Ingar
Ingar is a Norwegian masculine given name, as well as a Southern Swedish feminine given name.
- Norwegian
Meaning & Origin of Ingar
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ingar is a Norwegian masculine given name, as well as a Southern Swedish feminine given name.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Norwegian
The Story of Ingar
The earliest SSA record of Ingar as a baby girl name dates back to 1964, when 7 babies received it. 1964 was its biggest year on record, with 7 newborns named Ingar — #5,474 in the national rankings. Ingar last appeared in the published SSA data in 1964, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 7 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Ingar
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Ingar. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Ingvar
Names that sound like Ingar
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About the name Ingar
Ingar is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1964 and has accumulated 7 births in the dataset. Ingar's peak popularity came in 1964 when it ranked #5,474. Use the chart and map above to compare Ingar's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.