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Ida

Girl's name · #1120 in the US (2025) · Comeback

Popularity over time

Ida was #7 in 1880, slipped to #2254 by 2006, and has climbed back to #1120 today. Roughly 188,000 girls have been named Ida since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

In recent years, Ida ran 3–4× its national rate in Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 22 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

See how Ida ranks in other countries and regions.

#11 in Denmark (2025) · #33 in Austria (2025) · #37 in Norway (2025) · #73 in Poland (2025) · #80 in Sweden (2025) · #89 in Switzerland (2025) · #98 in Belgium (2025) · #131 in Slovenia (2025) · #306 in N. Ireland (2025) · #344 in England & Wales (2025) · #422 in New Zealand (2025) · #440 in Netherlands (2025) and 4 more.

Famous Idas

• Ida Lupino — British actress and filmmaker (1918–1995)
• Ida B. Wells — American journalist and civil rights activist (1862–1931)
• Ida Noddack — German chemist (1896–1978)
• Ida Saxton McKinley — First Lady of the United States from 1897 to 1901
• Ida Tarbell — American journalist (1857–1944)

In stories & tradition

• Ida — Greek nymph
• Ida Barlow — Coronation Street (TV series)
• Ida Davis — Family Guy (TV series)

What Idas become

Among 1,719 notable people named Ida:

Artists & writers appear 1.44× more often than among typical names — e.g. Ida B. Wells, American journalist and civil rights activist (1862–1931).

Similar names: Nellie · Heidy · Vida · Etta · Ada · Della

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