Inez

#1,396 for girls in 2025, 156 births · Last seen for boys in 2021 at #12,146
Given to girls 98.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
1909 · 826 births
Debut · girls
106 births
In top 100 · girls
6 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
68,353
since 1880

Inez over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201929peak #96, 1909girls
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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#1,396156
2024#1,414158
2023#1,636127
2022#1,97499
2021#1,584132#12,1465
2020#2,05090
2019#2,40074
2018#2,33478
2017#2,26882#10,7756
2016#2,20687
2015#2,81062#12,0865
2014#2,80961#10,7176
2013#2,43974
2012#2,59769
2011#3,05155
2010#3,47046
2009#3,08855
2008#2,92360
2007#2,85863#10,9216
2006#3,22451
2005#2,96954#10,1516
2004#2,80857
2003#2,61061
2002#2,33169#10,6675
2001#2,17175
2000#2,23670
1999#2,22267#9,9125
1998#2,04872
1997#2,20062
1996#2,15163
1995#2,36755#5,9289
1994#2,35355
1993#1,98570
1992#2,38654#7,4226
1991#1,83277#7,2716
1990#1,70186
1989#1,87370#7,9055
1988#1,82268#5,2008
1987#1,81264#5,4597
1986#1,73667#4,13010
1985#1,49382#6,5235
1984#1,41482
1983#1,43481#5,4846
1982#1,230107#6,3855
1981#1,34093#4,9617
1980#1,141119#4,4958
1979#1,226106#3,56911
1978#1,104118#5,7725
1977#1,052125
1976#956133#4,0128
1975#1,094107#5,4645
1974#1,094106#5,2275
1973#1,15195#4,5056
1972#1,084105#4,4416
1971#903146#3,14610
1970#929138#3,8367
1969#912135
1968#887134#2,44512
1967#833145#3,5596
1966#710191
1965#761169#2,7809
1964#738198#3,0508
1963#695212#2,67310
1962#711211#3,6406
1961#685230#3,0978
1960#660236#4,0385
1959#647239#3,2907
1958#612264#3,0338
1957#548306#2,63110
1956#556284#3,2167
1955#523310#2,55810
1954#513301#2,7439
1953#480321#2,18613
1952#462334#2,51410
1951#428382#2,13513
1950#429352#2,7708
1949#393407#2,33711
1948#396401#1,75818
1947#373461#2,49810
1946#359447#2,40310
1945#342398#2,00912
1944#311470#2,6338
1943#320476#2,27711
1942#285574#2,7128
1941#280528#1,99713
1940#262566#2,08112
1939#254605#1,87914
1938#253623#1,36424
1937#222744#2,33210
1936#220744#2,06212
1935#212804#1,45322
1934#202881#2,39310
1933#194890#1,64418
1932#185988#1,84816
1931#1661,111#1,69318
1930#1711,173#1,82117
1929#1651,258#1,61121
1928#1601,370#1,64721
1927#1491,591#2,03416
1926#1491,633#1,60522
1925#1391,890#1,67921
1924#1441,825#1,38029
1923#1411,852#1,75320
1922#1301,991#1,33330
1921#1262,081#1,90418
1920#1222,107#1,54324
1919#1172,083#1,97316
1918#1152,105#2,8829
1917#1102,050#2,7329
1916#1072,057#2,9268
1915#1012,005#2,07013
1914#1011,579#2,2719
1913#981,395#1,44114
1912#1001,228#2,2696
1911#99924#1,03811
1910#97916#1,5895
1909#96826#1,2776
1908#100757
1907#102680
1906#102620#1,2535
1905#106601
1904#104596
1903#117485
1902#116503
1901#114459
1900#112588
1899#113431
1898#112479
1897#126391
1896#120398
1895#118403
1894#124357
1893#131325
1892#128336
1891#137263
1890#130299
1889#131277
1888#142233
1887#143180
1886#136197
1885#152150
1884#141148
1883#137141
1882#156106
1881#15095
1880#141106
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Inez was already there! It came in at #141, and was given to 106 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2002–2012, when fewer than 70 girls a year got the name.

