# Ingram (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ingram/  
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 |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “a germanic god”, “raven” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɪŋɡɹəm/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Inghram, Ingrum, Engram |
| US babies named this | 432 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 419 / 13 (3% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From a Middle English given name, from Proto-Germanic *Ingwaz (“a Germanic god”) + *hrabnaz (“raven”). The places are named after persons with the surname.

## What it means

Ingram is grouped under bird and god.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1963 | 7 | 5,533 |
| 1971 | 6 | 7,731 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 12 | 6,807 |
| 2008 | 6 | 11,598 |
| 2009 | 5 | 13,200 |
| 2010 | 5 | 12,989 |
| 2011 | 9 | 8,323 |
| 2012 | 5 | 12,979 |
| 2013 | 6 | 11,265 |
| 2014 | 7 | 10,043 |
| 2016 | 7 | 10,073 |
| 2017 | 10 | 7,796 |
| 2018 | 11 | 7,316 |
| 2019 | 5 | 12,883 |
| 2020 | 8 | 9,038 |
| 2022 | 13 | 6,616 |
| 2024 | 8 | 9,337 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: إِنْجْرَام
- Chinese: 英格拉姆
- Dutch: Ingelram
- French: Enguerrand
- German: Engelram
- Italian: Engherrando
- Japanese: イングラム
- Korean: 잉그럼
- Latin: Ingelramnus, Ingelrannus
- Portuguese: Enguerrando
- Russian: Ингельра́м, Ингра́м
- Spanish: Enguerrán

## People named Ingram

- Ingram Olkin, American mathematician (1924-2016)
- Ingram Bywater, English classical scholar (1840–1914)
- Gram Parsons, American singer-songwriter
- Ingerman of Hesbaye, 740-775

## 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.