| 1970s | 635 | |
| 1980s | 306 | |
| 1990s | 171 | |
| 2000s | 158 | |
| 2010s | 210 | |
| 2020s | 81 |
In 1969, its biggest year
Inga was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1969 were Lisa, Michelle, Jennifer, Kimberly and Melissa. See all of 1969.
Names that rose and fell with Inga
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Minnapeak 1916
- Metapeak 1892
- Lelahpeak 1915
- Besspeak 1889
- Christenapeak 1975
- Huldapeak 1895
- Theresiapeak 1959
- Mathildepeak 1894
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.