girl's name
Ingrid
ING-grid
- Origin Scandinavian
- Gender Girl
- Syllables 2
- Letters 6
- Popularity Uncommon
- Births on record 57,541
Scotland
#552
2023 births
Ingrid carries a god's name — Ing, the Norse deity the Swedish kings claimed descent from, joined to a word meaning beautiful. Very few names still in ordinary use name a pagan god outright.
- Ingrid is a name of Scandinavian origin.
- Peaked in France in 1976, when 1,720 babies were given the name.
- It has been falling over the past decade in France.
- Today about 1 in 117,911 babies in France is given this name.
- First appears in birth records in 1922.
- 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.
Ingrid over time
Births per decade in France, 1920s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 |
| 1930s | 15 |
| 1940s | 255 |
| 1950s | 550 |
| 1960s | 1,150 |
| 1970s | 13,295 |
| 1980s | 8,595 |
| 1990s | 3,165 |
| 2000s | 680 |
| 2010s | 150 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 40 |
What Ingrid means
Ingrid means Ing is beautiful, or beautiful through Ing. The Norse compound joins a divine name to an adjective, so the beauty is attributed by way of the god.
Where Ingrid comes from
Ingrid is the Old Norse Ingiríðr — Ing, a name of the god Yngvi-Freyr, joined to fríðr, beautiful or beloved. The Ynglings, the legendary royal line of Sweden and later Norway, claimed descent from him. Ing appears in Ingeborg, Ingemar and Inge, and it is unrelated to England, whose name comes from the Angles. Ingrid Bergman carried the name into English-speaking use in the 1940s.
Ingrid in use
Ingrid peaked in France in 1976, when 1,720 babies were registered, and is falling in our data. It now ranks 1111th in England and Wales on 30 births, 1120th in the United States on 209 and 5671st in France on 5, across 57,541 lifetime births in four of the seven markets we track. Ireland ran a small local peak of 28 births in 1971.
How popular is Ingrid?
In 2025, Ingrid was given to 5 babies in France. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
Where Ingrid is used
French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Ingrid
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Ingrid also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Ingrid over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Ingrid 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.
- German
- Ingeborg
Sibling names for Ingrid
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Ingrid — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Ingrid
What does the name Ingrid mean?
Ing is beautiful — the god Yngvi-Freyr joined to fríðr, beautiful.
Who were the Ynglings?
The legendary royal line of Sweden, who claimed descent from Ing.
Is England related to Ing?
No. England is named for the Angles, and the resemblance is coincidental.
How popular is Ingrid?
1111th in England and Wales, and 1120th in the United States.
Is Ingrid a girl's or a boy's name?
Ingrid is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
How many syllables are in Ingrid?
Ingrid has 2 syllables.
Is Ingrid a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Ingrid currently ranks #1,111 in France. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.