Girls' name · peaked in 1967

Ingrid name popularity since 1925

27,188 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Ingrid. Half of them were born in 1979 or earlier, so the typical Ingrid is about 47 years old in 2026. Ingrid peaked in 1967 as the #380 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.

US babies since 1925: 27,188; Named Ingrid, 1925–2025
Peak year: 1967; #380 for girls that year
Typical age: About 47; Median birth year 1979
In 2025: Not top 1,000; #1,121 for girls in 2025
Girls / boys: 99.9% girls; 27,171 girls · 17 boys
Most popular in: New York; 1.98× its national share

Peak year is the year Ingrid 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.

Ingrid births per year, 1925–2025

1967 was the biggest year for Ingrid both by count and as a share of all babies.

Steepest fall: Between 1946 and 1951, Ingrid's share of baby girls fell by 49%, from 1 in 5,420 to 1 in 10,700.
Fastest rise: Between 1955 and 1960, it became 1.9× more common, from 1 in 8,650 baby girls to 1 in 4,440.

Shaded on the chart. Both compare Ingrid's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Ingrid.

Decade by decade

Babies named Ingrid 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	194	0	–
1930s	389	0	#951
1940s	1,895	0	#544
1950s	2,606	0	#617
1960s	4,873	0	#417
1970s	3,735	0	#508
1980s	2,504	12	#786
1990s	2,613	5	#823
2000s	4,036	0	#647
2010s	2,946	0	#959
2020–25	1,380	0	#1,121

Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.

Generation fingerprint

24.2% of babies named Ingrid from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen X years (1965–1980). The full split by generation:

Where Ingrid is most popular

The index compares Ingrid'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 Ingrid.

State	Index	Babies
New York	1.98×	3,432
Minnesota	1.89×	788
California	1.84×	4,449
New Jersey	1.61×	1,013
Washington	1.58×	605

Names with a similar story

Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Ingrid's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Ingrid.

Names from the same era

Other common names that peaked within two years of Ingrid (1967).

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