girls:
1.4k births since 1888
#4361 (24th percentile)
overall:
1.4k births since 1888
#6378 (18th percentile)
The name Inger is the #6,378 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,365 recorded births since 1888. This represents the 17.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 17.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,361 (23.7% percentile) for all time with 1,365 births since 1888.
Inger first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1888 (first recorded for girls in 1888). Birth data for Inger is available in 69 out of the 99 years between 1888 and 1986. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Inger reached its peak popularity in 1966, achieving the 15.3% percentile (ranked #628) with 67 births per million. The name was most common in 1966, with 67 births per million (ranked 15.3% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1986.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Inger".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Inger. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 60.0% confident that Inger is pronounced as IHN-ger, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is IHNGG-er, at 25.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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