Meaning not yet researched.
Agnes: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 246 in 2025. Its best rank was #37 in 1899.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #37 in 1899; #1,016 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Agnes in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,016 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1899, at #37.
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Agnes: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 246 girls in 2025. Peak: #37 in 1899 · most girls in one year: 5,291 (1918).
In 2025, 246 US girls were named Agnes, making it the 1,016th most common girls’ name of the year, up 45 places from #1,061 in 2024. That is 11 more than the 235 girls named Agnes in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #37, reached in 1899. The most girls given the name in a single year was 5,291, in 1918. For comparison, it was #1,275 in 2015 and #286 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Agnes in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 473 babies with the name. In all, 159,982 US babies have been given the name, 99.7% of them girls and 0.3% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 39,362 babies named Agnes.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 2,181 US girls were named Agnes; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 246. In 2025 that was about 1 in 6,534 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Agnes ranked highest in Kansas in 2025, at #258 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Ines (7,150 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Agness, Agnieszka and Agnese are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Aggy, Inez and Nessa.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch, German and Swedish. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Agness (747), Agnieszka (233), Agnese (16), Agnia (15), Agnessa (11), Agnus (10), Agnesa (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 30 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas | 12 | #258 | — |
| Nebraska | 6 | #336 | — |
| Oregon | 8 | #430 | — |
| Wisconsin | 11 | #448 | #744 |
| Iowa | 6 | #494 | — |
| Colorado | 8 | #638 | — |
| Michigan | 10 | #738 | #1,281 |
| Ohio | 12 | #743 | #1,280 |
| Louisiana | 5 | #778 | — |
| New York | 17 | #903 | #1,139 |
| California | 31 | #908 | #1,294 |
| Indiana | 6 | #917 | #944 |
| Missouri | 5 | #930 | #562 |
| Tennessee | 5 | #1,133 | — |
| Virginia | 5 | #1,183 | — |
| Georgia | 7 | #1,214 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 5 | #1,395 | #1,235 |
| Illinois | 5 | #1,414 | #1,644 |
| North Carolina | 5 | #1,443 | — |
| Texas | 14 | #1,618 | #2,376 |
| Florida | 6 | #1,890 | #2,078 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 246 | #1,016 | — | — |
| 2024 | 235 | #1,061 | — | — |
| 2023 | 229 | #1,081 | — | — |
| 2022 | 228 | #1,095 | — | — |
| 2021 | 216 | #1,138 | — | — |
| 2020 | 182 | #1,247 | — | — |
| 2019 | 215 | #1,125 | — | — |
| 2018 | 198 | #1,199 | — | — |
| 2017 | 199 | #1,208 | — | — |
| 2016 | 233 | #1,103 | — | — |
| 2015 | 191 | #1,275 | — | — |
| 2014 | 191 | #1,261 | — | — |
| 2013 | 124 | #1,689 | — | — |
| 2012 | 123 | #1,700 | — | — |
| 2011 | 97 | #2,019 | — | — |
| 2010 | 67 | #2,672 | — | — |
| 2009 | 81 | #2,375 | — | — |
| 2008 | 61 | #2,888 | — | — |
| 2007 | 65 | #2,787 | — | — |
| 2006 | 68 | #2,632 | — | — |
| 2005 | 59 | #2,788 | — | — |
| 2004 | 57 | #2,809 | — | — |
| 2003 | 62 | #2,579 | — | — |
| 2002 | 54 | #2,780 | — | — |
| 2001 | 60 | #2,540 | — | — |
| 2000 | 68 | #2,279 | — | — |
| 1999 | 63 | #2,343 | — | — |
| 1998 | 64 | #2,221 | — | — |
| 1997 | 48 | #2,622 | — | — |
| 1996 | 64 | #2,125 | — | — |
| 1995 | 61 | #2,190 | — | — |
