# Inga (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/inga/  
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 | Norse |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɪŋɡə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,127 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 4,127 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 142, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Danish, Norwegian, Swedish Inga etc., all from Old Norse Inga.

## 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 | 21 | 6,222 |
| 2012 | 20 | 6,434 |
| 2013 | 21 | 6,108 |
| 2014 | 24 | 5,536 |
| 2015 | 22 | 5,906 |
| 2016 | 20 | 6,269 |
| 2017 | 30 | 4,612 |
| 2018 | 21 | 5,866 |
| 2019 | 13 | 8,305 |
| 2020 | 12 | 8,614 |
| 2021 | 23 | 5,464 |
| 2022 | 23 | 5,533 |
| 2023 | 11 | 9,237 |
| 2024 | 12 | 8,647 |
| 2025 | 10 | 9,714 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 5 | 3,860 |
| 2009 | 7 | 3,031 |
| 2010 | 3 | 5,707 |
| 2011 | 6 | 3,549 |
| 2012 | 9 | 2,717 |
| 2013 | 9 | 2,649 |
| 2014 | 11 | 2,314 |
| 2015 | 14 | 1,961 |
| 2016 | 10 | 2,547 |
| 2017 | 9 | 2,706 |
| 2018 | 12 | 2,187 |
| 2019 | 5 | 4,001 |
| 2020 | 6 | 3,447 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4,634 |
| 2022 | 8 | 2,888 |

## People named Inga

- Inga Swenson, American actress (1932–2023)
- Inga Gentzel, athletics competitor (1908–1991)
- Inga Nielsen, Danish opera soprano (1946-2008)
- Inga Abel, German actress (1946-2000)
- Inga Thompson, American racing cyclist
- Inga Charkhalashvili, Georgian chess player
- Inga Schneider, German biathlete
- Inga Čilvinaitė, cyclist
- Inga Busch, German actress

## 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.