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Ida

Gender
Girl
Say it
EYE-da
Origin
Germanic
UK rank, 2025
#344 for girls
US rank, 2025
#1,120 for girls

Ida is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “work, labour”. In 2025 it ranked 344th for girls in the UK (138 babies) and 1,120th for girls in the US (209 babies).

What does Ida mean?

Germanic: brought to England by the Normans

“work, labour”

Tennyson's poem The Princess and Gilbert and Sullivan's Princess Ida helped revive it in Victorian Britain.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Ida a girl's or a boy's name?

Ida is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 138 girls in the UK and 209 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Ida in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#344among girls
Babies in 2025
138about 1 in 2,000 girls
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 25% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 138 girls in the UK were named Ida, making it the 344th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 257th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 200 girls.

It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Ida than any year since 2015.

Half of all the girls named Ida in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among girls in 2025, it was 342nd in England and Wales, 429th in Scotland and 290th in Northern Ireland.

In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#58) and 1914 (#69).

1996Busiest: 200 in 20202025
Ida in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025138#344
2024140#344
2023158#307
2022173#294
2021198#262
2020200#257
2019191#278
2018189#282
2017146#350
2016165#323
2015135#379
201491#522
201381#564
201270#643
201154#755
201041#919
200952#762
200834#1,002
200732#1,012
200618#1,481
200521#1,250
200420#1,238
200314#1,564
200214#1,475
200110#1,832
20007#2,304
19996#2,559
19988#2,110
19975#2,896
19964#3,289

How popular is Ida in the US?

Rank in 2025
#1,120among girls
Babies in 2025
209about 1 in 7,700 girls
Five-year trend
Steadyup 9% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 209 girls in the US were named Ida, making it the 1,120th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,177th. Its busiest year was 1918, with 4,450 girls.

Half of all the girls named Ida in the US since 1880 were born between 1903 and 1935. It was already well used in 1880, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

1880Busiest: 4,450 in 19182025
Ida in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025209#1,120
2024213#1,135
2023203#1,179
2022226#1,104
2021222#1,112
2020197#1,177
2019184#1,259
2018193#1,216
2017180#1,303
2016196#1,241
2015163#1,416
2014149#1,493
2013118#1,744
2012101#1,940
2011100#1,968
2010104#1,928
200995#2,119
2008103#2,020
200796#2,101
200685#2,248
200594#2,003
200483#2,152
200390#2,000
200280#2,110
200195#1,847
200096#1,797
199978#1,996
1998101#1,605
199797#1,622
1996104#1,530
1995100#1,527
1994108#1,462
1993107#1,483
1992136#1,258
1991115#1,391
1990121#1,326
1989136#1,193
1988162#1,007
1987150#1,033
1986156#996
1985154#987
1984157#935
1983152#959
1982205#789
1981206#788
1980209#784
1979242#698
1978219#722
1977250#649
1976219#679
1975240#639
1974303#553
1973307#543
1972326#521
1971347#528
1970385#510
1969391#491
1968401#479
1967480#428
1966514#409
1965518#409
1964577#406
1963624#385
1962658#366
1961704#362
1960738#356
1959822#329
1958792#334
1957867#313
1956932#288
1955935#281
19541,063#253
19531,017#254
19521,061#242
19511,077#235
19501,195#217
19491,290#208
19481,303#205
19471,347#199
19461,389#184
19451,232#173
19441,335#166
19431,477#162
19421,621#153
19411,609#148
19401,688#144
19391,589#145
19381,724#141
19371,784#133
19361,802#130
19351,922#121
19341,972#118
19332,061#109
19322,317#105
19312,419#100
19302,643#94
19292,673#96
19282,994#87
19273,206#84
19263,285#82
19253,489#82
19243,861#70
19233,888#68
19223,987#65
19214,146#67
19204,090#66
19194,163#57
19184,450#57
19174,247#56
19164,364#54
19154,125#54
19143,561#49
19132,916#49
19122,740#45
19112,119#45
19102,107#47
19091,943#44
19081,952#43
19071,980#38
19061,753#43
19051,757#42
19041,751#38
19031,774#37
19021,836#34
19011,835#34
19002,285#30
18991,804#31
18982,090#29
18972,108#24
18962,159#24
18952,170#23
18942,195#21
18932,247#18
18922,259#17
18912,002#17
18902,178#16
18892,122#14
18882,229#12
18871,929#10
18862,049#7
18851,854#9
18841,882#7
18831,634#8
18821,673#7
18811,439#7
18801,472#7

Names like Ida

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Ada Etta Clara Martha Eva Nellie Nora Matilda Annie Lottie Mabel Elsie

Names related to Ida

Aida Aidah

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Ida: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ida, updated 20 October 2026.