| 1994 | 59 | #2,232 | — | — |
| 1993 | 55 | #2,324 | — | — |
| 1992 | 69 | #1,987 | — | — |
| 1991 | 67 | #2,034 | — | — |
| 1990 | 76 | #1,862 | — | — |
| 1989 | 79 | #1,717 | — | — |
| 1988 | 76 | #1,686 | — | — |
| 1987 | 71 | #1,699 | — | — |
| 1986 | 69 | #1,691 | — | — |
| 1985 | 67 | #1,710 | — | — |
| 1984 | 63 | #1,727 | — | — |
| 1983 | 82 | #1,423 | — | — |
| 1982 | 69 | #1,653 | — | — |
| 1981 | 91 | #1,362 | — | — |
| 1980 | 77 | #1,529 | — | — |
| 1979 | 72 | #1,592 | — | — |
| 1978 | 65 | #1,633 | — | — |
| 1977 | 63 | #1,661 | — | — |
| 1976 | 66 | #1,535 | — | — |
| 1975 | 86 | #1,291 | — | — |
| 1974 | 94 | #1,185 | — | — |
| 1973 | 94 | #1,160 | — | — |
| 1972 | 121 | #988 | — | — |
| 1971 | 132 | #966 | — | — |
| 1970 | 120 | #1,026 | — | — |
| 1969 | 129 | #936 | — | — |
| 1968 | 154 | #817 | — | — |
| 1967 | 193 | #702 | — | — |
| 1966 | 203 | #685 | — | — |
| 1965 | 258 | #602 | — | — |
| 1964 | 278 | #595 | — | — |
| 1963 | 321 | #541 | — | — |
| 1962 | 354 | #521 | — | — |
| 1961 | 396 | #490 | — | — |
| 1960 | 428 | #472 | — | — |
| 1959 | 424 | #468 | — | — |
| 1958 | 419 | #462 | — | — |
| 1957 | 494 | #419 | — | — |
| 1956 | 508 | #402 | — | — |
| 1955 | 563 | #369 | — | — |
| 1954 | 524 | #378 | — | — |
| 1953 | 640 | #326 | — | — |
| 1952 | 627 | #325 | — | — |
| 1951 | 655 | #307 | — | — |
| 1950 | 748 | #286 | — | — |
| 1949 | 722 | #288 | 6 | #3,301 |
| 1948 | 835 | #268 | — | — |
| 1947 | 839 | #264 | — | — |
| 1946 | 868 | #243 | — | — |
| 1945 | 824 | #230 | — | — |
| 1944 | 961 | #206 | — | — |
| 1943 | 1,054 | #200 | — | — |
| 1942 | 1,132 | #187 | 9 | #2,525 |
| 1941 | 1,093 | #179 | — | — |
| 1940 | 1,190 | #170 | 10 | #2,324 |
| 1939 | 1,299 | #162 | 6 | #3,116 |
| 1938 | 1,393 | #157 | — | — |
| 1937 | 1,421 | #153 | 9 | #2,481 |
| 1936 | 1,592 | #139 | 14 | #1,873 |
| 1935 | 1,589 | #138 | — | — |
| 1934 | 1,932 | #120 | 8 | #2,743 |
| 1933 | 1,876 | #118 | 14 | #1,907 |
| 1932 | 2,117 | #115 | 9 | #2,641 |
| 1931 | 2,303 | #103 | 9 | #2,652 |
| 1930 | 2,510 | #102 | 10 | #2,610 |
| 1929 | 2,770 | #94 | 12 | #2,317 |
| 1928 | 3,023 | #85 | 12 | #2,390 |
| 1927 | 3,338 | #81 | 16 | #2,034 |
| 1926 | 3,533 | #77 | 19 | #1,787 |
| 1925 | 3,911 | #69 | 14 | #2,193 |
| 1924 | 4,240 | #63 | 15 | #2,132 |
| 1923 | 4,222 | #63 | 11 | #2,615 |
| 1922 | 4,480 | #62 | 9 | #3,018 |
| 1921 | 4,798 | #56 | 19 | #1,830 |
| 1920 | 4,907 | #54 | 13 | #2,336 |
| 1919 | 4,901 | #50 | 7 | #3,394 |
| 1918 | 5,291 | #47 | 12 | #2,399 |
| 1917 | 5,066 | #48 | 11 | #2,424 |
| 1916 | 4,852 | #50 | 8 | #2,928 |
| 1915 | 4,795 | #45 | 8 | #2,834 |
| 1914 | 3,721 | #44 | 14 | #1,688 |
| 1913 | 3,206 | #41 | 12 | #1,581 |
| 1912 | 2,945 | #40 | 14 | #1,268 |
| 1911 | 2,315 | #39 | — | — |
| 1910 | 2,163 | #41 | 13 | #860 |
| 1909 | 1,974 | #42 | 11 | #894 |
| 1908 | 1,934 | #45 | 7 | #1,114 |
| 1907 | 1,829 | #46 | 13 | #735 |
| 1906 | 1,758 | #41 | 8 | #929 |
| 1905 | 1,718 | #43 | 11 | #742 |
| 1904 | 1,672 | #42 | — | — |
| 1903 | 1,616 | #39 | 6 | #1,010 |
| 1902 | 1,676 | #40 | 5 | #1,139 |
| 1901 | 1,525 | #39 | 9 | #728 |
| 1900 | 1,914 | #41 | 8 | #970 |
| 1899 | 1,611 | #37 | 8 | #786 |
| 1898 | 1,708 | #40 | — | — |
| 1897 | 1,579 | #40 | 6 | #942 |
| 1896 | 1,654 | #38 | 7 | #900 |
| 1895 | 1,466 | #40 | — | — |
| 1894 | 1,470 | #38 | 7 | #857 |
| 1893 | 1,393 | #38 | 6 | #907 |
| 1892 | 1,328 | #43 | 5 | #1,067 |
| 1891 | 1,125 | #47 | — | — |
| 1890 | 1,095 | #50 | — | — |
| 1889 | 1,033 | #50 | — | — |
| 1888 | 1,046 | #48 | — | — |
| 1887 | 896 | #46 | 5 | #925 |
| 1886 | 779 | #52 | — | — |
| 1885 | 695 | #54 | — | — |
| 1884 | 703 | #53 | — | — |
| 1883 | 623 | #52 | — | — |
| 1882 | 565 | #54 | — | — |
| 1881 | 424 | #61 | — | — |
| 1880 | 473 | #54 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).