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    The first name Ingrid

    A girl’s name from Norse.

    Pronounced /ˈɪŋ.ɡɹɪd/ 2 syllables Female

    Meaning and origin

    Norse origin

    From Swedish, Norwegian and Danish Ingrid, from Old Norse Ingiríðr.

    From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    Popularity

    Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025

    In 2025, 30 girls were named Ingrid, making it the 1,110th most popular girls’ name. It peaked in 2021, with 51 births (#734).

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    730
    babies named Ingrid, 1996–2025
    #1,110
    rank in 2025
    2021
    peak year

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

    Popularity in the United States

    Babies named Ingrid at birth, 1880–2025

    In 2025, 209 girls born in the United States were named Ingrid, the 1,121st most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1967, when 578 were.

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    27,764
    babies named Ingrid since 1880
    #1,121
    rank in 2025
    1967
    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.

    Ingrid in other languages

    Equivalent forms of the name, from Wiktionary

    Inkeri
    Finnish
    Ingrīda
    Latvian
    И́нгрид
    Íngrid
    Russian

    Spelled Ingrid in Czech, Danish, Estonian, French, German, Norwegian, Portuguese, Slovak and Swedish too.

    Famous people named Ingrid

    68 on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Ingrid Alexandra, Crown Princess of Norway
      Crown Princess of Norway, born 2004
    • Ingrid Betancourt
      Colombian-French politician, born 1961
    • Ingrid Daubechies
      Belgian physicist and mathematician, born 1954
    • Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld
      Dutch astronomer (1921–2015)
    • Ingrid Becker
      German former athletics competitor, politician (CDU), and teacher (born 1942)
    • Ingrid Newkirk
      British-American animal rights advocate, author & activist, born 1949
    • Ingrid Auerswald
      German athlete, born 1957
    • Ingrid Jonker
      Bilingual South African poet and political dissident (1933–1965)
    • Ingrid Gulbin
      East German sports diver, born 1943
    • Ingrid Noll
      German crime writer, born 1935
    • Ingrid Caven
      German-French film actress and singer, born 1938
    • Ingrid Visser
      Dutch female volleyball player (1977-2013)

    More Norse girls’ names

    All 32 names of Norse origin

    Questions

    What does the name Ingrid mean?
    From Swedish, Norwegian and Danish Ingrid, from Old Norse Ingiríðr.
    What is the origin of the name Ingrid?
    From Swedish, Norwegian and Danish Ingrid, from Old Norse Ingiríðr.
    How popular is the name Ingrid?
    In 2025, 30 girls born in England and Wales were named Ingrid, ranking 1,110th. Its peak was 2021, with 51 births.
    Is Ingrid a boy's or a girl's name?
    Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 27,764 US babies named Ingrid since 1880 were girls.
    When was Ingrid most popular?
    1967 in the United States, when 578 babies were named Ingrid, its highest rank at 380th.
    How do you pronounce Ingrid?
    Ingrid is /ˈɪŋ.ɡɹɪd/, 2 syllables.