Ida is a girl's name of Irish and Celtic origin meaning “labor, work.” Its exact origin is debated among name scholars. In 2024 it was given to 211 girls in the United States.
Ida belongs to the Irish & Celtic and Scandinavian tradition. Its meaning — “labor, work” — is the sense carried by its Irish and Celtic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Ida first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #7 in 1880, and in 2024 211 babies received the name — 187,714 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Ida means “labor, work” in its Irish and Celtic roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Ida is a girl name. In 2024, 211 babies received the name in the US.
Ida comes from the Irish & Celtic and Scandinavian tradition.
Ida first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #7 in 1880, and 211 babies were given the name in 2024.
Ida is pronounced /ˈaɪdə/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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