How Many People Are Named Inger?
people named Inger are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 328,323 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,372 babies named Inger in Social Security records from 1888 to 1986, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
118 births
Trend
Last year given
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of INGRID or INGEGERD.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Inger in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Inger alive today is about 58 years old, and 61% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 54 and 61 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Inger first appears in the records in 1888 and was given most often in 1966, to 118 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1986.
Babies given the name each year, 1888 to 1986
🏆 Rank History
Inger has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #932, in 1966.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #932 (1966) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,423 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Inger alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Inger were born in California than in any other state: about 101 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Inger was given 3 times as often in California and 2.4 times in New York.
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