Ina

Meaning: Farmer
Origin: Variant of Georgina (from Latin (short form of -ina names))

Girl's name · #2627 in the US (2025) · Vintage

Popularity over time

Ina belongs to an older America first — it reached #145 back in 1881 — yet it still appears in today's records at #2627. About 34,000 girls have carried it since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 2 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#73 in Slovenia (2025) · #255 in Sweden (2025) · #256 in Poland (2025) · #265 in Norway (2025) · #298 in Switzerland (2025) · #354 in Austria (2025) · #1,163 in France (2025) · #2,343 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,211 in Canada (2024).

Famous Inas

Ina Balin — American actress (1937–1990)
Ina Claire — American stage and film actress (1893–1985)
Ina Wroldsen — Norwegian singer and songwriter
Ina May Gaskin — American midwife (born 1940)
Ina Coolbrith — American poet, writer, and librarian (1841–1928)

What Inas become

Among 1,031 notable people named Ina:

Scientists & scholars appear 1.33× more often than among typical names — e.g. Ina Kersten, German mathematician.

Similar names: Lavinia · Inayah · Leana · Emeline · Sabina · Oona

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