Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Inez

#485 most common girls' name of all time · #896 across all names · 1% male / 99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#485
Rank overall
#896 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
69,308
Since 2016
1,094
Peak year
1920 #122
Best rank
#96 1909
Girls Boys peak 2,131/yr
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Inez is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 156 — 156 #1,396
2024 158 — 158 #1,414
2023 127 — 127 #1,636
2022 99 — 99 #1,974
2021 132 5 137 #1,584
2020 90 — 90 #2,050
2019 74 — 74 #2,401
2018 78 — 78 #2,334
2017 82 6 88 #2,268
2016 87 — 87 #2,206
2015 62 5 67 #2,811
2014 61 6 67 #2,810
2013 74 — 74 #2,440
2012 69 — 69 #2,597
2011 55 — 55 #3,051
2010 46 — 46 #3,470
2009 55 — 55 #3,089
2008 60 — 60 #2,923
2007 63 6 69 #2,859
2006 51 — 51 #3,225
2005 54 6 60 #2,970
2004 57 — 57 #2,809
2003 61 — 61 #2,610
2002 69 5 74 #2,332
2001 75 — 75 #2,172
2000 70 — 70 #2,236
1999 67 5 72 #2,223
1998 72 — 72 #2,048
1997 62 — 62 #2,201
1996 63 — 63 #2,151
1995 55 9 64 #2,367
1994 55 — 55 #2,353
1993 70 — 70 #1,985
1992 54 6 60 #2,387
1991 77 6 83 #1,833
1990 86 — 86 #1,701
1989 70 5 75 #1,873
1988 68 8 76 #1,822
1987 64 7 71 #1,812
1986 67 10 77 #1,737
1985 82 5 87 #1,494
1984 82 — 82 #1,415
1983 81 6 87 #1,435
1982 107 5 112 #1,230
1981 93 7 100 #1,341
1980 119 8 127 #1,142
1979 106 11 117 #1,226
1978 118 5 123 #1,104
1977 125 — 125 #1,052
1976 133 8 141 #956
1975 107 5 112 #1,095
1974 106 5 111 #1,094
1973 95 6 101 #1,151
1972 105 6 111 #1,084
1971 146 10 156 #903
1970 138 7 145 #929
1969 135 — 135 #913
1968 134 12 146 #887
1967 145 6 151 #833
1966 191 — 191 #710
1965 169 9 178 #761
1964 198 8 206 #738
1963 212 10 222 #696
1962 211 6 217 #711
1961 230 8 238 #685
1960 236 5 241 #660
1959 239 7 246 #647
1958 264 8 272 #612
1957 306 10 316 #548
1956 284 7 291 #556
1955 310 10 320 #524
1954 301 9 310 #513
1953 321 13 334 #480
1952 334 10 344 #462
1951 382 13 395 #428
1950 352 8 360 #429
1949 407 11 418 #393
1948 401 18 419 #396
1947 461 10 471 #373
1946 447 10 457 #359
1945 398 12 410 #342
1944 470 8 478 #311
1943 476 11 487 #320
1942 574 8 582 #285
1941 528 13 541 #280
1940 566 12 578 #262
1939 605 14 619 #254
1938 623 24 647 #253
1937 744 10 754 #222
1936 744 12 756 #220
1935 804 22 826 #212
1934 881 10 891 #202
1933 890 18 908 #194
1932 988 16 1,004 #185
1931 1,111 18 1,129 #166
1930 1,173 17 1,190 #171
1929 1,258 21 1,279 #165
1928 1,370 21 1,391 #160
1927 1,591 16 1,607 #149
1926 1,633 22 1,655 #149
1925 1,890 21 1,911 #139
1924 1,825 29 1,854 #144
1923 1,852 20 1,872 #141
1922 1,991 30 2,021 #130
1921 2,081 18 2,099 #127
1920 2,107 24 2,131 #122
1919 2,083 16 2,099 #117
1918 2,105 9 2,114 #115
1917 2,050 9 2,059 #110
1916 2,057 8 2,065 #107
1915 2,005 13 2,018 #101
1914 1,579 9 1,588 #101
1913 1,395 14 1,409 #98
1912 1,228 6 1,234 #100
1911 924 11 935 #99
1910 916 5 921 #97
1909 826 6 832 #96
1908 757 — 757 #100
1907 680 — 680 #102
1906 620 5 625 #102
1905 601 — 601 #106
1904 596 — 596 #104
1903 485 — 485 #117
1902 503 — 503 #116
1901 459 — 459 #114
1900 588 — 588 #112
1899 431 — 431 #114
1898 479 — 479 #113
1897 391 — 391 #126
1896 398 — 398 #120
1895 403 — 403 #118
1894 357 — 357 #125
1893 325 — 325 #131
1892 336 — 336 #128
1891 263 — 263 #137
1890 299 — 299 #131
1889 277 — 277 #131
1888 233 — 233 #142
1887 180 — 180 #143
1886 197 — 197 #136
1885 150 — 150 #152
1884 148 — 148 #141
1883 141 — 141 #139
1882 106 — 106 #156
1881 95 — 95 #150
1880 106 — 106 #141