How Many People Are Named Ingrid?

24,503

people named Ingrid are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 13,948 people in the US has this name

Based on 27,764 babies named Ingrid in Social Security records from 1897 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#1,438

💎 Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#766

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Peak Year

1967

578 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German
Pronunciation: ING-rid (Swedish), ING-ree (Norwegian), ING-grit (German), ING-greet (German)
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

From the Old Norse name Ingríðr meaning "Ing is beautiful", derived from the name of the Germanic god ING combined with fríðr "beautiful". A famous bearer was the Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman (1915-1982).

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Related & Similar Names

IngríðrIngerInkeriIngaIngeInkaIng

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
99.9%
Male
0.1%

Almost all of the babies given the name Ingrid (99.9%) were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Ingrid alive today is about 40 years old, and 38% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 19 and 59 in 2025.

Under 30 9,262
37.8%
30 to 59 9,420
38.4%
60 and over 5,821
23.8%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Ingrid first appears in the records in 1897 and was given most often in 1967, to 578 babies. In 2025, 209 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1897 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Ingrid has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #380, in 1967. In 2025 it ranked #1,121.

Girls
Rank in 2025#1,121
Best rank#380 (1967)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#439 in the 1960s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Ingrid alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Ingrid were born in California than in any other state: about 4,165 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ingrid was given 2.5 times as often in District of Columbia, 2 times in Minnesota and 2 times in New York.

California 4,165
New York 2,911
Texas 1,941
Illinois 1,324
New Jersey 894
Florida 845
Minnesota 756
Michigan 657
Pennsylvania 567
Washington 562
Ohio 560
Massachusetts 533
Wisconsin 516
North Carolina 465
Georgia 429
Virginia 401
Louisiana 393
Maryland 336
Colorado 279
Arizona 244
District of Columbia 227
Indiana 221
Connecticut 209
Alabama 172
Oregon 160
Missouri 153
Tennessee 143
Utah 88
South Carolina 87
Iowa 63
Kansas 45
Mississippi 37
Nebraska 35
Nevada 34
Maine 22
Kentucky 17
Alaska 13
New Mexico 12
Oklahoma 10
North Dakota 9
Arkansas 8
Hawaii 7
Montana 5
Idaho 5
West Virginia 5

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