Ina
Ina is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 66 births. Its best rank was 145th, in 1881, 1887.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 660.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1921745 births
- Best rank
- #145first in 1881
- Since 1880
- 34,008people given the name
The story in the numbers
34,008 girls have been named Ina in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1921, with 745 births.
The name has all but left use: 66 births in 2024, against 745 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1927, and the 1920s alone account for 20%. It has spent 87 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Ina | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,406 | |
| 1890s | 2,397 | |
| 1900s | 2,667 | |
| 1910s | 5,469 | |
| 1920s | 6,765 | |
| 1930s | 5,534 | |
| 1940s | 3,771 | |
| 1950s | 2,210 | |
| 1960s | 1,253 | |
| 1970s | 704 | |
| 1980s | 415 | |
| 1990s | 340 | |
| 2000s | 375 | |
| 2010s | 467 | |
| 2020s | 235 |
In 1921, its biggest year
Ina was the 242nd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1921 were Mary, Dorothy, Helen, Margaret and Ruth. See all of 1921.
Names that rose and fell with Ina
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Jettiepeak 1918
- Nellpeak 1917
- Elvinapeak 1920
- Henriettapeak 1918
- Lavinapeak 1920
- Elmirapeak 1921
- Althapeak 1917
- Anniepeak 1922
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.