Meaning not yet researched.
Inez: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 156 in 2025. Its best rank was #96 in 1909.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #96 in 1909; #1,400 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Inez in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,400 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1909, at #96.
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Inez: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 156 girls in 2025. Peak: #96 in 1909 · most girls in one year: 2,107 (1920).
In 2025, 156 US girls were named Inez, making it the 1,400th most common girls’ name of the year, up 16 places from #1,416 in 2024. That is 2 fewer than the 158 girls named Inez in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #96, reached in 1909. The most girls given the name in a single year was 2,107, in 1920. For comparison, it was #2,824 in 2015 and #429 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Inez in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 106 babies with the name. In all, 69,308 US babies have been given the name, 99% of them girls and 1.4% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 17,820 babies named Inez.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,083 US girls were named Inez; the busiest of those years was 2024, with 158. In 2025 that was about 1 in 10,303 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Inez ranked highest in Arizona in 2025, at #650 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 Inis, Enes and Inas are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Agnes.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Inis (691), Enes (669), Inas (249), Ynez (236), Ineze (169), Iness (107), Enez (98), Inesh (54), Ynes (39), Inus (26), Inese (16).
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 43 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | 10 | #650 | — |
| California | 34 | #862 | #1,553 |
| Washington | 5 | #1,126 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 7 | #1,156 | — |
| Texas | 16 | #1,492 | #2,276 |
| North Carolina | 5 | #1,549 | — |
| Florida | 7 | #1,762 | — |
| New York | 6 | #1,913 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 156 | #1,400 | — | — |
| 2024 | 158 | #1,416 | — | — |
| 2023 | 127 | #1,640 | — | — |
| 2022 | 99 | #1,981 | — | — |
| 2021 | 132 | #1,591 | 5 | #12,856 |
| 2020 | 90 | #2,056 | — | — |
| 2019 | 74 | #2,411 | — | — |
| 2018 | 78 | #2,347 | — | — |
| 2017 | 82 | #2,274 | 6 | #11,292 |
| 2016 | 87 | #2,214 | — | — |
| 2015 | 62 | #2,824 | 5 | #12,816 |
| 2014 | 61 | #2,824 | 6 | #11,248 |
| 2013 | 74 | #2,446 | — | — |
| 2012 | 69 | #2,608 | — | — |
| 2011 | 55 | #3,066 | — | — |
| 2010 | 46 | #3,481 | — | — |
| 2009 | 55 | #3,107 | — | — |
| 2008 | 60 | #2,936 | — | — |
| 2007 | 63 | #2,871 | 6 | #11,452 |
| 2006 | 51 | #3,238 | — | — |
| 2005 | 54 | #2,978 | 6 | #10,598 |
| 2004 | 57 | #2,821 | — | — |
| 2003 | 61 | #2,618 | — | — |
| 2002 | 69 | #2,337 | 5 | #11,347 |
| 2001 | 75 | #2,179 | — | — |
| 2000 | 70 | #2,246 | — | — |
| 1999 | 67 | #2,232 | 5 | #10,543 |
| 1998 | 72 | #2,056 | — | — |
| 1997 | 62 | #2,208 | — | — |
| 1996 | 63 | #2,164 | — | — |
| 1995 | 55 | #2,376 | 9 | #6,109 |
| 1994 | 55 | #2,360 | — | — |
| 1993 | 70 | #1,991 | — | — |
| 1992 | 54 | #2,411 | 6 | #7,834 |
| 1991 | 77 | #1,843 | 6 | #7,641 |
| 1990 | 86 | #1,707 | — | — |
| 1989 | 70 | #1,881 | 5 | #8,391 |
| 1988 | 68 | #1,826 | 8 | #5,406 |
| 1987 | 64 | #1,822 | 7 | #5,724 |
| 1986 | 67 | #1,742 | 10 | #4,255 |
| 1985 | 82 | #1,498 | 5 | #6,953 |
| 1984 | 82 | #1,421 | — | — |
