How Many People Are Named Inge?
people named Inge are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 667,548 people in the US has this name
Based on 717 babies named Inge in Social Security records from 1924 to 2021, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
30 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of Scandinavian and German names beginning with the element ing, which refers to the Germanic god ING. In Sweden and Norway this is primarily a masculine name, elsewhere it is usually feminine.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Inge in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Inge alive today is about 58 years old, and 52% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 52 and 67 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Inge first appears in the records in 1924 and was given most often in 1967, to 30 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2021.
Babies given the name each year, 1924 to 2021
🏆 Rank History
Inge has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,912, in 1931.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,912 (1931) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,709 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Inge alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Inge were born in New York than in any other state: about 22 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Inge was given about 7.8 times as often in New York.
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