Inell — girls' name
2,147 babies named Inell in U.S. Social Security records since 1904, with the highest year being 1927. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
27% of everyone ever named Inell was born in this single decade.
75 babies were named Inell in 1927 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Inell
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,147 babies named Inell between 1904 and 1982, spanning 79 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Inell currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1982. The name reached its historical peak in 1927, when 75 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Inell performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 585 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Inell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 416 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Mississippi. In total, SSA state-level files list Inell in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Inell in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,147 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Inell at a glance
Last recorded 1982Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Inell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–1904
- Peak year (1927)
- 75
- Annual births at peak — across 79 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1982.
2,147 total births across 79 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1927 with 75 births in a single year.
Inell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 585 births that decade — 27% of Inell's all-time total
Inell decade highlights
- Peak decade 585 births
- Runner-up 527 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Inell's strongest decade
585 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 27% of all-time use.
Inell by state
Where Inell concentrates geographically — total births since 1904
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Alabama | | 416 | 19.4% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 260 | 12.1% |
| #3 | Mississippi | | 158 | 7.4% |
| #4 | South Carolina | | 94 | 4.4% |
| #5 | Texas | | 87 | 4.1% |
| #6 | Florida | | 35 | 1.6% |
| #7 | Virginia | | 25 | 1.2% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 23 | 1.1% |
416 of 2,147 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 11 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Alabama 19.4% of nationwide
- Georgia 12.1% of nationwide
- Mississippi 7.4% of nationwide
- South Carolina 4.4% of nationwide
- Texas 4.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 11 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Alabama accounts for 19.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Inell appears in 11 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1904–1982 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.