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    The first name Ina

    A girl’s name from Latin.

    2 syllables Female

    Meaning and origin

    Latin origin

    Short form of given names ending in -ina, e.g. Georgina, Christina, Wilhelmina.

    From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    Popularity

    Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025

    In 2025, 12 girls were named Ina, making it the 2,278th most popular girls’ name. It peaked in 2019, with 15 births (#1,854).

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    187
    babies named Ina, 1996–2025
    #2,278
    rank in 2025
    2019
    peak year

    Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Ina with other names.

    Popularity in the United States

    Babies named Ina at birth, 1880–2025

    In 2025, 66 girls born in the United States were named Ina, the 2,627th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1921, when 745 were.

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    34,139
    babies named Ina since 1880
    #2,627
    rank in 2025
    1921
    peak year

    US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

    Ina in other languages

    Equivalent forms of the name, from Wiktionary

    Iina
    Finnish
    Ine
    Norwegian, also Ina

    Spelled Ina in Danish, Latvian, Lithuanian and Swedish too.

    Famous people named Ina

    17 on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Ina Balin
      American actress (1937-1990)
    • Ina Claire
      American stage and film actress (1893-1985)
    • Ina May Gaskin
      American midwife (*1940)
    • Ina Coolbrith
      American poet, writer, and librarian (1841–1928)
    • Ina Ray Hutton
      American singer (1916-1984)
    • Ina Garten
      American author and television presenter, born 1948
    • Ina Bauer
      German figure skater (1941-2014)
    • Ina Boudier-Bakker
      Dutch writer (1875-1966)
    • Ina Savenka
      Cyclist, born 1994
    • Ina Kleber
      East German swimmer, born 1964
    • Ina Kersten
      German mathematician, born 1946
    • Ina Forrest
      Canadian wheelchair curler, born 1962

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    Questions

    What does the name Ina mean?
    Short form of given names ending in -ina, e.g. Georgina, Christina, Wilhelmina.
    What is the origin of the name Ina?
    Short form of given names ending in -ina, e.g. Georgina, Christina, Wilhelmina.
    How popular is the name Ina?
    In 2025, 12 girls born in England and Wales were named Ina, ranking 2,278th. Its peak was 2019, with 15 births.
    Is Ina a boy's or a girl's name?
    Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 34,139 US babies named Ina since 1880 were girls.
    When was Ina most popular?
    1921 in the United States, when 745 babies were named Ina, its highest rank at 242nd.