Ica

Girls' name

Diminutive of Ilona

Ica has been given to 223 babies in the U.S. since 1885. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1914, with 15 recorded.

Babies named Ica, 1930

1 in 445,000

Ica over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Ica: meaning, origin, and history

Diminutive of Ilona

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Ica means

Ica is a diminutive of Ilona.

Origin, language, and formation

Ica is used in Hungarian and Indonesian.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Ilona.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Hungarian, Ica is pronounced [ˈit͡sɒ].

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 223 girls were recorded with the name Ica between 1885 and 1930. Its highest annual count was 15 in 1914; its best national rank was #976 in 1885.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Ica?

Ica had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1930, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1930: 1 in 445,000; 5 of 2,223,243 births
Among girls only: 1 in 225,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1930: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 308,208 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Ica sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1930 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 308,208 children born in 1930 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ica. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Icas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ica was born before 1914 — so the typical Ica is around 111 today.

Median birth year: 1914; About 111 years old
Biggest decade: 1910s; 29.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 61.9%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 0; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1910s — 29.6% of all recorded uses (66).

Is Ica rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1914 (15)
Years since peak: 111; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 43.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #976; 1885

Ica by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #976; 1885
Peak year: 1914; 15 that year
First recorded: 1885
Last recorded: 1930
All-time count: 223
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Ica

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Ica

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Golda Lauretta Leatha Leone Mayme Artie Alpha Hettie

For a brother

Gustave Waldo Orrin Winfield Dorsey Aloysius Hyman Regis

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