Inga
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Old Norse
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Inga is a girls' name of Old Norse origin. In 2025 it ranked 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Inga mean?
Old Norse
A female given name from Old Norse.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Inga a girl's or a boy's name?
Inga is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Inga in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2015, with 14 girls.
Half of all the girls named Inga in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Inga in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 | #7,489 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 14 | #2,088 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,864 |
| 2016 | 13 | #2,224 |
| 2015 | 14 | #2,085 |
| 2014 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,599 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,463 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,909 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,543 |
| 2006 | 10 | #2,263 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 2 | #4,986 |
How popular is Inga in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,454th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Inga, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 1969, with 115 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Inga than any year since 1997.
Half of all the girls named Inga in the US since 1880 were born between 1915 and 1978, the years shaded on the chart below.
Inga in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 23 | #5,462 |
| 2021 | 23 | #5,394 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 21 | #5,781 |
| 2017 | 30 | #4,574 |
| 2016 | 20 | #6,184 |
| 2015 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2014 | 24 | #5,454 |
| 2013 | 21 | #6,014 |
| 2012 | 20 | #6,338 |
| 2011 | 21 | #6,145 |
| 2010 | 18 | #6,901 |
| 2009 | 18 | #7,063 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,390 |
| 2006 | 26 | #5,232 |
| 2005 | 14 | #7,886 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,823 |
| 2003 | 16 | #6,880 |
| 2002 | 14 | #7,438 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 18 | #5,655 |
| 1998 | 18 | #5,579 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 18 | #5,275 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,036 |
| 1994 | 17 | #5,440 |
| 1993 | 18 | #5,200 |
| 1992 | 20 | #4,842 |
| 1991 | 22 | #4,491 |
| 1990 | 19 | #4,863 |
| 1989 | 22 | #4,242 |
| 1988 | 19 | #4,491 |
| 1987 | 24 | #3,621 |
| 1986 | 16 | #4,721 |
| 1985 | 25 | #3,418 |
| 1984 | 32 | #2,780 |
| 1983 | 35 | #2,551 |
| 1982 | 41 | #2,369 |
| 1981 | 41 | #2,375 |
| 1980 | 51 | #2,043 |
| 1979 | 61 | #1,770 |
| 1978 | 42 | #2,191 |
| 1977 | 37 | #2,381 |
| 1976 | 48 | #1,883 |
| 1975 | 41 | #2,097 |
| 1974 | 58 | #1,616 |
| 1973 | 70 | #1,399 |
| 1972 | 83 | #1,248 |
| 1971 | 88 | #1,253 |
| 1970 | 107 | #1,099 |
| 1969 | 115 | #1,007 |
| 1968 | 59 | #1,473 |
| 1967 | 57 | #1,478 |
| 1966 | 56 | #1,474 |
| 1965 | 55 | #1,500 |
| 1964 | 57 | #1,497 |
| 1963 | 59 | #1,449 |
| 1962 | 58 | #1,456 |
| 1961 | 47 | #1,639 |
| 1960 | 45 | #1,672 |
| 1959 | 44 | #1,642 |
| 1958 | 34 | #1,871 |
| 1957 | 36 | #1,807 |
| 1956 | 35 | #1,795 |
| 1955 | 27 | #2,062 |
| 1954 | 21 | #2,377 |
| 1953 | 23 | #2,172 |
| 1952 | 18 | #2,501 |
| 1951 | 11 | #3,283 |
| 1950 | 12 | #3,051 |
| 1949 | 22 | #2,068 |
| 1948 | 23 | #2,007 |
| 1947 | 19 | #2,278 |
| 1946 | 14 | #2,596 |
| 1945 | 8 | #3,386 |
| 1944 | 17 | #2,095 |
| 1943 | 13 | #2,557 |
| 1942 | 10 | #2,984 |
| 1941 | 8 | #3,250 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,736 |
| 1939 | 8 | #3,143 |
| 1938 | 15 | #2,113 |
| 1937 | 8 | #3,145 |
| 1936 | 12 | #2,385 |
| 1935 | 10 | #2,729 |
| 1934 | 13 | #2,288 |
| 1933 | 11 | #2,539 |
| 1932 | 19 | #1,816 |
| 1931 | 16 | #2,023 |
| 1930 | 23 | #1,660 |
| 1929 | 17 | #2,010 |
| 1928 | 16 | #2,193 |
| 1927 | 19 | #2,025 |
| 1926 | 24 | #1,720 |
| 1925 | 20 | #1,945 |
| 1924 | 16 | #2,307 |
| 1923 | 23 | #1,782 |
| 1922 | 19 | #2,027 |
| 1921 | 28 | #1,577 |
| 1920 | 32 | #1,407 |
| 1919 | 38 | #1,216 |
| 1918 | 30 | #1,411 |
| 1917 | 31 | #1,307 |
| 1916 | 46 | #1,013 |
| 1915 | 39 | #1,075 |
| 1914 | 42 | #901 |
| 1913 | 27 | #1,040 |
| 1912 | 27 | #978 |
| 1911 | 21 | #958 |
| 1910 | 29 | #794 |
| 1909 | 15 | #1,052 |
| 1908 | 19 | #912 |
| 1907 | 28 | #710 |
| 1906 | 21 | #793 |
| 1905 | 25 | #713 |
| 1904 | 21 | #773 |
| 1903 | 32 | #574 |
| 1902 | 24 | #688 |
| 1901 | 29 | #577 |
| 1900 | 34 | #605 |
| 1899 | 39 | #467 |
| 1898 | 46 | #448 |
| 1897 | 36 | #477 |
| 1896 | 38 | #467 |
| 1895 | 35 | #493 |
| 1894 | 40 | #442 |
| 1893 | 43 | #408 |
| 1892 | 47 | #387 |
| 1891 | 35 | #423 |
| 1890 | 41 | #397 |
| 1889 | 43 | #368 |
| 1888 | 29 | #458 |
| 1887 | 28 | #412 |
| 1886 | 21 | #476 |
| 1885 | 28 | #386 |
| 1884 | 18 | #479 |
| 1883 | 13 | #536 |
| 1882 | 13 | #507 |
| 1881 | 15 | #434 |
| 1880 | 8 | #628 |
Names like Inga
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ada, Eva, Etta, Martha, Matilda, Ella, Nina, Ida, Rosa, Clara, Lottie, Eliza
More Old Norse names
Freya, Ronnie, Ralph, Eric, Astrid, Colby, Rafe, Odin, Ralphie, Erik, Freyja, Erick, Bo, Ronald, Bjorn, Erica
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, “Inga: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/inga, updated 20 October 2026.