Ida

Boy · recorded 1880–1967

  • 1967last recorded
  • 1888best year

Most popular in 1888.

Last recorded in 1967. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Ida.

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

05410818801902192419451967

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 73 recorded years as a table
Ida, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188072
188150
188244
188348
188470
188556
188672
188789
1888108
188972
189090
189282
189380
189478
189585
189642
189753
189865
189994
190086
190156
190350
190447
190583
190645
190734
190845
190979
191031
191162
191233
191310
191421
191518
191619
191715
191820
191911
192013
192116
192212
192313
192416
192518
192612
192720
192813
192923
193012
193113
193215
193317
193415
193513
19369
193711
193811
193913
19408
19418
19428
19434
19454
19464
19483
19493
19524
19533
19565
19612
19643
19653
19675

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Ida isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1967
8
Rank in 1967
#2,985
How rare
1 in 217,976 boys
Since 1880
766

Ida was last recorded in 1967. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1888, at 108 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Ida doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.