Girls' name · since 1880
Agnes
Agnes has 159,517 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1918 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #248 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,016 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 159,517
- born since 1880
- 1910s
- peak decade
Agnes currently ranks #1016 among girls' names in America, with 159,517 babies recorded since 1880.
Agnes has 159,517 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1016 as of the latest data, more common than 94% of girls, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #248 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,016 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 159,517 born since 1880
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Agnes ranks #248 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,016 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 159,517 born since 1880, peaking in the 1910s.
- #248 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,016 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 159,517
- born since 1880
- 1910s
- peak decade
Agnes's 159,517 recorded births place it above 99.65% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
50 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Pennsylvania.
How Agnes compares
159,517 Top 2% higher than 98% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Agnes's all-time total is 424x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Agnes | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 159,517 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 5,291 | 21 | 19,840 |
Agnes's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Agnes splits its recorded history at 1953: 8% of all births land in the more recent half, 92% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1997 (48 births) -- compare that against the 1918 peak of 5,291 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Agnes popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1918)
- 5,291
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Agnes popularity over time - boys
465 total births recorded since 1887 (Agnes as boys' name)
Agnes by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (39,255 births, 25% of the file).
1910s was Agnes's strongest decade.
39,255 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Agnes births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 7,237
1880s
7,237 births
- 1890s 14,429
1890s
14,429 births
- 1900s
1900s
17,616 births
- 1910s
1910s
39,255 births
- 1920s
1920s
39,222 births
- 1930s
1930s
18,032 births
- 1940s 9,518
1940s
9,518 births
- 1950s 5,602
1950s
5,602 births
- 1960s 2,714
1960s
2,714 births
- 1970s 913
1970s
913 births
- 1980s 744
1980s
744 births
- 1990s 626
1990s
626 births
- 2000s 635
2000s
635 births
- 2010s 1,638
2010s
1,638 births
- 2020s 1,336
2020s
1,336 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 39,255 births (25% of all-time use).
How Agnes compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Agnes's total volume
Agnes by state
Where Agnes concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 13,846 | 8.7% |
| #2 | New York | | 13,073 | 8.2% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 5,307 | 3.3% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 4,977 | 3.1% |
| #5 | Massachusetts | | 4,449 | 2.8% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 4,319 | 2.7% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 4,082 | 2.6% |
| #8 | Texas | | 3,711 | 2.3% |
13,846 of 159,517 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 50 reporting states.
Agnes appears in 50 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Agnes's data
- Agnes's decade-level peak was the 1910s (39,255 total births); usage has since declined to 1,336 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Pennsylvania records the most Agness (13,846 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Pennsylvania names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Agnes: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1918)
Similar record span (~145 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1880–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Agnes draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.