Ida

femaleGermanic, used across Norwegian, Swedish, Danish and German tradition

Commonly traced to a Germanic element possibly meaning 'work' or 'labour'.

Origin: Germanic, used across Norwegian, Swedish, Danish and German tradition

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #1 in Norway in 2002. See regions.

Ida: Recorded every year since 1945, it reached #1 in 1988, and it was still inside the top 100 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
142times a registrar ranked it
81years from first to last
#1highest recorded position
36groupings it qualifies for
41names it appears alongside

What stands out in Ida's record

Reached #1 in a registrar's published list. Names by highest position
Ranked every year since 1945, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record
Held a top-100 place for 51 years running. Names by top-100 run
Appears alongside 41 other names across 5 kinds of recorded relationship. All recorded relationships

EE-dah/ˈiːdɑ/

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Data Confidence

Evidence: ModerateCompleteness: SubstantialEditorial review: 2026-07-21

Confidence in the evidencebehind this name's data — never a rating of the name itself, and never affected by how well it matches your preferences. How this is assessed

Because: backed by officially or academically authoritative sources, recently verified, popularity data covers multiple regions.

Source authority

Averaged from the real per-claim source-authority assessments already computed for this name's meaning/origin/pronunciation/popularity evidence.

Independent corroboration

Averaged from the real per-claim supporting-source counts already computed for this name's evidence.

See full evidence assessment (8 dimensions, 1 not yet tracked)

Source agreement

No recorded source disagreement for this name's meanings or origins.

Recency

Calculated from how long ago this record was last verified (2026-07-21), against a 270-day staleness threshold.

Geographic relevance

Calculated from the number of geographies with official popularity data (5) — broader official coverage means the evidence base is relevant to more of where the name is actually used.

Completeness

Calculated from how many of the expected data sections (variants, similar names, popularity, notable usage, IPA pronunciation) are actually populated for this name.

Direct observation vs. inference

Averaged from the real per-claim direct-observation-vs-inference ratios already computed for this name's evidence.

Identity & variant resolution quality

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Name Characteristics

How these are calculated

Descriptive attributes of the name itself — not a confidence measurement, and not an overall quality score. Namewise doesn't approve or disapprove of names.

Pronunciation clarity

Editorial judgement of how consistently this name is pronounced correctly on first read, mapped from an easy/moderate/variable rating to a number. Describes the name — not a measure of evidence confidence.

Spelling simplicity

Calculated directly from the name's spelling: shorter names with fewer irregular letter clusters score higher. A disclosed formula, not an editorial opinion — and not a confidence measurement.

Recorded regional spread

Derived from how many geographies' official statistics record this name. It measures where the name is registered, not how well-known it feels to people living there.

International spread

Derived from the same official statistical coverage, scaled to reflect how widely the name crosses national datasets. Not a measure of how easily it is understood in another language.

Trend stability

Derived from the name's traditional/modern classification and its current popularity trend direction.

Overview

Origin: Germanic, used across Norwegian, Swedish, Danish and German tradition
Meaning: Commonly traced to a Germanic element possibly meaning 'work' or 'labour'.
Pronunciation: EE-dah
Syllables: 2
Common nicknames: None recorded
Classification: Traditional & modern
Gender usage: female
Language family: Germanic, used across Norwegian, Swedish, Danish and German tradition

Popularity

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2025

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3126
1997	#2738
1998	#2165
1999	#2770
2000	#2167
2001	#1728
2002	#1442
2003	#1472
2004	#1209
2005	#1243
2006	#1435
2007	#987
2008	#937
2009	#726
2010	#878
2011	#749
2012	#624
2013	#542
2014	#516
2015	#361
2016	#313
2017	#344
2018	#271
2019	#275
2020	#258
2021	#257
2022	#284
2023	#301
2024	#337
2025	#342

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in every year from 1945 to 2025.

In 2025: #37 among girls in Norway, #342 among girls in England and Wales, #885 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1945–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #204 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #342 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Girls

Ida appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 81 years beginning in 1945, and has registered 20,357 births with the name.

Ida across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Ida's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Girls	#204 (1945)	#1 (1988)	#37 (2025)	81 of 81	20,357 (1945–2025)	732 (1990)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#372 (1964)	#325 (1965)	#885 (2025)	21 of 62	99 (1964–2025)	8 (2015)
England and Wales · Girls	#3126 (1996)	#257 (2021)	#342 (2025)	30 of 30	2,259 (1996–2025)	185 (2021)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#439 (2014)	#178 (2023)	#337 (2024)	9 of 11	59 (2014–2024)	10 (2021)

Ida by decade in Norway · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Ida in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	113	5 of 10	23
1950s	270	10 of 10	27
1960s	374	10 of 10	37
1970s	797	10 of 10	80
1980s	4,377	10 of 10	438
1990sbusiest	6,008	10 of 10	601
2000s	4,647	10 of 10	465
2010s	2,748	10 of 10	275
2020s	1,023	6 of 10	171

Across Norway · Girls, the 1990s were its busiest decade, averaging 601 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1980 and 1981, when recorded births rose by 126, from 157 to 283.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Ida appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1945 and 2025, ranked in 81 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1, first reached in 1988.

It held a top-100 place in 51 years, 51 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 732 births, registered in Norway in 1990.

