Girls' name · since 1916
Agnese
Agnese has 16 recorded births since 1916 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1919 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #48,342 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 16
- born since 1916
- 1910s
- peak decade
Agnese is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 16 have been recorded since 1916.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Agnese has been recorded 16 times among girls since 1916, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1910s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 1988.
- #48,342 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 16 born since 1916
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Agnese ranks #48,342 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 16 born since 1916, peaking in the 1910s.
- #48,342 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 16
- born since 1916
- 1910s
- peak decade
Agnese's 16 recorded births place it above 31.73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Agnese's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Agnese's full recorded timeline at 1919, 69% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 31% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1916, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1919 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Agnese popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–1988
- Peak year (1919)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 73 years of records
Agnese by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (11 births, 69% of the file).
1910s was Agnese's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Agnese births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
11 births
- 1980s
1980s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 11 births (69% of all-time use).
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- Agnese's usage has stayed within range of its 1910s decade-level peak (11 total births) through the 1980s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Agnese: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1919)
Similar record span (~72 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, 1916–1988 (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 Agnese 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.