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Girl's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: hardly given today

IdaIn Hebrew: אידה · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Ida (Hebrew: אידה) is a girl's name of international origin. 1,475 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1949, with 122 babies.

People in Israel
1,475
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
—
not in the list
Peak year
1949
122 babies
USA, 2025
209
rank #1,120

Writing and saying Ida

In Hebrew letters the name is אידה, read right to left. Ida is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Ida by year: Israel and abroad

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Ida: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Ida in English-speaking countries

Ida in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States2025209#1,1201918 (4,450)
United Kingdom2025138#3442020 (200)
England and Wales2025126#3422021 (185)
Scotland20257#4292020 (10)
Northern Ireland20255#2902021 (10)
Ireland20253#8502015 (8)
Alberta20259#4922025 (9)

Counts for girls. The Hebrew page for Ida has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Ida

How do you write Ida in Hebrew?

Ida is written אידה in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Ida?

1,475 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name אידה: 1,475 women and 0 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Ida a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 100.0% of the people named אידה are women.

Is Ida used outside Israel?

The name Ida appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 209 girls were given it in 2025 (#1,120), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 138 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.