Boy or Girl

Is Ida a boy or girl name?

Ida is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 211 girls and 0 boys were named Ida, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 99.6% of the 188,480 US babies named Ida were girls.

Boy rank, 2024
Not ranked
Girl rank, 2024
#1,143
Babies named Ida since 1880
188,480
Most popular year
1918
4,470 babies
Babies named Ida each year in the US
Line chart of US births named Ida from 1880 to 2024, boys and girls. The table below has every value.01,5003,0004,5006,00018801900192019401960198020002020

Boys and girls named Ida, by decade

DecadeBoysGirlsShare girls
1880s7518,28399.6%
1890s7721,21299.6%
1900s7318,86699.6%
1910s13034,79299.6%
1920s17135,61999.5%
1930s13520,23399.3%
1940s5914,29199.6%
1950s229,76199.8%
1960s245,60599.6%
1970s02,838100%
1980s01,687100%
1990s01,067100%
2000s0915100%
2010s01,487100%
2020s01,058100%
Every year
YearBoysBoy rankGirlsGirl rank
20240–211#1,143
20230–202#1,189
20220–226#1,104
20210–222#1,113
20200–197#1,178
20190–184#1,264
20180–193#1,216
20170–180#1,304
20160–196#1,246
20150–162#1,430
20140–149#1,495
20130–118#1,746
20120–101#1,946
20110–100#1,976
20100–104#1,930
20090–95#2,124
20080–103#2,023
20070–96#2,104
20060–85#2,254
20050–92#2,035
20040–83#2,164
20030–90#2,008
20020–80#2,117
20010–95#1,853
20000–96#1,806
19990–78#2,004
19980–101#1,613
19970–97#1,629
19960–104#1,533
19950–100#1,534
19940–108#1,468
19930–107#1,488
19920–136#1,260
19910–115#1,399
19900–121#1,331
19890–136#1,197
19880–162#1,009
19870–150#1,035
19860–156#996
19850–154#989
19840–157#937
19830–152#961
19820–205#789
19810–206#789
19800–209#786
19790–242#699
19780–219#721
19770–250#649
19760–219#679
19750–240#640
19740–303#554
19730–307#545
19720–326#522
19710–347#529
19700–385#510
19690–391#491
19680–401#479
19678#3,096480#428
19660–514#409
19655#4,151518#409
19646#3,793578#406
19630–623#385
19620–658#366
19615#4,329704#362
19600–738#357
19590–822#329
19580–792#335
19570–867#313
195610#2,703932#288
19550–935#281
19540–1,063#253
19535#4,0511,017#254
19527#3,2181,062#242
19510–1,076#236
19500–1,195#217
19495#3,9451,290#208
19486#3,4711,303#205
19470–1,347#199
19467#3,0231,389#184
19455#3,5231,232#173
19440–1,335#166
19436#3,3741,477#162
194211#2,3211,621#153
194110#2,4061,609#148
19409#2,5671,688#144
193914#1,9171,590#145
193812#2,1271,724#141
193712#2,1371,784#133
19369#2,5261,801#130
193514#1,9791,922#121
193415#1,8891,972#118
193317#1,7402,061#109
193216#1,8832,317#105
193113#2,1542,419#100
193013#2,2352,643#94
192925#1,4642,673#96
192814#2,2122,995#87
192722#1,6703,205#84
192613#2,3583,285#82
192520#1,7703,489#82
192418#1,9323,861#70
192314#2,2743,888#68
192213#2,4063,987#65
192118#1,9424,146#67
192014#2,2764,090#66
191911#2,5804,163#57
191820#1,7424,450#57
191714#2,1304,247#56
191617#1,8064,364#54
191515#1,9214,125#54
191414#1,7303,561#49
19135#3,0322,916#49
191214#1,3122,740#45
191114#9122,119#45
19106#1,4992,107#47
190913#8191,943#44
19087#1,1571,952#43
19075#1,4411,980#38
19066#1,1821,753#43
190511#7671,757#42
19046#1,1361,751#38
19036#1,0761,774#37
19020–1,836#34
19016#9961,835#34
190013#7142,285#30
189910#6821,804#31
18988#8462,090#29
18976#1,0062,108#24
18965#1,1742,159#24
189510#7212,170#23
18949#7622,195#21
18939#7312,247#18
189210#7132,259#17
18910–2,002#17
189010#6472,178#16
18898#7522,122#14
188813#5702,229#12
18879#6551,929#10
18868#7252,049#7
18856#8791,854#9
18848#7271,882#7
18835#9661,634#8
18825#1,0111,673#7
18815#9391,439#7
18808#7121,472#7

Highest rank

As a boy name, Ida reached #570 in 1888. As a girl name, it reached #7 in 1880. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.

Names from the same era

These names were also most popular in the 1910s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.

Names spelled like Ida

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Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.