1 registrar ranked it inside their own top 10. It reached #1 in 1 registrar's list.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1964, and 79 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Ida was ranked #1 in Norway · Girls in 1988. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Ibtisam · #1386, 27y
Ibukunoluwa · #1878, 23y
Ida-Rose · #2711, 11y
Idar · #121, 67y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Emil · #1, 81y
Jonas · #1, 77y
Magnus · #3, 81y
Jakob · #6, 81y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Andreas · #1, 81y
Anne · #1, 81y
Charlotte · #1, 73y
Christine · #1, 81y

Comparisons involving Ida

Existing comparison pages where Ida and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Ida in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Ida vs Anna
Ida and Anna were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #37 and #23.
Ida · Anna · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Ida vs Astrid
Ida and Astrid were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #37 and #9.
Ida · Astrid · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Ida vs Elin
Ida and Elin were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #37 and #263.
Ida · Elin · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking

Order changes

Pairs where Ida and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Emma vs Ida
In 2003, Emma moved ahead of Ida in Norway · Girls — #5 and #1 the year before became #1 and #2.
Emma · Ida · 75 shared years, 1945–2025 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 2003 Norway ranking
Anne vs Ida
In 1985, Ida moved ahead of Anne in Norway · Girls — #3 and #6 the year before became #9 and #2.
Anne · Ida · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1985 Norway ranking
Ida vs Maria
In 1985, Ida moved ahead of Maria in Norway · Girls — #6 and #4 the year before became #2 and #3.
Ida · Maria · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1985 Norway ranking

Compared inside Norway lists

Pairs involving Ida measured in Norway's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Ida at its highest position.

Ida vs Elisabeth
Ida and Elisabeth were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #37 and #171.
Ida · Elisabeth · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Ida vs Elise
Ida and Elise were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #37 and #63.
Ida · Elise · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Ida vs Ellen
Ida and Ellen were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #37 and #208.
Ida · Ellen · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking

Norway overview→

Ida and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,577 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Ida without appearing here.

Ida moved ahead of

Ryan
In 2003 they stood at #2738 and #2411 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #1209 and #4598.
Evan
In 2000 they stood at #2770 and #2770 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #1728 and #3998.
Lene
In 2000 they stood at #2167 and #1831 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #1728 and #3998.
Gail
In 1999 they stood at #2770 and #2770 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #2167 and #3912.

Moved ahead of Ida

Chloe
In 2007 they stood at #406 and #503 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2008 that had become #546 and #9.
Bailey
In 2015 they stood at #494 and #532 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2016 that had become #868 and #359.
May
In 2008 they stood at #546 and #665 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2009 that had become #893 and #488.
Kylie
In 2017 they stood at #471 and #651 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2018 that had become #734 and #336.

Moved the opposite way to Ida

Åse
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Ida went from #204 to #37 while Åse went from #25 to #93.
Aud
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Ida went from #204 to #37 while Aud went from #13 to #427.
Bjørg
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Ida went from #204 to #37 while Bjørg went from #6 to #369.
Eileen
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Ida went from #204 to #37 while Eileen went from #324 to #501.

Moved the same way as Ida

Elise Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Ida went from #204 to #37 and Elise from #223 to #63.
Ella
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Ida went from #204 to #37 and Ella from #137 to #4.
Ellinor Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Ida went from #204 to #37 and Ellinor from #102 to #7.
Emma Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Ida went from #204 to #37 and Emma from #342 to #1.

Meaning & Origin

Commonly traced to a Germanic element possibly meaning 'work' or 'labour'.

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

Germanic, used across Norwegian, Swedish, Danish and German tradition

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

Other names with a researched meaning and origin →

Where Ida is officially recorded

5 official registrars have recorded Ida, between 1945 and 2025. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
Norway	1945–2025	81	#1 in 1988
Republic of Ireland	1964–2025	21	#325 in 1965
England and Wales	1996–2025	30	#257 in 2021
Northern Ireland	2014–2024	9	#178 in 2023
Scotland	2024	1	#384 in 2024

Its high point came 59 years earlier in Republic of Ireland (1965) than in Scotland (2024).

Variants

No spelling variants or nicknames recorded yet.

Similar Names

No similar names recorded yet for this name.

Similarity is a demonstration score — see methodology.

Spelling

Spelling simplicity

Calculated directly from the name's spelling — see Name Characteristics above.

No commonly used alternate spellings recorded.

Pronunciation

EE-dah/ˈiːdɑ/

Syllables: 2
Ease: easy

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

Where Ida Is Recorded

National statistical agencies have recorded Ida in these places. This shows where the name is used — not where it comes from, and not that it carries particular cultural significance there.

England and WalesNorthern IrelandScotlandRepublic of IrelandNorway

Notable Usage

No safely-sourced notable usage recorded for this name yet.

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Ida

Ida at a glance

What stands out in Ida's record

Overview

Popularity

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ida across 4 official records

Ida by decade in Norway · Girls

Ida appears in

What the record shows

Names published alongside Ida

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Ida

Longest shared records

Order changes

Compared inside Norway lists

Ida and the names beside it

Ida moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Ida

Moved the opposite way to Ida

Moved the same way as Ida

Meaning & Origin

Where Ida is officially recorded

Variants

Similar Names

Spelling

Pronunciation

Where Ida Is Recorded

Notable Usage

Sibling & Surname Compatibility

Ida at a glance

What stands out in Ida's record

Ida across 4 official records

Ida by decade in Norway · Girls

Ida appears in

What the record shows

Names published alongside Ida

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Ida

Longest shared records

Order changes

Compared inside Norway lists

Ida and the names beside it

Ida moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Ida

Moved the opposite way to Ida

Moved the same way as Ida