girl's name

Ina

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 3
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 35,371

Ireland

#901

2020 births

Ina is a girl's name with 2 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 66 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 1921, when 751 babies were given the name.
  • After peaking in the 1920s it fell out of use, and is now climbing again — a classic revival.
  • Today about 1 in 50,234 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Ina over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

6,795
'80 '90 '00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Ina by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1880s 1,406
1890s 2,397
1900s 2,667
1910s 5,474
1920s 6,795
1930s 5,548
1940s 3,776
1950s 2,210
1960s 1,253
1970s 704
1980s 421
1990s 345
2000s 375
2010s 467
2020s (to 2025) 301

How popular is Ina?

In 2025, Ina was given to 66 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Ina is used

Ireland #901 3 in 2020
France #1,169 30 in 2025
Canada #1,199 21 in 2024
England & Wales #2,322 12 in 2025
United States #2,612 66 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Ina

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Ina also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Ina over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Ina in other languages

The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.

Catalan
Imma
Portuguese
Inah
Russian
Inessa
Other forms
Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
Ima

Sibling names for Ina

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Ina — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Ina

How popular is the name Ina?

In 2025, Ina was given to 66 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Ina a girl's or a boy's name?

Ina is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Ina?

Ina has 2 syllables.

When was Ina most popular?

Ina peaked in 1921, when 751 babies were given the name. After peaking in the 1920s it fell out of use, and is now climbing again — a classic revival.

Is Ina a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Ina currently ranks #1,169 in the United States. After peaking in the 1920s it fell out of use, and is now climbing again — a classic revival. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.