Girls' name · peaked in 1887
Ina name popularity since 1925
18,745 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Ina. Half of them were born in 1941 or earlier, so the typical Ina is about 85 years old in 2026. Ina peaked in 1887 as the #145 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 18,745
- Named Ina, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1887
- #145 for girls that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #2,627 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.7% girls
- 18,697 girls · 48 boys
- Most popular in
- Kentucky
- 4.03× its national share
Peak year is the year Ina made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Ina births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year on this chart was 1925. Measured as a share of all babies, Ina peaked earlier, in 1887.
- Steepest fall: Between 1945 and 1950, Ina's share of baby girls fell by 41%, from 1 in 3,820 to 1 in 6,440.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Ina's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Ina.
Decade by decade
Babies named Ina in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 3,327 | 18 | – |
| 1930s | 5,534 | 14 | #268 |
| 1940s | 3,771 | 5 | #382 |
| 1950s | 2,210 | 0 | #648 |
| 1960s | 1,253 | 0 | #879 |
| 1970s | 704 | 0 | #1,489 |
| 1980s | 415 | 6 | #2,413 |
| 1990s | 340 | 5 | #2,943 |
| 2000s | 375 | 0 | #4,409 |
| 2010s | 467 | 0 | #3,042 |
| 2020–25 | 301 | 0 | #2,627 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
49.3% of babies named Ina from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:
Where Ina is most popular
The index compares Ina's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Ina.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | 4.03× | 1,008 |
| West Virginia | 3.61× | 475 |
| Arkansas | 3.59× | 551 |
| Tennessee | 2.95× | 927 |
| Oklahoma | 2.84× | 553 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Ina's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Ina.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Ina (1887).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data