Ingrid

“Beloved, beautiful; combined with the god-name Ing” — Old Norse origin

Girl's name · #1121 in the US (2025) · Retro

Ingrid reached #380 in 1967 and has eased to #1121 since. About 28,000 girls have carried it since 1897. In Minnesota and Wisconsin it runs 3–6× its national rate.

Around the world: #15 in Norway (2025) · #25 in Denmark (2025) · #43 in Sweden (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 23 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Ingrids

Ingrid Bergman — Swedish actress (1915–1982)
Ingrid Betancourt — Colombian-French politician
Ingrid of Sweden — queen consort of Denmark
Ingrid Thulin — Swedish actress (1926-2004)
Ingrid Daubechies — Belgian physicist and mathematician

In stories & tradition

Ingrid (Jacqueline Bouvier) — The Simpsons
Ingrid — video game character
Ingrid Hunnigan — Resident Evil 4 · Resident Evil: Degeneration

What Ingrids become

Among 2,617 notable people named Ingrid:

Medical professionals appear 1.79× more often than among typical names — e.g. Ingrid Scheffer, Australian paediatric neurologist.

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