Ingrid
- Pronunciation
- [In-grid]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Meadow
- Origin
- English
About the Name Ingrid
Ingrid is a Scandinavian name built from the Old Norse god-name Ing, a fertility deity, combined with an element meaning "beautiful" or "fair" — the two often read together as "Ing's beauty." With its deep Norse roots, the name carries a strong, elegant northern heritage that has kept it beloved across Scandinavia and well beyond, a name that feels both ancient and timelessly graceful, with quiet strength at its core.
The name has been carried by public figures including Ingrid Newkirk, an English-American animal-rights activist born on June 11, 1949, in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England. The only child of an engineer father and a volunteer-worker mother, she is among the well-known modern bearers who have kept the name in the public eye.
Ingrid first entered the US Social Security top-1000 in 2000 and reached its peak in 2008 at rank #545, appearing on the chart through 2021, when it ranked #1000, with 7,237 top-1000 births in total. A recorded variant is Inga. That long, steady presence marks Ingrid as a graceful Scandinavian classic with lasting appeal in American naming, blending old Norse strength with enduring elegance and a crisp, distinctive sound that has kept it quietly fashionable across the decades, never common yet always recognizable and admired.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Ingrid
US Popularity History (2000–2021)
Annual US births named Ingrid by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2008 with 564 girls named Ingrid (girl rank #545 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2021, ranked #1,000 for girls (256 US births). That's 455 places below its 2008 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Ingrid Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Ingrid the strongest states are Minnesota, Oregon, Wisconsin.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota | #289 | 198 |
| 2 | Oregon | #428 | 36 |
| 3 | Wisconsin | #520 | 94 |
| 4 | Iowa | #538 | 30 |
| 5 | Washington | #564 | 114 |
| 6 | Utah | #574 | 36 |
| 7 | Massachusetts | #650 | 50 |
| 8 | Virginia | #750 | 39 |
| 9 | Colorado | #752 | 63 |
| 10 | Missouri | #805 | 27 |
Weakest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York | #1,107 | 44 |
| 2 | California | #976 | 125 |
| 3 | New Jersey | #947 | 29 |
| 4 | Tennessee | #882 | 22 |
| 5 | Illinois | #848 | 66 |
| 6 | Missouri | #805 | 27 |
| 7 | Colorado | #752 | 63 |
| 8 | Virginia | #750 | 39 |
| 9 | Massachusetts | #650 | 50 |
| 10 | Utah | #574 | 36 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Ingrid in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inga | Daughter Of A Hero | Female | Danish |
Famous People Named Ingrid
1 notable figure from history and culture who share the name Ingrid.
- Ingrid Newkirk is the co-founder and president of the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).
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Compare Ingrid to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Ingrid against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).
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