Ingram

Boys' name

A Germanic god + raven

Ingram has been given to 432 babies in the U.S. since 1883. 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 1917, with 13 recorded.

Babies named Ingram, 2024

1 in 418,000

Ingram over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Ingram: meaning, origin, and history

A Germanic god + raven

Germanic languages

What Ingram means

Ingram means “a Germanic god + raven”, associated with Ingwaz and hrabnaz.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From a Middle English given name, from Proto-Germanic *Ingwaz (“a Germanic god”) + *hrabnaz (“raven”). The places are named after persons with the surname.

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Origin, language, and formation

Ingram is used in English. Its origins include Germanic languages.

Ingram comes through Proto-Germanic *Ingwaz.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Ingram is pronounced /ˈɪŋɡɹəm/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 419 boys were recorded with the name Ingram between 1883 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 13 in 1917; its best national rank was #942 in 1890.

In the United States, 13 girls were recorded with the name Ingram between 1963 and 1971. Its highest annual count was 7 in 1963; its best national rank was #5,532 in 1963.

How common is Ingram?

Ingram had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2024, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2024: 1 in 418,000; 8 of 3,342,801 births
Among boys only: 1 in 215,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2024: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 289,633 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Ingram 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 2024 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 289,633 children born in 2024 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ingram. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ingrams were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ingram was born before 1959 — so the typical Ingram is around 66 today.

Median birth year: 1959; About 66 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 19.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 29.1%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 219; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 19.6% of all recorded uses (82).

Is Ingram 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 1917 (13)
Years since peak: 108; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 39.4% average annual change
Best rank ever: #942; 1890

Spellings of Ingram

Ingram is not the most common spelling — Iram is, with 68.6% against Ingram's 31.4%.

Iram68.6%917
Ingram31.4%419

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.

Where Ingram is used

Across 1910–2025, Ingram was most concentrated in South Carolina — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 500,295 across all states with data.

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

1South Carolina1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Ingram has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Ingram 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: #942; 1890
Peak year: 1917; 13 that year
First recorded: 1883
Last recorded: 2024
All-time count: 419
Count in 2025: Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #5,532; 1963
Peak year: 1963; 7 that year
First recorded: 1963
Last recorded: 1971
All-time count: 13
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Ingram

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

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Sibling names for Ingram

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

Albina Nelle Orpha Antonette Harriette Winnifred Maurine Johnie

For a brother

Regis Meyer Rosario Lyman Winfield Dorsey Granville Abe

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