Ida was a hugely popular girls' name that peaked at #7 in 1880 but is far less common today.
Ida is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #1,120 for girl births in the United States (and #2,145 across all names), given to 209 babies. Ida was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1918 (4,450 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 209 | 209 | #1,120 | — |
| 2024 | 213 | 213 | #1,138 | — |
| 2023 | 203 | 203 | #1,180 | — |
| 2022 | 226 | 226 | #1,104 | — |
| 2021 | 222 | 222 | #1,113 | — |
| 2020 | 197 | 197 | #1,179 | — |
| 2019 | 184 | 184 | #1,264 | — |
| 2018 | 193 | 193 | #1,216 | — |
| 2017 | 180 | 180 | #1,305 | — |
| 2016 | 196 | 196 | #1,246 | — |
| 2015 | 163 | 163 | #1,419 | — |
| 2014 | 149 | 149 | #1,496 | — |
| 2013 | 118 | 118 | #1,746 | — |
| 2012 | 101 | 101 | #1,946 | — |
| 2011 | 100 | 100 | #1,976 | — |
| 2010 | 104 | 104 | #1,931 | — |
| 2009 | 95 | 95 | #2,124 | — |
| 2008 | 103 | 103 | #2,023 | — |
| 2007 | 96 | 96 | #2,104 | — |
| 2006 | 85 | 85 | #2,254 | — |
| 2005 | 94 | 94 | #2,007 | — |
| 2004 | 83 | 83 | #2,164 | — |
| 2003 | 90 | 90 | #2,009 | — |
| 2002 | 80 | 80 | #2,117 | — |
| 2001 | 95 | 95 | #1,853 | — |
| 2000 | 96 | 96 | #1,806 | — |
| 1999 | 78 | 78 | #2,004 | — |
| 1998 | 101 | 101 | #1,613 | — |
| 1997 | 97 | — | #1,629 | — |
| 1996 | 104 | — | #1,533 | — |
| 1995 | 100 | — | #1,534 | — |
| 1994 | 108 | — | #1,468 | — |
| 1993 | 107 | — | #1,488 | — |
| 1992 | 136 | — | #1,260 | — |
| 1991 | 115 | — | #1,399 | — |
| 1990 | 121 | — | #1,331 | — |
| 1989 | 136 | — | #1,197 | — |
| 1988 | 162 | — | #1,009 | — |
| 1987 | 150 | — | #1,035 | — |
| 1986 | 156 | — | #996 | — |
| 1985 | 154 | — | #989 | — |
| 1984 | 157 | — | #937 | — |
| 1983 | 152 | — | #961 | — |
| 1982 | 205 | — | #789 | — |
| 1981 | 206 | — | #789 | — |
| 1980 | 209 | — | #786 | — |
| 1979 | 242 | — | #699 | — |
| 1978 | 219 | — | #722 | — |
| 1977 | 250 | — | #649 | — |
| 1976 | 219 | — | #679 | — |
| 1975 | 240 | — | #640 | — |
| 1974 | 303 | — | #554 | — |
| 1973 | 307 | — | #545 | — |
| 1972 | 326 | — | #522 | — |
| 1971 | 347 | — | #529 | — |
| 1970 | 385 | — | #510 | — |
| 1969 | 391 | — | #491 | — |
| 1968 | 401 | — | #479 | — |
| 1967 | 488 | — | #428 | #3,097 |
| 1966 | 514 | — | #409 | — |
| 1965 | 523 | — | #409 | #4,151 |
| 1964 | 583 | — | #406 | #3,794 |
| 1963 | 624 | — | #385 | — |
| 1962 | 658 | — | #366 | — |
| 1961 | 709 | — | #362 | #4,326 |
| 1960 | 738 | — | #357 | — |
| 1959 | 822 | — | #329 | — |
| 1958 | 792 | — | #334 | — |
| 1957 | 867 | — | #313 | — |
| 1956 | 942 | — | #288 | #2,702 |
| 1955 | 935 | — | #281 | — |
