Ina
Used as a short form of names ending in -ina, such as Christina, Georgina and Wilhelmina, where the ending is a Latin feminine suffix.
Ina in 2025
Ina was given to 66 babies in the United States in 2025, making it the 4,644th most popular name of the year. That is roughly one in every 50,232 babies born.
The history of Ina
Ina reached its highest point in 1921, when 751 babies were given the name, ranking 426th that year. Its best-ever ranking was 230th, in 1887.
Across the 146 years of records since 1880, 34,139 babies have been named Ina. Half of them were born before 1927, which places the name's centre of gravity with the Greatest Generation.
Ina by decade
| Decade | Babies named Ina | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,406 | 230 |
| 1890s | 2,397 | 232 |
| 1900s | 2,667 | 254 |
| 1910s | 5,474 | 323 |
| 1920s | 6,795 | 426 |
| 1930s | 5,548 | 434 |
| 1940s | 3,776 | 580 |
| 1950s | 2,210 | 895 |
| 1960s | 1,253 | 1,466 |
| 1970s | 704 | 1,968 |
| 1980s | 421 | 3,079 |
| 1990s | 345 | 4,840 |
| 2000s | 375 | 5,592 |
| 2010s | 467 | 4,632 |
| 2020s | 301 | 4,644 |
Where Ina is heading
Ina has risen 18% over the past decade, from 56 babies in 2015 to 66 in 2025.
Names like Ina
Names that rose and fell at the same time as Ina.