Ida is a distinctive choice, ranked #337 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Ida in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#337
About the Name Ida
Ida is gradually declining in popularity, having dropped 79 places over five years. Its high point was #257 in 2021, and it now sits at #337. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Ida is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Ida
Unlikely. With around 128 UK babies named Ida per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Ida in her class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Ida has been declining in UK popularity, dropping 79 places in the last five years. Its peak was #257 in 2021. Choosing it now means she is likely to be among the last of her generation with this name.
Ida is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Ida include: Ida Galich — Ida Vasilevna Galich is a Russian TV presenter, singer, and blogger.; Ida Heiner — Ida Heiner is a Danish fashion model.; Ida Ladstätter — Ida Ladstätter is a retired Austrian alpine skier who competed in the 1988 Winter Olympics..
Ida does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Idas in the wild.
128
UK babies named Ida (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.1
In a school of 600
↓ 79 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Ida
Likely around 1 other Ida in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Ida
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Ida Louisa Lee, historian and poet, was born at Kelso, New South Wales. She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (FRGS) in 1914 and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Australian Historical Society (Hon.
Ida McKinley was the first lady of the United States from 1897 until 1901, as the wife of President William McKinley. McKinley also served as the First Lady of Ohio from 1892 to 1896 while her husband was the governor of Ohio.
Ida Caroline Ward was a British linguist working mainly on African languages who did influential work in the domains of phonology and tonology. Her 1933 collaboration with Diedrich Hermann Westermann, Practical Phonetics for Students of African languages, has been reprinted many times.