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
- Peak · girls
- 1909 · 826 births
- Debut · girls
- 106 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 6 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 68,353since 1880
Inez over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,396 | 156 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,414 | 158 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,636 | 127 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,974 | 99 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,584 | 132 | #12,146 | 5 |
| 2020 | #2,050 | 90 | — | |
| 2019 | #2,400 | 74 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,334 | 78 | — | |
| 2017 | #2,268 | 82 | #10,775 | 6 |
| 2016 | #2,206 | 87 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,810 | 62 | #12,086 | 5 |
| 2014 | #2,809 | 61 | #10,717 | 6 |
| 2013 | #2,439 | 74 | — | |
| 2012 | #2,597 | 69 | — | |
| 2011 | #3,051 | 55 | — | |
| 2010 | #3,470 | 46 | — | |
| 2009 | #3,088 | 55 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,923 | 60 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,858 | 63 | #10,921 | 6 |
| 2006 | #3,224 | 51 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,969 | 54 | #10,151 | 6 |
| 2004 | #2,808 | 57 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,610 | 61 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,331 | 69 | #10,667 | 5 |
| 2001 | #2,171 | 75 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,236 | 70 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,222 | 67 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | #2,048 | 72 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,200 | 62 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,151 | 63 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,367 | 55 | #5,928 | 9 |
| 1994 | #2,353 | 55 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,985 | 70 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,386 | 54 | #7,422 | 6 |
| 1991 | #1,832 | 77 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | #1,701 | 86 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,873 | 70 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | #1,822 | 68 | #5,200 | 8 |
| 1987 | #1,812 | 64 | #5,459 | 7 |
| 1986 | #1,736 | 67 | #4,130 | 10 |
| 1985 | #1,493 | 82 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #1,414 | 82 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,434 | 81 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | #1,230 | 107 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #1,340 | 93 | #4,961 | 7 |
| 1980 | #1,141 | 119 | #4,495 | 8 |
| 1979 | #1,226 | 106 | #3,569 | 11 |
| 1978 | #1,104 | 118 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | #1,052 | 125 | — | |
| 1976 | #956 | 133 | #4,012 | 8 |
| 1975 | #1,094 | 107 | #5,464 | 5 |
| 1974 | #1,094 | 106 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | #1,151 | 95 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | #1,084 | 105 | #4,441 | 6 |
| 1971 | #903 | 146 | #3,146 | 10 |
| 1970 | #929 | 138 | #3,836 | 7 |
| 1969 | #912 | 135 | — | |
| 1968 | #887 | 134 | #2,445 | 12 |
| 1967 | #833 | 145 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1966 | #710 | 191 | — | |
| 1965 | #761 | 169 | #2,780 | 9 |
| 1964 | #738 | 198 | #3,050 | 8 |
| 1963 | #695 | 212 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1962 | #711 | 211 | #3,640 | 6 |
| 1961 | #685 | 230 | #3,097 | 8 |
| 1960 | #660 | 236 | #4,038 | 5 |
| 1959 | #647 | 239 | #3,290 | 7 |
| 1958 | #612 | 264 | #3,033 | 8 |
| 1957 | #548 | 306 | #2,631 | 10 |
| 1956 | #556 | 284 | #3,216 | 7 |
| 1955 | #523 | 310 | #2,558 | 10 |
| 1954 | #513 | 301 | #2,743 | 9 |
| 1953 | #480 | 321 | #2,186 | 13 |
| 1952 | #462 | 334 | #2,514 | 10 |
| 1951 | #428 | 382 | #2,135 | 13 |
| 1950 | #429 | 352 | #2,770 | 8 |
| 1949 | #393 | 407 | #2,337 | 11 |
| 1948 | #396 | 401 | #1,758 | 18 |
| 1947 | #373 | 461 | #2,498 | 10 |
| 1946 | #359 | 447 | #2,403 | 10 |
| 1945 | #342 | 398 | #2,009 | 12 |
| 1944 | #311 | 470 | #2,633 | 8 |
| 1943 | #320 | 476 | #2,277 | 11 |
| 1942 | #285 | 574 | #2,712 | 8 |
| 1941 | #280 | 528 | #1,997 | 13 |
| 1940 | #262 | 566 | #2,081 | 12 |
| 1939 | #254 | 605 | #1,879 | 14 |
| 1938 | #253 | 623 | #1,364 | 24 |
| 1937 | #222 | 744 | #2,332 | 10 |
| 1936 | #220 | 744 | #2,062 | 12 |
| 1935 | #212 | 804 | #1,453 | 22 |
| 1934 | #202 | 881 | #2,393 | 10 |
| 1933 | #194 | 890 | #1,644 | 18 |
