Ida
Meaning
hard-working
Famously borne by Ida Pfeiffer, one of the first women to travel solo around the world. Famously borne by Ida B. Wells, who documented lynching in America and signed the call that founded the NAACP.
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Ida peaked in the 1890s.
See popularity in Brazil
Popularity in Brazil
7,723 people · the #2,027 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 26,316 · median age 69
Among people named Ida living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1950s than in any other decade.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Ida
Most people given the name Ida in the United States were born between 1940 and 1979. The Ida you meet today is most often in her 60s or 70s.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Ida deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Ida truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Ida fits with your family’s names and surname.
Where Ida travels
Jewish American · a distinctly early-20th-century Jewish American classic
Global crossover · industrious, hardworking; a top-10 US name in the 1890s that remains a favorite in Norway and Denmark today
Keep exploring
German baby names · Global crossover names · Jewish American baby names · Short names
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