Meaning not yet researched.
Ida: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 209 in 2025. Its best rank was #7 in 1886.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #7 in 1886; #1,120 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Ida in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,120 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1886, at #7.
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Ida: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 209 girls in 2025. Peak: #7 in 1886 · most girls in one year: 4,450 (1918).
In 2025, 209 US girls were named Ida, making it the 1,120th most common girls’ name of the year, up 18 places from #1,138 in 2024. That is 4 fewer than the 213 girls named Ida in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #7, reached in 1886. The most girls given the name in a single year was 4,450, in 1918. For comparison, it was #1,419 in 2015 and #217 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Ida in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 1,480 babies with the name. In all, 188,695 US babies have been given the name, 99.5% of them girls and 0.4% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 35,790 babies named Ida.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 2,023 US girls were named Ida; the busiest of those years was 2022, with 226. In 2025 that was about 1 in 7,690 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Ida ranked highest in Minnesota in 2025, at #352 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Aida (13,782 babies since 1880) and Eda (4,208 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Edda, Ita and Idah are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Latvian, Polish, Slovene and Swedish. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Edda (735), Ita (660), Idah (40), Euda (38), Ieda (8), Eida (7), Idaya (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Ida in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 30 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | 16 | #352 | #635 |
| Wisconsin | 10 | #492 | #784 |
| Iowa | 6 | #524 | — |
| Kansas | 5 | #615 | — |
| Kentucky | 5 | #789 | — |
| Massachusetts | 6 | #808 | #775 |
| Colorado | 6 | #838 | — |
| Missouri | 6 | #855 | #577 |
| Ohio | 10 | #911 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 9 | #958 | #1,499 |
| Indiana | 6 | #963 | — |
| Washington | 6 | #972 | — |
| Virginia | 7 | #979 | #1,293 |
| Tennessee | 6 | #1,037 | — |
| Michigan | 6 | #1,124 | #743 |
| Georgia | 7 | #1,267 | #1,225 |
| New York | 11 | #1,269 | #1,320 |
| North Carolina | 5 | #1,547 | #1,296 |
| Florida | 5 | #2,284 | — |
| California | 8 | #2,361 | #1,862 |
| Texas | 5 | #3,502 | #3,027 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 209 | #1,120 | — | — |
| 2024 | 213 | #1,138 | — | — |
| 2023 | 203 | #1,180 | — | — |
| 2022 | 226 | #1,104 | — | — |
| 2021 | 222 | #1,113 | — | — |
| 2020 | 197 | #1,179 | — | — |
| 2019 | 184 | #1,264 | — | — |
| 2018 | 193 | #1,216 | — | — |
| 2017 | 180 | #1,305 | — | — |
| 2016 | 196 | #1,246 | — | — |
| 2015 | 163 | #1,419 | — | — |
| 2014 | 149 | #1,496 | — | — |
| 2013 | 118 | #1,746 | — | — |
| 2012 | 101 | #1,946 | — | — |
| 2011 | 100 | #1,976 | — | — |
| 2010 | 104 | #1,931 | — | — |
| 2009 | 95 | #2,124 | — | — |
| 2008 | 103 | #2,023 | — | — |
| 2007 | 96 | #2,104 | — | — |
| 2006 | 85 | #2,254 | — | — |
| 2005 | 94 | #2,007 | — | — |
| 2004 | 83 | #2,164 | — | — |
| 2003 | 90 | #2,009 | — | — |
| 2002 | 80 | #2,117 | — | — |
| 2001 | 95 | #1,853 | — | — |
| 2000 | 96 | #1,806 | — | — |
| 1999 | 78 | #2,004 | — | — |
| 1998 | 101 | #1,613 | — | — |
| 1997 | 97 | #1,629 | — | — |
| 1996 | 104 | #1,533 | — | — |
| 1995 | 100 | #1,534 | — | — |
| 1994 | 108 | #1,468 | — | — |
| 1993 | 107 | #1,488 | — | — |
| 1992 | 136 | #1,260 | — | — |
