Name meaning & stats
Inga
Inga means “protected by Yngvi” (Old Norse origin). 2,584 US babies since 1940, peak 1969.
What it means
“protected by Yngvi”
Old NorseWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 1969
2,584 US babies were named Inga between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Inga (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Name twins (peaked around 1969)