| 1932 | #185 | 988 | #1,848 | 16 |
| 1931 | #166 | 1,111 | #1,693 | 18 |
| 1930 | #171 | 1,173 | #1,821 | 17 |
| 1929 | #165 | 1,258 | #1,611 | 21 |
| 1928 | #160 | 1,370 | #1,647 | 21 |
| 1927 | #149 | 1,591 | #2,034 | 16 |
| 1926 | #149 | 1,633 | #1,605 | 22 |
| 1925 | #139 | 1,890 | #1,679 | 21 |
| 1924 | #144 | 1,825 | #1,380 | 29 |
| 1923 | #141 | 1,852 | #1,753 | 20 |
| 1922 | #130 | 1,991 | #1,333 | 30 |
| 1921 | #126 | 2,081 | #1,904 | 18 |
| 1920 | #122 | 2,107 | #1,543 | 24 |
| 1919 | #117 | 2,083 | #1,973 | 16 |
| 1918 | #115 | 2,105 | #2,882 | 9 |
| 1917 | #110 | 2,050 | #2,732 | 9 |
| 1916 | #107 | 2,057 | #2,926 | 8 |
| 1915 | #101 | 2,005 | #2,070 | 13 |
| 1914 | #101 | 1,579 | #2,271 | 9 |
| 1913 | #98 | 1,395 | #1,441 | 14 |
| 1912 | #100 | 1,228 | #2,269 | 6 |
| 1911 | #99 | 924 | #1,038 | 11 |
| 1910 | #97 | 916 | #1,589 | 5 |
| 1909 | #96 | 826 | #1,277 | 6 |
| 1908 | #100 | 757 | — | |
| 1907 | #102 | 680 | — | |
| 1906 | #102 | 620 | #1,253 | 5 |
| 1905 | #106 | 601 | — | |
| 1904 | #104 | 596 | — | |
| 1903 | #117 | 485 | — | |
| 1902 | #116 | 503 | — | |
| 1901 | #114 | 459 | — | |
| 1900 | #112 | 588 | — | |
| 1899 | #113 | 431 | — | |
| 1898 | #112 | 479 | — | |
| 1897 | #126 | 391 | — | |
| 1896 | #120 | 398 | — | |
| 1895 | #118 | 403 | — | |
| 1894 | #124 | 357 | — | |
| 1893 | #131 | 325 | — | |
| 1892 | #128 | 336 | — | |
| 1891 | #137 | 263 | — | |
| 1890 | #130 | 299 | — | |
| 1889 | #131 | 277 | — | |
| 1888 | #142 | 233 | — | |
| 1887 | #143 | 180 | — | |
| 1886 | #136 | 197 | — | |
| 1885 | #152 | 150 | — | |
| 1884 | #141 | 148 | — | |
| 1883 | #137 | 141 | — | |
| 1882 | #156 | 106 | — | |
| 1881 | #150 | 95 | — | |
| 1880 | #141 | 106 | — | |
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.
Where Inez is popular in 1959
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Carolina#251 · 1 in 1,400
- Mississippi#340 · 1 in 2,360
- Georgia#418 · 1 in 3,729
- Arkansas#434 · 1 in 3,561
- Louisiana#503 · 1 in 4,405
Best ever in a state: #35 in Florida, 1922.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | #251 | 19 | 1 in 1,400 |
| Mississippi | #340 | 11 | 1 in 2,360 |
| Georgia | #418 | 12 | 1 in 3,729 |
| Arkansas | #434 | 5 | 1 in 3,561 |
| Louisiana | #503 | 9 | 1 in 4,405 |
| Virginia | #510 | 7 | 1 in 5,798 |
| Alabama | #515 | 7 | 1 in 5,056 |
| New York | #517 | 29 | 1 in 5,806 |
| Texas | #526 | 24 | 1 in 4,741 |
| North Carolina | #564 | 7 | 1 in 7,011 |
| Missouri | #566 | 6 | 1 in 7,498 |
| California | #593 | 26 | 1 in 6,398 |
| New Jersey | #605 | 6 | 1 in 9,532 |
| Florida | #606 | 7 | 1 in 6,972 |
| Illinois | #666 | 11 | 1 in 9,853 |
| Pennsylvania | #819 | 6 | 1 in 19,060 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Inez
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1909 at #96 (826 births)
- Births halved by 1945, 36 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 6 yrs · run 1908–1913
- Top 1,000: 93 yrs · run 1880–1971
- Highest: 1 in 420 girls born in 1909 were named Inez (0.24%)
- Latest: 1 in 10,303 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 25.7% of all girls named Inez (17,598) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,633 | #131 (1889) | #143 |
| 1890s | 3,682 | #112 (1898) | #124 |
| 1900s | 6,115 | #96 (1909) | #107 |
| 1910s | 16,342 | #97 (1910) | #105 |
| 1920s | 17,598 | #122 (1920) | #143 |
| 1930s | 8,563 | #166 (1931) | #208 |
| 1940s | 4,728 | #262 (1940) | #332 |
| 1950s | 3,093 | #428 (1951) | #520 |
| 1960s | 1,861 | #660 (1960) | #759 |
| 1970s | 1,179 | #903 (1971) | #1,059 |
| 1980s | 833 | #1,141 (1980) | #1,530 |
| 1990s | 661 | #1,701 (1990) | #2,125 |
| 2000s | 615 | #2,171 (2001) | #2,722 |
| 2010s | 688 | #2,206 (2016) | #2,638 |
| 2020s | 762 | #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 1959
Top girls' names in 1959
Top boys' names in 1959
More about 1959
girls
2,023,462 girls got a published name in 1959; 1 in 8,466 of them was named Inez, which outranked 91.0% of the 7,202 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
2,134,518 boys got a published name in 1959; 1 in 304,931 of them was named Inez, which outranked 28.0% of the 4,572 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,037Yaakov8
- #3,037Yogi8
- #3,037Zach8
- #3,290Inez7
- #3,290Achille7
- #3,290Aharon7
- #3,290Alessandro7
- #3,619Addie6
- #3,619Agustine6
- #3,619Alban6
Tied with 328 names at #3,290; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.