# Ingo (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ingo/  
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 | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 46 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 46 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 8 | 3,125 |
| 1962 | 5 | 4,307 |
| 1964 | 8 | 3,139 |
| 1965 | 7 | 3,383 |
| 1966 | 5 | 4,198 |
| 1968 | 6 | 3,893 |
| 1970 | 7 | 4,013 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |

## People named Ingo

- Ingo Schwichtenberg, German drummer (1965–1995)
- Ingo Appelt, bobsledder
- Ingo Weißenborn, fencer
- Ingo Voge, East German bobsledder
- Ingo Spelly, East German canoe racer
- Ingo Anderbrügge, German footballer
- Ingo Maurer, German Industrial designer (1932–2019)
- Ingo Metzmacher, German conductor (born 1957)
- Ingo Preminger, American film producer (1911-2006)
- Ingo Hertzsch, German footballer
- Ingo Naujoks, German actor
- Ingo Kindervater, badminton player

## 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.