# Ida (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ida/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “work” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈaɪdə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 188,695 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 766 / 187,929 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,259, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Short form of obsolete names beginning with Germanic īd "work", used for both sexes in medieval England. It was revived in the 19th century, partly mistaken for a Greek name, for the Mount Ida of classical mythology.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 100 | 1,976 |
| 2012 | 101 | 1,946 |
| 2013 | 118 | 1,746 |
| 2014 | 149 | 1,496 |
| 2015 | 163 | 1,419 |
| 2016 | 196 | 1,246 |
| 2017 | 180 | 1,305 |
| 2018 | 193 | 1,216 |
| 2019 | 184 | 1,264 |
| 2020 | 197 | 1,179 |
| 2021 | 222 | 1,113 |
| 2022 | 226 | 1,104 |
| 2023 | 203 | 1,180 |
| 2024 | 213 | 1,138 |
| 2025 | 209 | 1,120 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940 | 9 | 2,567 |
| 1941 | 10 | 2,406 |
| 1942 | 11 | 2,321 |
| 1943 | 6 | 3,374 |
| 1945 | 5 | 3,523 |
| 1946 | 7 | 3,023 |
| 1948 | 6 | 3,471 |
| 1949 | 5 | 3,945 |
| 1952 | 7 | 3,218 |
| 1953 | 5 | 4,051 |
| 1956 | 10 | 2,702 |
| 1961 | 5 | 4,326 |
| 1964 | 6 | 3,794 |
| 1965 | 5 | 4,151 |
| 1967 | 8 | 3,097 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 50 | 749 |
| 2012 | 67 | 624 |
| 2013 | 77 | 542 |
| 2014 | 82 | 516 |
| 2015 | 131 | 361 |
| 2016 | 158 | 313 |
| 2017 | 139 | 344 |
| 2018 | 177 | 271 |
| 2019 | 177 | 275 |
| 2020 | 182 | 258 |
| 2021 | 185 | 257 |
| 2022 | 161 | 284 |
| 2023 | 145 | 301 |
| 2024 | 128 | 337 |
| 2025 | 126 | 342 |

## In other languages

- Czech: Ida
- Danish: Ida
- Finnish: Iida
- German: Ida
- Icelandic: Ída
- Italian: Ida
- Japanese: アイダ
- Korean: 아이다
- Norwegian: Ida
- Polish: Ida
- Portuguese: Ida
- Russian: И́да
- Swedish: Ida

## People named Ida

- Ida Lupino, British actress (1918–1995)
- Ida B. Wells, American journalist and civil rights activist (1862–1931)
- Ida Noddack, German chemist (1896–1978)
- Ida Tarbell, American journalist (1857-1944)
- Ida Saxton McKinley, First Lady of the United States from 1897 to 1901
- Ida Laura Pfeiffer, Austrian explorer and writer, editor (1797-1858)
- Ida Corr, Gambian-Danish singer and songwriter (born 1977)
- Ida of Lorraine, French saint and noblewoman
- Ida of Formbach-Ratelnberg, Austrian royal (1060-1101)
- Ida, Countess of Boulogne, French countess
- Ida Freund, Austrian-British chemist
- Ida Kar, British photographer (1908-1974)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.