| 1983 | 81 | #1,439 | 6 | #5,768 |
| 1982 | 107 | #1,233 | 5 | #6,749 |
| 1981 | 93 | #1,344 | 7 | #5,155 |
| 1980 | 119 | #1,144 | 8 | #4,679 |
| 1979 | 106 | #1,227 | 11 | #3,665 |
| 1978 | 118 | #1,106 | 5 | #6,189 |
| 1977 | 125 | #1,054 | — | — |
| 1976 | 133 | #958 | 8 | #4,168 |
| 1975 | 107 | #1,096 | 5 | #5,818 |
| 1974 | 106 | #1,096 | 5 | #5,540 |
| 1973 | 95 | #1,153 | 6 | #4,743 |
| 1972 | 105 | #1,087 | 6 | #4,663 |
| 1971 | 146 | #904 | 10 | #3,245 |
| 1970 | 138 | #929 | 7 | #4,012 |
| 1969 | 135 | #914 | — | — |
| 1968 | 134 | #889 | 12 | #2,498 |
| 1967 | 145 | #836 | 6 | #3,726 |
| 1966 | 191 | #711 | — | — |
| 1965 | 169 | #761 | 9 | #2,879 |
| 1964 | 198 | #739 | 8 | #3,138 |
| 1963 | 212 | #697 | 10 | #2,752 |
| 1962 | 211 | #711 | 6 | #3,812 |
| 1961 | 230 | #686 | 8 | #3,212 |
| 1960 | 236 | #660 | 5 | #4,297 |
| 1959 | 239 | #648 | 7 | #3,416 |
| 1958 | 264 | #612 | 8 | #3,149 |
| 1957 | 306 | #549 | 10 | #2,729 |
| 1956 | 284 | #556 | 7 | #3,346 |
| 1955 | 310 | #524 | 10 | #2,665 |
| 1954 | 301 | #513 | 9 | #2,838 |
| 1953 | 321 | #482 | 13 | #2,230 |
| 1952 | 334 | #463 | 10 | #2,598 |
| 1951 | 382 | #428 | 13 | #2,185 |
| 1950 | 352 | #429 | 8 | #2,885 |
| 1949 | 407 | #394 | 11 | #2,396 |
| 1948 | 401 | #396 | 18 | #1,783 |
| 1947 | 461 | #373 | 10 | #2,576 |
| 1946 | 447 | #359 | 10 | #2,475 |
| 1945 | 398 | #342 | 12 | #2,053 |
| 1944 | 470 | #311 | 8 | #2,738 |
| 1943 | 476 | #321 | 11 | #2,333 |
| 1942 | 574 | #285 | 8 | #2,806 |
| 1941 | 528 | #280 | 13 | #2,041 |
| 1940 | 566 | #262 | 12 | #2,129 |
| 1939 | 605 | #254 | 14 | #1,918 |
| 1938 | 623 | #253 | 24 | #1,386 |
| 1937 | 744 | #222 | 10 | #2,392 |
| 1936 | 744 | #220 | 12 | #2,121 |
| 1935 | 804 | #213 | 22 | #1,467 |
| 1934 | 881 | #202 | 10 | #2,469 |
| 1933 | 890 | #194 | 18 | #1,676 |
| 1932 | 988 | #185 | 16 | #1,884 |
| 1931 | 1,111 | #166 | 18 | #1,738 |
| 1930 | 1,173 | #171 | 17 | #1,860 |
| 1929 | 1,258 | #165 | 21 | #1,639 |
| 1928 | 1,370 | #160 | 21 | #1,671 |
| 1927 | 1,591 | #149 | 16 | #2,081 |
| 1926 | 1,633 | #149 | 22 | #1,630 |
| 1925 | 1,890 | #139 | 21 | #1,711 |
| 1924 | 1,825 | #144 | 29 | #1,393 |
| 1923 | 1,852 | #141 | 20 | #1,787 |
| 1922 | 1,991 | #130 | 30 | #1,354 |
| 1921 | 2,081 | #127 | 18 | #1,943 |
| 1920 | 2,107 | #122 | 24 | #1,568 |
| 1919 | 2,083 | #117 | 16 | #2,015 |
| 1918 | 2,105 | #115 | 9 | #2,986 |
| 1917 | 2,050 | #110 | 9 | #2,840 |
| 1916 | 2,057 | #107 | 8 | #3,047 |
| 1915 | 2,005 | #101 | 13 | #2,115 |
| 1914 | 1,579 | #101 | 9 | #2,352 |
| 1913 | 1,395 | #98 | 14 | #1,474 |
| 1912 | 1,228 | #100 | 6 | #2,411 |
| 1911 | 924 | #99 | 11 | #1,077 |
| 1910 | 916 | #97 | 5 | #1,710 |
| 1909 | 826 | #96 | 6 | #1,368 |
| 1908 | 757 | #100 | — | — |
| 1907 | 680 | #102 | — | — |
| 1906 | 620 | #102 | 5 | #1,326 |
| 1905 | 601 | #106 | — | — |
| 1904 | 596 | #104 | — | — |
| 1903 | 485 | #117 | — | — |
| 1902 | 503 | #116 | — | — |
| 1901 | 459 | #114 | — | — |
| 1900 | 588 | #112 | — | — |
| 1899 | 431 | #115 | — | — |
| 1898 | 479 | #113 | — | — |
| 1897 | 391 | #126 | — | — |
| 1896 | 398 | #120 | — | — |
| 1895 | 403 | #118 | — | — |
| 1894 | 357 | #124 | — | — |
| 1893 | 325 | #131 | — | — |
| 1892 | 336 | #128 | — | — |
| 1891 | 263 | #137 | — | — |
| 1890 | 299 | #131 | — | — |
| 1889 | 277 | #131 | — | — |
| 1888 | 233 | #142 | — | — |
| 1887 | 180 | #143 | — | — |
| 1886 | 197 | #136 | — | — |
| 1885 | 150 | #152 | — | — |
| 1884 | 148 | #143 | — | — |
| 1883 | 141 | #138 | — | — |
| 1882 | 106 | #156 | — | — |
| 1881 | 95 | #150 | — | — |
| 1880 | 106 | #141 | — | — |
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).