Ida
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Ida is a Germanic name meaning “hardworking” or “industrious.” Other books give English meanings such as “youth” or “prosperous.” Ida was big a century ago, inspiring Gilbert and Sullivan’s Princess Ida and actress Ida Lupino, but has not yet revived; in myth Ida was the nymph who cared for Zeus. The namesake is Ida B. Wells, the African American civil rights campaigner who refused to give up her first-class train seat.
Sources: Baby Names Made Easy, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, The Best Baby Names for Girls, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, 10,000 Baby Names, Badass Baby Names
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Usage of Ida in different languages / cultures
The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Ida against each list of names.
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Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Ida is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.
Ida in official name statistics
United States
In 2025, 209 girls were named Ida, making it the #1120 girls' name in the US. Since 1880, 187,929 girls have been named Ida, with the most (4,450) in 1918. It is most common, relative to births, in Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2025. Names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year are not listed.
Other countries
Counts are babies born that year, or living people for "all ages" rows, as published by each country's statistics office or population register.
Ida in other languages
- Aida Italian, Polish, Spanish
- Ita Estonian, German, Latvian
- Ide Danish, Dutch
- Yda Dutch, Spanish
- Ида Russian
Ida name days
- April 13 France
- February 3 Latvia
- September 4 Norway
- September 14 Sweden
Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Storms named Ida
Tropical storms, hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones that have been named Ida, newest first.
| Storm | Year | Ocean | Peak wind |
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| Hurricane Ida (Category 4) | 2021 | North Atlantic | 241 km/h |
| Tropical storm Ida | 2015 | North Atlantic | 83 km/h |
| Hurricane Ida (Category 2) | 2009 | North Atlantic | 167 km/h |
| Tropical storm Ida | 1986 | Western Pacific | 102 km/h |
| Typhoon Ida (Category 1) | 1983 | Western Pacific | 120 km/h |
| Typhoon Ida (Category 1) | 1980 | Western Pacific | 130 km/h |
| Typhoon Ida (Category 2) | 1975 | Western Pacific | 157 km/h |
| Cyclone Ida (Category 1) | 1972 | South Pacific | 130 km/h |
| Typhoon Ida (Category 3) | 1972 | Western Pacific | 204 km/h |
| Tropical storm Ida | 1971 | South Pacific | 83 km/h |
…and 10 earlier storms.
Source: IBTrACS, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Peak wind is the highest sustained wind recorded for the storm.
Towns named Ida
There are 131 towns and villages with Ida in their name, in 27 countries.
🇲🇦 Morocco 43🇺🇸 United States 20🇪🇹 Ethiopia 9🇳🇬 Nigeria 8🇧🇷 Brazil 6🇯🇵 Japan 6🇷🇺 Russia 5🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau 4
| Name | Where | Population | |
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| Veľká Ida | Košice Region, 🇸🇰 Slovakia | 3,917 | Map |
| Ida Grove | Iowa, 🇺🇸 United States | 2,122 | Map |
| Mount Ida | Arkansas, 🇺🇸 United States | 1,025 | Map |
| Ída | Central Macedonia, 🇬🇷 Greece | 639 | Map |
| Ida | Louisiana, 🇺🇸 United States | 215 | Map |
| Achara-Ida | Ebonyi State, 🇳🇬 Nigeria | – | Map |
| Cal-Ida | California, 🇺🇸 United States | – | Map |
| Ch’īda | South West Ethiopia Peoples' Region, 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | – | Map |
| Cornelia Ida | Essequibo Islands-West Demerara, 🇬🇾 Guyana | – | Map |
| Ida | Mato Grosso do Sul, 🇧🇷 Brazil | – | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Lakes named Ida
There are 47 lakes and reservoirs with Ida in their name, in 7 countries.
🇺🇸 United States 26🇨🇦 Canada 15🇳🇿 New Zealand 2🇦🇺 Australia 1🇧🇷 Brazil 1🇮🇳 India 1🇲🇦 Morocco 1
| Name | Where | |
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| Ida Lake | Ontario, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Ida Lake | Ontario, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Ida Lake | British Columbia, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Ida Lake | British Columbia, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Ida Lake | Minnesota, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
| Ida Lake | Minnesota, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
| Ida Lake | Minnesota, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
| Ida Lake | Minnesota, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
| Ida Lake | Minnesota, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
| Ida Lake | New York, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Ida songs
10 songs and musical works on Wikidata have Ida in their title. The best known:
- Ida Red
- Sexy Ida – Ike & Tina Turner (1974)
- Ida Red
- Ida! Sweet as Apple Cider
- IDA (Fogg)
- IDA (Lint)
- IDA (Snyder)
- Ida Carmen – Mozart Donizetti Gondim
- Ida et Emma au centre d'écueil – Clémence DesRochers (1970)
- MT. IDA
Song data: Wikidata (CC0), ordered by how widely each song is covered on Wikipedia.
Celebrities named Ida
Based on celebrities listed on Wikipedia, filtered to only those with the first name Ida.
Ida Corr
Ida Daussy
Ida Ljungqvist
Ida Marcussen
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Fictional characters named Ida
Characters from films and TV series, from Wikidata, ordered by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
Character data: Wikidata (CC0). Images: Wikimedia Commons; click an image for its author and licence.
Ida as a pet name
FurryName has found 36 dogs named Ida in public pet registers, making it the #2,630 dog name there. Most of them are registered in Basel (3), Zurich (2), Worcester (1). Ida as a dog name →
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