Girl
Ingrid
As a girl's name, Ingrid traces back to Old Norse, where it is understood to mean "Old Norse Ing (fertility god) + fridr (beautiful)". It has cooled since its 1960s peak, though it is still chosen today. As things stand now, it is a solidly familiar choice. It has quietly persisted through most of the last century of American birth records.
Old NorseOld Norse "Ing" (fertility god) + "fridr" (beautiful)
EtymologyMeaning "beautiful Ing" or "Ing's beloved"
Births by decade
1900s
83
1910s
334
1920s
341
1930s
389
1940s
1,895
1950s
2,600
1960s
4,858
1970s
3,733
1980s
2,514
1990s
2,617
2000s
4,035
2010s
2,411
Peaked in the 1960s · 25,810 total U.S. births since 1900