| 1954 | 1,063 | — | #253 | — |
| 1953 | 1,022 | — | #254 | #4,051 |
| 1952 | 1,068 | — | #242 | #3,218 |
| 1951 | 1,077 | — | #236 | — |
| 1950 | 1,195 | — | #217 | — |
| 1949 | 1,295 | — | #208 | #3,945 |
| 1948 | 1,309 | — | #205 | #3,471 |
| 1947 | 1,347 | — | #199 | — |
| 1946 | 1,396 | — | #184 | #3,023 |
| 1945 | 1,237 | — | #173 | #3,523 |
| 1944 | 1,335 | — | #166 | — |
| 1943 | 1,483 | — | #162 | #3,374 |
| 1942 | 1,632 | — | #153 | #2,321 |
| 1941 | 1,619 | — | #148 | #2,406 |
| 1940 | 1,697 | — | #144 | #2,567 |
| 1939 | 1,603 | — | #145 | #1,917 |
| 1938 | 1,736 | — | #141 | #2,127 |
| 1937 | 1,796 | — | #133 | #2,136 |
| 1936 | 1,811 | — | #130 | #2,526 |
| 1935 | 1,936 | — | #121 | #1,980 |
| 1934 | 1,987 | — | #118 | #1,889 |
| 1933 | 2,078 | — | #109 | #1,740 |
| 1932 | 2,333 | — | #105 | #1,883 |
| 1931 | 2,432 | — | #100 | #2,154 |
| 1930 | 2,656 | — | #94 | #2,235 |
| 1929 | 2,698 | — | #96 | #1,464 |
| 1928 | 3,008 | — | #87 | #2,212 |
| 1927 | 3,228 | — | #84 | #1,670 |
| 1926 | 3,298 | — | #82 | #2,358 |
| 1925 | 3,509 | — | #82 | #1,770 |
| 1924 | 3,879 | — | #70 | #1,932 |
| 1923 | 3,902 | — | #68 | #2,274 |
| 1922 | 4,000 | — | #65 | #2,406 |
| 1921 | 4,164 | — | #67 | #1,942 |
| 1920 | 4,104 | — | #66 | #2,276 |
| 1919 | 4,174 | — | #57 | #2,580 |
| 1918 | 4,470 | — | #57 | #1,742 |
| 1917 | 4,261 | — | #56 | #2,130 |
| 1916 | 4,381 | — | #54 | #1,806 |
| 1915 | 4,140 | — | #54 | #1,921 |
| 1914 | 3,575 | — | #49 | #1,730 |
| 1913 | 2,921 | — | #49 | #3,032 |
| 1912 | 2,754 | — | #45 | #1,312 |
| 1911 | 2,133 | — | #45 | #912 |
| 1910 | 2,113 | — | #47 | #1,499 |
| 1909 | 1,956 | — | #44 | #819 |
| 1908 | 1,959 | — | #43 | #1,157 |
| 1907 | 1,985 | — | #38 | #1,441 |
| 1906 | 1,759 | — | #43 | #1,182 |
| 1905 | 1,768 | — | #42 | #767 |
| 1904 | 1,757 | — | #38 | #1,136 |
| 1903 | 1,780 | — | #37 | #1,076 |
| 1902 | 1,836 | — | #34 | — |
| 1901 | 1,841 | — | #34 | #996 |
| 1900 | 2,298 | — | #30 | #714 |
| 1899 | 1,814 | — | #31 | #682 |
| 1898 | 2,098 | — | #29 | #846 |
| 1897 | 2,114 | — | #24 | #1,006 |
| 1896 | 2,164 | — | #24 | #1,174 |
| 1895 | 2,180 | — | #23 | #721 |
| 1894 | 2,204 | — | #21 | #762 |
| 1893 | 2,256 | — | #18 | #731 |
| 1892 | 2,269 | — | #17 | #713 |
| 1891 | 2,002 | — | #17 | — |
| 1890 | 2,188 | — | #16 | #647 |
| 1889 | 2,130 | — | #14 | #752 |
| 1888 | 2,242 | — | #12 | #570 |
| 1887 | 1,938 | — | #10 | #655 |
| 1886 | 2,057 | — | #7 | #725 |
| 1885 | 1,860 | — | #9 | #879 |
| 1884 | 1,890 | — | #7 | #727 |
| 1883 | 1,639 | — | #8 | #966 |
| 1882 | 1,678 | — | #7 | #1,011 |
| 1881 | 1,444 | — | #7 | #939 |
| 1880 | 1,480 | — | #7 | #712 |