Ingram
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Germanic
Ingram is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “a Germanic god”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Ingram mean?
Germanic
“a Germanic god”
A male given name from the Germanic languages, in modern use transferred back from the surname.
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Is Ingram a girl's or a boy's name?
Ingram is a boys' name.
How popular is Ingram in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1917, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 1883.
Half of all the boys named Ingram in the US since 1880 were born between 1923 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ingram in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 9 | #5,158 |
| 1988 | 13 | #3,700 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,126 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 8 | #3,835 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 6 | #3,638 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 6 | #3,663 |
| 1959 | 6 | #3,618 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 6 | #3,423 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 6 | #3,369 |
| 1946 | 5 | #3,523 |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,337 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,559 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 5 | #3,458 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 5 | #3,533 |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,516 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,146 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 5 | #3,774 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,149 |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,523 |
| 1926 | 6 | #3,706 |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,195 |
| 1924 | 12 | #2,473 |
| 1923 | 11 | #2,613 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,250 |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,213 |
| 1920 | 10 | #2,764 |
| 1919 | 9 | #2,876 |
| 1918 | 9 | #2,881 |
| 1917 | 13 | #2,187 |
| 1916 | 11 | #2,388 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,391 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,543 |
| 1911 | 7 | #1,386 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 6 | #884 |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 5 | #891 |
Names like Ingram
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Ingram: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ingram, updated 20 October 2026.