Ingvald

Boys' name

The god Ing/Yngvi + ruler

Ingvald has been given to 74 babies in the U.S. since 1899. 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 1918, with 18 recorded.

Babies named Ingvald, 1923

1 in 460,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Ingvald: meaning, origin, and history

The god Ing/Yngvi + ruler

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Ingvald means

Ingvald means “the god Ing/Yngvi + ruler”, associated with Ingi and valdr.

Origin, language, and formation

Ingvald is used in Norwegian.

Ingvald comes through Old Norse Ingivaldr.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 74 boys were recorded with the name Ingvald between 1899 and 1923. Its highest annual count was 18 in 1918; its best national rank was #1,125 in 1899.

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 Ingvald?

Ingvald had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1923, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1923: 1 in 460,000; 5 of 2,302,410 births
Among boys only: 1 in 219,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1923: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 319,183 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Ingvald 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 1923 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 319,183 children born in 1923 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ingvald. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ingvalds were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ingvald was born before 1918 — so the typical Ingvald is around 107 today.

Median birth year: 1918; About 107 years old
Biggest decade: 1910s; 62.2% 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 — 62.2% of all recorded uses (46).

Is Ingvald 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 1918 (18)
Years since peak: 107; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 54.8% average annual change
Best rank ever: #1,125; 1899

Where Ingvald is used

Across 1910–2025, Ingvald was most concentrated in North Dakota — about 1 in 50,000 boys, against 1 in 315,352 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in —).

02 per 100,000

State popularity map

Most concentrated

1North Dakota1 in 50,000
2Minnesota1 in —
3Wisconsin1 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. Ingvald has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Ingvald around the world

Where Ingvald 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
1880–2025
#448
in 2025

Popularity data from Statistics Norway. SSB data under CC BY 4.0.

Ingvald 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: #1,125; 1899
Peak year: 1918; 18 that year
First recorded: 1899
Last recorded: 1923
All-time count: 74
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Ingvald

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

Ingemar Gearald Regnald Raynald Sherald Romuald Reynald Emerald Lonald Horald Gerrald Rhonald Terald Ingolf Ingrid Thorwald Regenald Ranald Thorvald Ingram Reinald Rondald Merald Ingo

Sibling names for Ingvald

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

Winnifred Johnie Ray Lida Maybelle Floy Garnet Mathilda

For a brother

Granville Valentine Ellsworth Orval Buster Sol Omer Ferdinand

Explore around Ingvald

Top names of 1918, Ingvald's peak year The 1910s in full Other names that peaked in 1899 Boys' names starting with I Uncommon Norwegian Boy Names