Inga

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

The feminine given name Inga is a variant of the German and Scandinavian name Inge. It derives from the Germanic deity Ing.

From Wikipedia

Inga first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1969 with 115 babies (rank #1,012 that year). In 2024 it was given to 12 girls (rank #8,618). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Inga

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Inga yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

22Destiny numberThe master builderTurns visions into structures — a heightened 4.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
1Soul urgeThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
3PersonalityThe creativeExpressive, sociable, lifted by playful energy.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

4,117

Total babies (all years)

145

Years in the data

115

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Famous people named Inga

Inga Ruginienėtrade unionist · b. 1981

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	8	#650
1881	15	#438
1882	13	#519
1883	13	#551
1884	18	#489
1885	28	#387
1886	21	#483
1887	28	#415
1888	29	#460
1889	43	#368
1890	41	#398
1891	35	#424
1892	47	#387
1893	43	#409
1894	40	#443
1895	35	#495
1896	38	#473
1897	36	#481
1898	46	#453
1899	39	#473
1900	34	#606
1901	29	#582
1902	24	#701
1903	32	#584
1904	21	#788
1905	25	#719
1906	21	#809
1907	28	#718
1908	19	#926
1909	15	#1,081
1910	29	#801
1911	21	#970
1912	27	#988
1913	27	#1,053
1914	42	#907
1915	39	#1,084
1916	46	#1,016
1917	31	#1,319
1918	30	#1,425
1919	38	#1,224
1920	32	#1,422
1921	28	#1,592
1922	19	#2,058
1923	23	#1,800
1924	16	#2,359
1925	20	#1,968
1926	24	#1,749
1927	19	#2,065
1928	16	#2,235
1929	17	#2,048
1930	23	#1,680
1931	16	#2,060
1932	19	#1,840
1933	11	#2,604
1934	13	#2,352
1935	10	#2,819
1936	12	#2,436
1937	8	#3,273
1938	15	#2,162
1939	8	#3,266
1940	10	#2,832
1941	8	#3,374
1942	10	#3,077
1943	13	#2,621
1944	17	#2,141
1945	8	#3,500
1946	14	#2,660
1947	19	#2,307
1948	23	#2,035
1949	22	#2,090
1950	12	#3,132
1951	11	#3,365
1952	18	#2,535
1953	23	#2,199
1954	21	#2,403
1955	27	#2,082
1956	35	#1,811
1957	36	#1,820
1958	34	#1,885
1959	44	#1,654
1960	45	#1,682
1961	47	#1,649
1962	58	#1,465
1963	59	#1,450
1964	57	#1,506
1965	55	#1,503
1966	56	#1,480
1967	57	#1,484
1968	59	#1,480
1969	115	#1,012
1970	107	#1,101
1971	88	#1,256
1972	83	#1,251
1973	70	#1,409
1974	58	#1,623
1975	41	#2,107
1976	48	#1,891
1977	37	#2,390
1978	42	#2,206
1979	61	#1,781
1980	51	#2,052
1981	41	#2,386
1982	41	#2,386
1983	35	#2,565
1984	32	#2,805
1985	25	#3,454
1986	16	#4,809
1987	24	#3,668
1988	19	#4,543
1989	22	#4,291
1990	19	#4,931
1991	22	#4,551
1992	20	#4,921
1993	18	#5,295
1994	17	#5,545
1995	12	#7,215
1996	18	#5,371
1997	9	#9,315
1998	18	#5,665
1999	18	#5,748
2000	12	#8,221
2001	16	#6,742
2002	14	#7,569
2003	16	#7,000
2004	14	#7,979
2005	14	#8,058
2006	26	#5,292
2007	17	#7,519
2008	11	#10,346
2009	18	#7,166
2010	18	#7,030
2011	21	#6,222
2012	20	#6,432
2013	21	#6,106
2014	24	#5,536
2015	22	#5,904
2016	20	#6,267
2017	30	#4,610
2018	21	#5,866
2019	13	#8,303
2020	12	#8,607
2021	23	#5,461
2022	23	#5,528
2023	11	#9,232
2024	12	#8,618