Ina

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Ina: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Ina: Recorded since 1945, it reached #56 in 1988, and it stood at #264 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
103times a registrar ranked it
81years from first to last
#56highest recorded position
24groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Ina's record

Moved 119 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1999–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1999	#3900
2001	#3262
2003	#2727
2004	#3725
2005	#4798
2007	#3667
2008	#2721
2010	#2392
2011	#4049
2012	#2717
2013	#2649
2014	#2862
2015	#2496
2016	#2757
2017	#2341
2018	#2499
2019	#1854
2020	#3899
2021	#1866
2022	#2325
2023	#2927
2024	#3318

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 76 of the 81 years from 1945 to 2025.

In 2024: #233 among girls in Norway, #3318 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1945–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #344 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2025
Highest recorded position: #56 among girls in Norway, in 1988 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #264 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls

Ina appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 76 years beginning in 1945, and has registered 3,354 births with the name.

Ina across 3 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.

Ina'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	#344 (1945)	#56 (1988)	#264 (2025)	76 of 81	3,354 (1945–2025)	140 (1988)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#327 (1964)	#327 (1964)	#834 (2020)	5 of 57	16 (1964–2020)	4 (1964)
England and Wales · Girls	#3900 (1999)	#1854 (2019)	#3318 (2024)	22 of 26	175 (1999–2024)	15 (2019)

Ina 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 Ina in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	14	2 of 10	7
1950s	73	8 of 10	9
1960s	237	10 of 10	24
1970s	402	10 of 10	40
1980sbusiest	923	10 of 10	92
1990s	807	10 of 10	81
2000s	568	10 of 10	57
2010s	226	10 of 10	23
2020s	104	6 of 10	17

Across Norway · Girls, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 92 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1987 and 1988, when recorded births rose by 45, from 95 to 140.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Ina appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #56 in Norway in 1988.

Ina's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#3318	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2927	8	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2325	11	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1866	15	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3899	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1854	15	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2499	10	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2341	11	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2757	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2496	10	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2862	8	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2649	9	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2717	9	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4049	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2392	10	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2721	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3667	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2727	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3262	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
2025	Norway	female	#264	15	High	Verified
2024	Norway	female	#233	18	High	Verified
2023	Norway	female	#280	14	High	Verified
2022	Norway	female	#180	25	High	Verified
2021	Norway	female	#233	17	High	Verified
2020	Norway	female	#275	15	High	Verified
2019	Norway	female	#285	14	High	Verified
2018	Norway	female	#335	12	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#317	14	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#224	24	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#338	13	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#296	16	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#177	33	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#168	36	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#227	24	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#157	40	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#151	43	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#147	44	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#139	46	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#108	62	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#127	48	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#90	72	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#127	49	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#90	70	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#88	77	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#119	57	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#132	49	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#115	63	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#111	68	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#103	79	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#109	77	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#106	78	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#99	88	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#82	102	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#91	92	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#75	111	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#71	109	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#56	140	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#76	95	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#63	114	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#68	104	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#75	99	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#88	83	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#101	68	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#105	66	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#139	45	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#143	41	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#133	46	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#168	33	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#150	41	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#132	49	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#180	31	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#139	45	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#132	48	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#150	40	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#175	28	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#165	30	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#167	28	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#184	25	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#163	29	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#265	14	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#158	28	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#172	25	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#218	17	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#149	28	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#252	13	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#194	19	High	Verified
1958	Norway	female	#279	11	High	Verified
1957	Norway	female	#274	11	High	Verified
1956	Norway	female	#282	10	High	Verified
1954	Norway	female	#425	4	High	Verified
1953	Norway	female	#399	5	High	Verified
1952	Norway	female	#331	8	High	Verified
1951	Norway	female	#366	5	High	Verified
1947	Norway	female	#291	9	High	Verified
1945	Norway	female	#344	5	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#834	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#871	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#894	3	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#466	3	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#327	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1945 and 2025, ranked in 76 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #56, first reached in 1988.

It held a top-100 place in 14 years, 11 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 140 births, registered in Norway in 1988.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1964, and 54 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.

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.

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Inaara · #1160, 15y
Inaaya · #159, 21y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Jonny · #55, 79y
Monika · #50, 80y
Ola · #48, 81y
Edvin · #45, 81y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Elena · #56, 77y
Kurt · #56, 80y
Trygve · #56, 81y
Ali · #57, 80y

Ina was ranked #56 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.

Ina 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 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Ina without appearing here.

Ina moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2499 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1854 and #5591.
Tracy Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3899 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1866 and #5581.
Martine Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3667 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #2392 and #5707.
Jeanette Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4049 and #4049 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2717 and #5876.

Moved ahead of Ina

Eabha Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1854 and #2458 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3899 and #1313.
Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2927 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #1743.
Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2649 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2862 and #1628.
Fiadh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2341 and #2502 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2499 and #1436.

Moved the opposite way to Ina

Grete Compare
Between 1945 and 2022 in Norway · Girls, Ina went from #344 to #180 while Grete went from #28 to #484.
Kate Compare
Between 1945 and 2022 in Norway · Girls, Ina went from #344 to #180 while Kate went from #233 to #490.
Reidun Compare
Between 1945 and 2022 in Norway · Girls, Ina went from #344 to #180 while Reidun went from #17 to #425.
Jane Compare
Between 1945 and 2013 in Norway · Girls, Ina went from #344 to #177 while Jane went from #246 to #576.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #56 in Norway in 1988. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ina

Ina at a glance

What stands out in Ina's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ina across 3 official records

Ina by decade in Norway · Girls

Ina appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Ina

Ina and the names beside it

Ina moved ahead of

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Ina at a glance

What stands out in Ina's record

Ina across 3 official records

Ina by decade in Norway · Girls

Ina appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Ina

Ina and the names beside it

Ina moved ahead of

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