Inger
Inger is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 932nd, in 1966.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1966118 births
- Best rank
- #932in 1966
- Since 1888
- 1,367people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,367 girls have been named Inger in the United States since 1888, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1966, with 118 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 118 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1965, and the 1960s alone account for 46%. It has spent 1 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Inger | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 10 | |
| 1890s | 47 | |
| 1900s | 10 | |
| 1910s | 66 | |
| 1920s | 53 | |
| 1930s | 30 | |
| 1940s | 23 | |
| 1950s | 101 | |
| 1960s | 627 | |
| 1970s | 342 | |
| 1980s | 58 |
In 1966, its biggest year
Inger was the 932nd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1966 were Lisa, Kimberly, Mary, Michelle and Karen. See all of 1966.
Names that rose and fell with Inger
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Denapeak 1970
- Shelliepeak 1970
- Genapeak 1968
- Tresapeak 1966
- Tinapeak 1968
- Arethapeak 1968
- Tammypeak 1963
- Tonjapeak 1967
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.