See more about Inez
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 18 spots since 2024 (#1,414#1,396)
  • 654 spots since 2020 (#2,050#1,396)
  • 1,414 spots since 2015 (#2,810#1,396)
  • Biggest jump: 138 spots in 1976 (#1,094#956)
  • Biggest drop: 181 spots in 1972 (#903#1,084)
Rise & fade · girls
29 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1909 at #96 (826 births)
  • Births halved by 1945, 36 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 6 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 6 yrs · run 1908–1913
  • Top 1,000: 93 yrs · run 1880–1971
Share of babies · girls
1 in 420
  • Highest: 1 in 420 girls born in 1909 were named Inez (0.24%)
  • Latest: 1 in 10,303 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 25.7% of all girls named Inez (17,598) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s1,633#131 (1889)#143
1890s3,682#112 (1898)#124
1900s6,115#96 (1909)#107
1910s16,342#97 (1910)#105
1920s17,598#122 (1920)#143
1930s8,563#166 (1931)#208
1940s4,728#262 (1940)#332
1950s3,093#428 (1951)#520
1960s1,861#660 (1960)#759
1970s1,179#903 (1971)#1,059
1980s833#1,141 (1980)#1,530
1990s661#1,701 (1990)#2,125
2000s615#2,171 (2001)#2,722
2010s688#2,206 (2016)#2,638
2020s762#1,396 (2025)#1,676

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.

Inez in 1929

girls
#165
1,258 births · 1 in 888 girls
boys
#1,611
21 births · 1 in 51,220 boys

Top girls' names in 1929

  1. #1Mary63,512
  2. #2Betty36,675
  3. #3Dorothy31,476
  4. #4Helen20,983
  5. #5Margaret19,212
  6. #6Doris16,498
  7. #7Barbara16,038
  8. #8Ruth16,021
  9. #9Shirley14,576
  10. #10Patricia13,624
  11. #165Inez1,258

Top boys' names in 1929

  1. #1Robert59,807
  2. #2James52,135
  3. #3John52,112
  4. #4William47,815
  5. #5Charles29,930
  6. #6Richard29,572
  7. #7Donald27,181
  8. #8George23,020
  9. #9Joseph21,165
  10. #10Edward17,220
  11. #1,611Inez21
More about 1929

girls

1,116,561 girls got a published name in 1929; 1 in 888 of them was named Inez, which outranked 96.9% of the 5,277 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Inez
  1. #162Blanche1,275
  2. #163Lola1,268
  3. #164Hattie1,261
  4. #165Inez1,258
  5. #166Erma1,246
  6. #167Rachel1,214
  7. #168Yvonne1,211
Biggest movers since 1928
Risers
  1. 1,951Dorla#2,623#672
  2. 797Ingrid#1,738#941
  3. 534Sydell#1,502#968
  4. 521Elenor#1,502#981
  5. 406Jeanine#888#482
Fallers
  1. 937Joline#888#1,825
  2. 259Mafalda#936#1,195
  3. 250Lorelei#994#1,244
  4. 249Ardelle#888#1,137
  5. 234Charmaine#420#654

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

boys

1,075,615 boys got a published name in 1929; 1 in 51,220 of them was named Inez, which outranked 64.6% of the 4,545 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Inez
  1. #1,564Winferd22
  2. #1,564Winslow22
  3. #1,564Woodie22
  4. #1,611Inez21
  5. #1,611Alf21
  6. #1,611Alvaro21
  7. #1,611Alwin21
  8. #1,672Aime20
  9. #1,672Anselmo20
  10. #1,672Aram20

Tied with 60 names at #1,611; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1928
Risers
  1. 2,188Davey#2,843#655
  2. 554Davie#1,413#859
  3. 374Derald#1,095#721
  4. 358Vernal#1,353#995
  5. 350Ken#1,228#878
Fallers
  1. 530Adolf#950#1,480
  2. 426Quinton#913#1,339
  3. 349Thornton#963#1,312
  4. 346Verlyn#891#1,237
  5. 346Isidore#891#1,237

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

See the top 100 for 1929