Ida is a Germanic name from the element id, "work" or "labor", and in Greek myth Mount Ida on Crete was the childhood home of Zeus. Journalist and civil rights pioneer Ida B. Wells and film director Ida Lupino are its most notable American bearers. Ida was a top 10 name in the 1880s, had fallen to number 1806 by 2000 and has quietly recovered to number 1120 in 2025, part of the return of short vintage names.