Ingemar

Boys' name

The god Ing/Yngvi + famous

Ingemar has been given to 21 babies in the U.S. since 1959. 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 1959, with 8 recorded.

Babies named Ingemar, 1961

1 in 690,000

Ingemar over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Ingemar: meaning, origin, and history

The god Ing/Yngvi + famous

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Ingemar means

Ingemar means “the god Ing/Yngvi + famous”, associated with Ingi- and mærr.

Origin, language, and formation

Ingemar is used in French and Swedish.

Ingemar comes through Old Norse Ingimarr.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 21 boys were recorded with the name Ingemar between 1959 and 1961. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1959; its best national rank was #3,136 in 1959.

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 Ingemar?

Ingemar had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1961, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1961: 1 in 690,000; 6 of 4,142,426 births
Among boys only: 1 in 354,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1961: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 478,553 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Ingemar sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1961 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 478,553 children born in 1961 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ingemar. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ingemars were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ingemar was born before 1960 — so the typical Ingemar is around 65 today.

Median birth year: 1960; About 65 years old
Biggest decade: 1960s; 61.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 21; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1960s — 61.9% of all recorded uses (13).

Is Ingemar 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 1959 (8)
Years since peak: 66; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 13.4% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,136; 1959

Ingemar by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #3,136; 1959
Peak year: 1959; 8 that year
First recorded: 1959
Last recorded: 1961
All-time count: 21
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Ingemar

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

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Sibling names for Ingemar

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

Meg Andra Tamela Robbin Jannette Joellen Gerri Debby

For a brother

Curtiss Russ Nicky Dwain Stan Lindsay Cliff Von

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