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A name. A world of connections.
A name with a story to discover
01 / Meaning & origin
Inger is a feminine given name documented in French, Spanish, Dutch and 6 other languages. English Wiktionary records an etymology for it.
3 source accounts
From Ingegerd and Ingrid.
From Ingegerd.
Contraction of Ingegerd and also a dialectal form of Ingrid. First recorded in Sweden in 1561.
02 / Across borders
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5 countries with official statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.
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Official statistics
United States, 1986: 5 girls (rank 10912).
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03 / By the numbers
Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.
1945–2025 Spelling: Inger
Recorded category girls
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Source: Statistics Norway · Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Births | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 1,069 | 2 | observed |
| 1946 | 1,191 | 2 | observed |
| 1947 | 1,079 | 2 | observed |
| 1948 | 1,026 | 2 | observed |
| 1949 | 979 | 2 | observed |
| 1950 | 956 | 2 | observed |
| 1951 | 951 | 2 | observed |
| 1952 | 957 | 2 | observed |
| 1953 | 899 | 2 | observed |
| 1954 | 818 | 2 | observed |
| 1955 | 800 | 3 | observed |
| 1956 | 755 | 3 | observed |
| 1957 | 776 | 2 | observed |
| 1958 | 700 | 3 | observed |
| 1959 | 681 | 4 | observed |
| 1960 | 620 | 3 | observed |
| 1961 | 621 | 3 | observed |
| 1962 | 539 | 7 | observed |
| 1963 | 562 | 8 | observed |
| 1964 | 571 | 6 | observed |
| 1965 | 527 | 11 | observed |
| 1966 | 477 | 15 | observed |
| 1967 | 451 | 14 | observed |
| 1968 | 431 | 16 | observed |
| 1969 | 384 | 21 | observed |
| 1970 | 337 | 20 | observed |
| 1971 | 335 | 21 | observed |
| 1972 | 281 | 23 | observed |
| 1973 | 255 | 26 | observed |
| 1974 | 234 | 29 | observed |
| 1975 | 213 | 29 | observed |
| 1976 | 204 | 30 | observed |
| 1977 | 160 | 42 | observed |
| 1978 | 177 | 38 | observed |
| 1979 | 170 | 38 | observed |
| 1980 | 168 | 38 | observed |
| 1981 | 149 | 46 | observed |
| 1982 | 170 | 37 | observed |
| 1983 | 132 | 52 | observed |
| 1984 | 131 | 51 | observed |
| 1985 | 123 | 57 | observed |
| 1986 | 84 | 84 | observed |
| 1987 | 114 | 66 | observed |
| 1988 | 91 | 84 | observed |
| 1989 | 92 | 86 | observed |
| 1990 | 88 | 94 | observed |
| 1991 | 80 | 103 | observed |
| 1992 | 70 | 120 | observed |
| 1993 | 70 | 116 | observed |
| 1994 | 63 | 115 | observed |
| 1995 | 79 | 105 | observed |
| 1996 | 48 | 138 | observed |
| 1997 | 61 | 119 | observed |
| 1998 | 56 | 124 | observed |
| 1999 | 40 | 152 | observed |
| 2000 | 33 | 167 | observed |
| 2001 | 41 | 147 | observed |
| 2002 | 37 | 150 | observed |
| 2003 | 41 | 145 | observed |
| 2004 | 39 | 145 | observed |
| 2005 | 33 | 177 | observed |
| 2006 | 37 | 168 | observed |
| 2007 | 21 | 248 | observed |
| 2008 | 23 | 244 | observed |
| 2009 | 26 | 214 | observed |
| 2010 | 25 | 236 | observed |
| 2011 | 21 | 253 | observed |
| 2012 | 20 | 262 | observed |
| 2013 | 13 | 342 | observed |
| 2014 | 17 | 283 | observed |
| 2015 | 25 | 214 | observed |
| 2016 | 14 | 324 | observed |
| 2017 | 21 | 238 | observed |
| 2018 | 11 | 346 | observed |
| 2019 | 15 | 270 | observed |
| 2020 | 16 | 262 | observed |
| 2021 | 11 | 303 | observed |
| 2022 | 20 | 203 | observed |
| 2023 | 20 | 216 | observed |
| 2024 | 16 | 248 | observed |
| 2025 | 13 | 287 | observed |
Statistics count the spelling “Inger” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC-BY-4.0
Read our methodology04 / Through time
No historical attestations or sourced notable bearers are recorded yet. Historical databases are being evaluated for reuse permission; nothing is listed until a record can be cited.
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Statistics Norway (SSB) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.
