girl's name

Ingeborg

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 8
  • Births on record 973

Ingeborg is a girl's name. In 1981 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1930, when 31 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1886.

Ingeborg over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 1980s. The striped bar is the 1980s, still in progress — it covers 1980 to 1981, not a full ten years.

177
'80 '90 '00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80
Show the numbers
Births named Ingeborg by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1880s 16
1890s 53
1900s 83
1910s 160
1920s 177
1930s 160
1940s 29
1950s 44
1960s 58
1970s 7
1980s (to 1981) 6

How popular is Ingeborg?

In 1981, Ingeborg was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Ingeborg is used

France #1,554 5 in 1951
United States #10,123 6 in 1981

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 Ingeborg

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

Parents who like Ingeborg also like

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

Sibling names for Ingeborg

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

Common questions about Ingeborg

How popular is the name Ingeborg?

In 1981, Ingeborg was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

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

Ingeborg is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Ingeborg most popular?

Ingeborg peaked in 1930, when 31 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.