| 1991 | 115 | #1,399 | — | — |
| 1990 | 121 | #1,331 | — | — |
| 1989 | 136 | #1,197 | — | — |
| 1988 | 162 | #1,009 | — | — |
| 1987 | 150 | #1,035 | — | — |
| 1986 | 156 | #996 | — | — |
| 1985 | 154 | #989 | — | — |
| 1984 | 157 | #937 | — | — |
| 1983 | 152 | #961 | — | — |
| 1982 | 205 | #789 | — | — |
| 1981 | 206 | #789 | — | — |
| 1980 | 209 | #786 | — | — |
| 1979 | 242 | #699 | — | — |
| 1978 | 219 | #722 | — | — |
| 1977 | 250 | #649 | — | — |
| 1976 | 219 | #679 | — | — |
| 1975 | 240 | #640 | — | — |
| 1974 | 303 | #554 | — | — |
| 1973 | 307 | #545 | — | — |
| 1972 | 326 | #522 | — | — |
| 1971 | 347 | #529 | — | — |
| 1970 | 385 | #510 | — | — |
| 1969 | 391 | #491 | — | — |
| 1968 | 401 | #479 | — | — |
| 1967 | 480 | #428 | 8 | #3,097 |
| 1966 | 514 | #409 | — | — |
| 1965 | 518 | #409 | 5 | #4,151 |
| 1964 | 577 | #406 | 6 | #3,794 |
| 1963 | 624 | #385 | — | — |
| 1962 | 658 | #366 | — | — |
| 1961 | 704 | #362 | 5 | #4,326 |
| 1960 | 738 | #357 | — | — |
| 1959 | 822 | #329 | — | — |
| 1958 | 792 | #334 | — | — |
| 1957 | 867 | #313 | — | — |
| 1956 | 932 | #288 | 10 | #2,702 |
| 1955 | 935 | #281 | — | — |
| 1954 | 1,063 | #253 | — | — |
| 1953 | 1,017 | #254 | 5 | #4,051 |
| 1952 | 1,061 | #242 | 7 | #3,218 |
| 1951 | 1,077 | #236 | — | — |
| 1950 | 1,195 | #217 | — | — |
| 1949 | 1,290 | #208 | 5 | #3,945 |
| 1948 | 1,303 | #205 | 6 | #3,471 |
| 1947 | 1,347 | #199 | — | — |
| 1946 | 1,389 | #184 | 7 | #3,023 |
| 1945 | 1,232 | #173 | 5 | #3,523 |
| 1944 | 1,335 | #166 | — | — |
| 1943 | 1,477 | #162 | 6 | #3,374 |
| 1942 | 1,621 | #153 | 11 | #2,321 |
| 1941 | 1,609 | #148 | 10 | #2,406 |
| 1940 | 1,688 | #144 | 9 | #2,567 |
| 1939 | 1,589 | #145 | 14 | #1,917 |
| 1938 | 1,724 | #141 | 12 | #2,127 |
| 1937 | 1,784 | #133 | 12 | #2,136 |
| 1936 | 1,802 | #130 | 9 | #2,526 |
| 1935 | 1,922 | #121 | 14 | #1,980 |
| 1934 | 1,972 | #118 | 15 | #1,889 |
| 1933 | 2,061 | #109 | 17 | #1,740 |
| 1932 | 2,317 | #105 | 16 | #1,883 |
| 1931 | 2,419 | #100 | 13 | #2,154 |
| 1930 | 2,643 | #94 | 13 | #2,235 |
| 1929 | 2,673 | #96 | 25 | #1,464 |
| 1928 | 2,994 | #87 | 14 | #2,212 |
| 1927 | 3,206 | #84 | 22 | #1,670 |
| 1926 | 3,285 | #82 | 13 | #2,358 |
| 1925 | 3,489 | #82 | 20 | #1,770 |
| 1924 | 3,861 | #70 | 18 | #1,932 |
| 1923 | 3,888 | #68 | 14 | #2,274 |
| 1922 | 3,987 | #65 | 13 | #2,406 |
| 1921 | 4,146 | #67 | 18 | #1,942 |
| 1920 | 4,090 | #66 | 14 | #2,276 |
| 1919 | 4,163 | #57 | 11 | #2,580 |
| 1918 | 4,450 | #57 | 20 | #1,742 |
| 1917 | 4,247 | #56 | 14 | #2,130 |
| 1916 | 4,364 | #54 | 17 | #1,806 |
| 1915 | 4,125 | #54 | 15 | #1,921 |
| 1914 | 3,561 | #49 | 14 | #1,730 |
| 1913 | 2,916 | #49 | 5 | #3,032 |
| 1912 | 2,740 | #45 | 14 | #1,312 |
| 1911 | 2,119 | #45 | 14 | #912 |
| 1910 | 2,107 | #47 | 6 | #1,499 |
| 1909 | 1,943 | #44 | 13 | #819 |
| 1908 | 1,952 | #43 | 7 | #1,157 |
| 1907 | 1,980 | #38 | 5 | #1,441 |
| 1906 | 1,753 | #43 | 6 | #1,182 |
| 1905 | 1,757 | #42 | 11 | #767 |
| 1904 | 1,751 | #38 | 6 | #1,136 |
| 1903 | 1,774 | #37 | 6 | #1,076 |
| 1902 | 1,836 | #34 | — | — |
| 1901 | 1,835 | #34 | 6 | #996 |
| 1900 | 2,285 | #30 | 13 | #714 |
| 1899 | 1,804 | #31 | 10 | #682 |
| 1898 | 2,090 | #29 | 8 | #846 |
| 1897 | 2,108 | #24 | 6 | #1,006 |
| 1896 | 2,159 | #24 | 5 | #1,174 |
| 1895 | 2,170 | #23 | 10 | #721 |
| 1894 | 2,195 | #21 | 9 | #762 |
| 1893 | 2,247 | #18 | 9 | #731 |
| 1892 | 2,259 | #17 | 10 | #713 |
| 1891 | 2,002 | #17 | — | — |
| 1890 | 2,178 | #16 | 10 | #647 |
| 1889 | 2,122 | #14 | 8 | #752 |
| 1888 | 2,229 | #12 | 13 | #570 |
| 1887 | 1,929 | #10 | 9 | #655 |
| 1886 | 2,049 | #7 | 8 | #725 |
| 1885 | 1,854 | #9 | 6 | #879 |
| 1884 | 1,882 | #7 | 8 | #727 |
| 1883 | 1,634 | #8 | 5 | #966 |
| 1882 | 1,673 | #7 | 5 | #1,011 |
| 1881 | 1,439 | #7 | 5 | #939 |
| 1880 | 1,472 | #7 | 8 | #712 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).