Agnes

#1,016 for girls in 2025, 246 births · Last seen for boys in 1949 at #3,298
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1899 · 1,611 births
Debut · girls
473 births
In top 100 · girls
50 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
159,517
since 1880

Agnes over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201930peak #37, 1899girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,016246
2024#1,061235
2023#1,081229
2022#1,095228
2021#1,138216
2020#1,246182
2019#1,125215
2018#1,199198
2017#1,208199
2016#1,103233
2015#1,275191
2014#1,261191
2013#1,689124
2012#1,698123
2011#2,01797
2010#2,67067
2009#2,37581
2008#2,88761
2007#2,78765
2006#2,63168
2005#2,78759
2004#2,80857
2003#2,57762
2002#2,78054
2001#2,54060
2000#2,27768
1999#2,34363
1998#2,22164
1997#2,62248
1996#2,12564
1995#2,18961
1994#2,23259
1993#2,32255
1992#1,98769
1991#2,03467
1990#1,86276
1989#1,71779
1988#1,68676
1987#1,69971
1986#1,69169
1985#1,71067
1984#1,72663
1983#1,42382
1982#1,65369
1981#1,36291
1980#1,52877
1979#1,59272
1978#1,63365
1977#1,66163
1976#1,53566
1975#1,29186
1974#1,18594
1973#1,16094
1972#988121
1971#966132
1970#1,026120
1969#936129
1968#817154
1967#702193
1966#685203
1965#602258
1964#595278
1963#541321
1962#521354
1961#490396
1960#472428
1959#468424
1958#462419
1957#419494
1956#402508
1955#369563
1954#378524
1953#326640
1952#325627
1951#307655
1950#286748
1949#288722#3,2986
1948#268835
1947#264839
1946#243868
1945#230824
1944#206961
1943#2001,054
1942#1871,132#2,5239
1941#1791,093
1940#1701,190#2,32210
1939#1621,299#3,1136
1938#1571,393
1937#1531,421#2,4799
1936#1391,592#1,87214
1935#1381,589
1934#1201,932#2,7428
1933#1181,876#1,90514
1932#1152,117#2,6389
1931#1032,303#2,6519
1930#1022,510#2,60910
1929#942,770#2,31712
1928#853,023#2,38712
1927#813,338#2,03416
1926#773,533#1,78719
1925#693,911#2,19314
1924#634,240#2,13215
1923#634,222#2,61411
1922#624,480#3,0149
1921#564,798#1,82919
1920#544,907#2,33613
1919#504,901#3,3917
1918#475,291#2,39812
1917#485,066#2,42311
1916#504,852#2,9268
1915#454,795#2,8298
1914#443,721#1,68714
1913#413,206#1,58012
1912#402,945#1,26814
1911#392,315
1910#412,163#85913
1909#421,974#89311
1908#451,934#1,1137
1907#461,829#73513
1906#411,758#9278
1905#431,718#74111
1904#421,672
1903#391,616#1,0096
1902#401,676#1,1375
1901#391,525#7279
1900#411,914#9688
1899#371,611#7868
1898#401,708
1897#401,579#9426
1896#381,654#9007
1895#401,466
1894#381,470#8577
1893#381,393#9076
1892#431,328#1,0665
1891#471,125
1890#501,095
1889#501,033
1888#481,046
1887#46896#9215
1886#52779
1885#54695
1884#53703
1883#52623
1882#54565
1881#61424
1880#54473
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Agnes was already there! It came in at #54, and was given to 473 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1991–2008, when fewer than 70 girls a year got the name.

See more about Agnes
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 45 spots since 2024 (#1,061#1,016)
  • 230 spots since 2020 (#1,246#1,016)
  • 259 spots since 2015 (#1,275#1,016)
  • Biggest jump: 60 spots in 1971 (#1,026#966)
  • Biggest drop: 172 spots in 1973 (#988#1,160)
Rise & fade · girls
19 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1899 at #37 (1,611 births)
  • Births halved by 1949, 50 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 50 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 50 yrs · run 1880–1929
  • Top 1,000: 92 yrs · run 1880–1969
Share of babies · girls
1 in 144
  • Highest: 1 in 144 girls born in 1896 were named Agnes (0.70%)
  • Latest: 1 in 6,534 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
  • Its best rank, #37 in 1899, was only 1 in 145 (0.69%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 24.6% of all girls named Agnes (39,255) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s7,237#46 (1887)#52
1890s14,429#37 (1899)#41
1900s17,616#39 (1903)#42
1910s39,255#39 (1911)#45
1920s39,222#54 (1920)#70
1930s18,032#102 (1930)#131
1940s9,518#170 (1940)#224
1950s5,602#286 (1950)#374
1960s2,714#472 (1960)#636
1970s913#966 (1971)#1,304
1980s744#1,362 (1981)#1,620
1990s626#1,862 (1990)#2,194
2000s635#2,277 (2000)#2,645
2010s1,638#1,103 (2016)#1,525
2020s1,336#1,016 (2025)#1,106

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Agnes in 1930

girls
#102
2,510 births · 1 in 449 girls
boys
#2,609
10 births · 1 in 109,738 boys

Top girls' names in 1930

  1. #1Mary64,153
  2. #2Betty38,240
  3. #3Dorothy30,411
  4. #4Helen19,913
  5. #5Margaret18,350
  6. #6Barbara18,279
  7. #7Patricia15,751
  8. #8Joan15,478
  9. #9Doris15,464
  10. #10Ruth14,942
  11. #102Agnes2,510

Top boys' names in 1930

  1. #1Robert62,153
  2. #2James53,957
  3. #3John52,447
  4. #4William47,271
  5. #5Richard32,187
  6. #6Charles31,867
  7. #7Donald29,052
  8. #8George22,788
  9. #9Joseph20,981
  10. #10Edward17,352
  11. #2,609Agnes10
More about 1930

girls

1,125,927 girls got a published name in 1930; 1 in 449 of them was named Agnes, which outranked 98.1% of the 5,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Agnes
  1. #99Maria2,540
  2. #100Ellen2,522
  3. #101Kathryn2,515
  4. #102Agnes2,510
  5. #103Arlene2,509
  6. #104Vera2,492
  7. #105Loretta2,482
Biggest movers since 1929
Risers
  1. 701Claudette#1,642#941
  2. 583Ardeth#1,212#629
  3. 445Julianne#1,339#894
  4. 376Sonja#1,223#847
  5. 374Armida#1,174#800
Fallers
  1. 348Ingrid#941#1,289
  2. 315Coralie#895#1,210
  3. 229Elenor#981#1,210
  4. 229Mammie#981#1,210
  5. 226Sibyl#902#1,128

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,097,378 boys got a published name in 1930; 1 in 109,738 of them was named Agnes, which outranked 42.6% of the 4,542 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Agnes
  1. #2,444Woodroe11
  2. #2,444Worley11
  3. #2,444Ysmael11
  4. #2,609Agnes10
  5. #2,609Adalberto10
  6. #2,609Aldrich10
  7. #2,609Aleck10
  8. #2,781Alonso9
  9. #2,781Alyn9
  10. #2,781Amando9

Tied with 171 names at #2,609; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1929
Risers
  1. 3,094Derl#3,959#865
  2. 420Clive#1,378#958
  3. 380Farris#1,272#892
  4. 368Earlie#1,296#928
  5. 357Winton#1,272#915
Fallers
  1. 486Americo#729#1,215
  2. 433Enrico#995#1,428
  3. 371Eliseo#844#1,215
  4. 312Meyer#878#1,190
  5. 304Hilbert#869#1,173

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1930