Ingolf

Boys' name

Wolf

Ingolf has been given to 17 babies in the U.S. since 1912. 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 1916, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Ingolf, 1921

1 in 467,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Ingolf: meaning, origin, and history

Wolf

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Ingolf means

Ingolf means “wolf”, associated with ulfr.

Origin, language, and formation

Ingolf is used in Danish and German.

Ingolf comes through Old Norse Ingólfr.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 17 boys were recorded with the name Ingolf between 1912 and 1921. Its highest annual count was 7 in 1916; its best national rank was #2,710 in 1912.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Ingolf?

Ingolf had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1921, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1921: 1 in 467,000; 5 of 2,334,460 births
Among boys only: 1 in 220,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1921: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 323,626 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Ingolf 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 1921 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 323,626 children born in 1921 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ingolf. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ingolfs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ingolf was born before 1916 — so the typical Ingolf is around 109 today.

Median birth year: 1916; About 109 years old
Biggest decade: 1910s; 70.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 0; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1910s — 70.6% of all recorded uses (12).

Is Ingolf 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 1916 (7)
Years since peak: 109; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #2,710; 1912

Ingolf around the world

Where Ingolf ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

Norway
1880–1984
#603
in 1984
South Australia
1953–1965
#574
in 1965

Popularity data from Statistics Norway and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). SSB, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Ingolf 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: #2,710; 1912
Peak year: 1916; 7 that year
First recorded: 1912
Last recorded: 1921
All-time count: 17
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Ingolf

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

Ingrid Ingemar Ingmar Ingvald Ingo Ingram Volf Randolf Wolf Rudolf Adolf Rolf

Sibling names for Ingolf

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

Era Leatha Leone Artie Alpha Hettie Cecil Ona

For a brother

Winfield Dorsey Aloysius Hyman Regis Sydney Meyer Gustave

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