| Astrid | Ingrid | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | Divinely beautiful | Ing's beauty |
| Origin | norse | Norse |
| Gender | Girl | Girl |
| Pronunciation | AS-trid | ING-grid |
| Syllables | 2 | 2 |
| First appeared | 1892 | 1897 |
| Peak year | 2024 (822) | 1967 (578) |
| In 2025 | 818 | 209 |
| Trend | Near its peak | Declining |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Astrid | Ingrid |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 4,578 | 1,380 |
| 2010s | 3,352 | 2,946 |
| 2000s | 2,050 | 4,036 |
| 1990s | 1,499 | 2,613 |
| 1980s | 575 | 2,504 |
| 1970s | 347 | 3,735 |
| 1960s | 337 | 4,873 |
| 1950s | 170 | 2,606 |
| 1940s | 142 | 1,895 |
| 1930s | 244 | 389 |
| 1920s | 247 | 341 |
| 1910s | 426 | 334 |
| 1900s | 132 | 83 |
| 1890s | 46 | 12 |
From Old Norse Ástríðr, from áss 'god' + fríðr 'beautiful, fair, beloved'. Here 'fríðr' genuinely means 'beautiful/fair' (not merely light-colored), giving the standard gloss 'divinely beautiful'. Old Germanic dithematic names resist a single tidy translation, but the beauty element is well attested.
Ingrid means “beautiful” or “beloved of Ing,” a Norse fertility god.
Astrid is more popular than Ingrid today: about 818 US babies were given the name Astrid in 2025, compared with 209 named Ingrid.
Astrid means Divinely beautiful (norse origin), while Ingrid means Ing's beauty (Norse origin).
In US records, Astrid first appears in 1892 and Ingrid in 1897, so Astrid has the longer recorded history.