Ineta

Girls' name

Variant of Inta

Ineta has been given to 130 babies in the U.S. since 1916. 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 1927, with 11 recorded.

Babies named Ineta, 1952

1 in 759,000

Ineta 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Ineta: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Inta

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Ineta means

Ineta is a variant of Inta.

Origin, language, and formation

Ineta is used in Latvian and Lithuanian.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Inta.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 130 girls were recorded with the name Ineta between 1916 and 1952. Its highest annual count was 11 in 1927; its best national rank was #2,936 in 1927.

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 Ineta?

Ineta had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1952, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1952: 1 in 759,000; 5 of 3,796,842 births
Among girls only: 1 in 371,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1952: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 526,355 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Ineta 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 1952 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 526,355 children born in 1952 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ineta. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Inetas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ineta was born before 1925 — so the typical Ineta is around 100 today.

Median birth year: 1925; About 100 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 50.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 40.8%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 11; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 50.8% of all recorded uses (66).

Is Ineta 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 1927 (11)
Years since peak: 98; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Steady; 11.1% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,936; 1927

Spellings of Ineta

Ineta is not the most common spelling — Anita is, with 41.0% against Ineta's 0.02%.

Anita41.0%215,165
Inez13.0%68,353
Ina6.5%34,074
Greta5.3%27,786
India4.6%23,990
Neva4.0%21,220
Nita2.7%14,268
Leta2.3%11,944

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Ineta 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: #2,936; 1927
Peak year: 1927; 11 that year
First recorded: 1916
Last recorded: 1952
All-time count: 130
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Ineta

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

Ineza Iness Ineze Inesha Inetha Inessa Breta Neeta Inette Ineisha Reeta Inella Geeta Ineke Oveta Sweta Inetta Oreta Ileta Loeta Seleta Keta Areta Keeta

Sibling names for Ineta

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

Darline Leatrice Pearline Belva Edward George Paul Charline

For a brother

Frances Jewel Napoleon Raymon Merlin Domenick Jules Bud

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