| Ingrid | Astrid | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | Ing's beauty | Divinely beautiful |
| Origin | Norse | norse |
| Gender | Girl | Girl |
| Pronunciation | ING-grid | AS-trid |
| Syllables | 2 | 2 |
| First appeared | 1897 | 1892 |
| Peak year | 1967 (578) | 2024 (822) |
| In 2025 | 209 | 818 |
| Trend | Declining | Near its peak |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Ingrid | Astrid |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 1,380 | 4,578 |
| 2010s | 2,946 | 3,352 |
| 2000s | 4,036 | 2,050 |
| 1990s | 2,613 | 1,499 |
| 1980s | 2,504 | 575 |
| 1970s | 3,735 | 347 |
| 1960s | 4,873 | 337 |
| 1950s | 2,606 | 170 |
| 1940s | 1,895 | 142 |
| 1930s | 389 | 244 |
| 1920s | 341 | 247 |
| 1910s | 334 | 426 |
| 1900s | 83 | 132 |
| 1890s | 12 | 46 |
Ingrid means “beautiful” or “beloved of Ing,” a Norse fertility god.
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.
Astrid is more popular than Ingrid today: about 818 US babies were given the name Astrid in 2025, compared with 209 named Ingrid.
Ingrid means Ing's beauty (Norse origin), while Astrid means Divinely beautiful (norse origin).
In US records, Ingrid first appears in 1897 and Astrid in 1892, so Astrid has the longer recorded history.