Ines
Ines was given to 213 girls in 2025, #1,111 among girls’ names; 7,150 Americans have been recorded with it since 1883 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 4,710 Americans named Ines and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (66% of everyone recorded); the median is 23 years old and half are between 9 and 47.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Ines by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Ines mean?
Wiktionary, German section
Ines is “a female given name”
Borrowed from Spanish Inés.
/ˈiːnəs/
Meaning: Wiktionary, German section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Ines?
#1,111 among girls’ names, 2025
Ines rose from #2,019 in 2015 to #1,111 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 0.05 to 0.13 per 1,000.
213 babies in 2025, the peak
Ines peaked in 2025, when 213 girls were given it, #1,111 among girls’ names. In 2024 it went to 181 girls.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 213 | #1,111 | 0.13 |
| 2024 | 181 | #1,282 | 0.11 |
| 2023 | 135 | #1,571 | 0.08 |
| 2022 | 111 | #1,832 | 0.07 |
| 2021 | 138 | #1,529 | 0.08 |
| 2020 | 112 | #1,773 | 0.07 |
| 2019 | 120 | #1,734 | 0.07 |
| 2018 | 126 | #1,666 | 0.07 |
| 2017 | 115 | #1,808 | 0.07 |
| 2016 | 83 | #2,291 | 0.05 |
Every recorded year (139)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 98 | #2,019 | 0.05 |
| 2014 | 83 | #2,258 | 0.05 |
| 2013 | 97 | #2,007 | 0.06 |
| 2012 | 90 | #2,121 | 0.05 |
| 2011 | 66 | #2,673 | 0.04 |
| 2010 | 71 | #2,569 | 0.04 |
| 2009 | 79 | #2,433 | 0.04 |
| 2008 | 78 | #2,451 | 0.04 |
| 2007 | 77 | #2,440 | 0.04 |
| 2006 | 86 | #2,235 | 0.05 |
| 2005 | 81 | #2,244 | 0.04 |
| 2004 | 73 | #2,349 | 0.04 |
| 2003 | 76 | #2,246 | 0.04 |
| 2002 | 74 | #2,232 | 0.04 |
| 2001 | 60 | #2,542 | 0.03 |
| 2000 | 77 | #2,109 | 0.04 |
| 1999 | 50 | #2,755 | 0.03 |
| 1998 | 58 | #2,409 | 0.03 |
| 1997 | 51 | #2,526 | 0.03 |
| 1996 | 48 | #2,597 | 0.03 |
| 1995 | 59 | #2,254 | 0.03 |
| 1994 | 54 | #2,381 | 0.03 |
| 1993 | 52 | #2,421 | 0.03 |
| 1992 | 45 | #2,694 | 0.02 |
| 1991 | 51 | #2,455 | 0.03 |
| 1990 | 54 | #2,323 | 0.03 |
| 1989 | 33 | #3,192 | 0.02 |
| 1988 | 38 | #2,750 | 0.02 |
| 1987 | 32 | #2,983 | 0.02 |
| 1986 | 32 | #2,930 | 0.02 |
| 1985 | 27 | #3,271 | 0.02 |
| 1984 | 34 | #2,693 | 0.02 |
| 1983 | 38 | #2,440 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 28 | #3,115 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 39 | #2,459 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 34 | #2,712 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 28 | #3,019 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 26 | #3,034 | 0.02 |
| 1977 | 33 | #2,571 | 0.02 |
| 1976 | 42 | #2,073 | 0.03 |
| 1975 | 36 | #2,291 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 40 | #2,082 | 0.03 |
| 1973 | 37 | #2,145 | 0.03 |
| 1972 | 34 | #2,242 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 50 | #1,782 | 0.03 |
| 1970 | 33 | #2,324 | 0.02 |
| 1969 | 40 | #1,987 | 0.02 |
| 1968 | 35 | #2,034 | 0.02 |
| 1967 | 36 | #1,962 | 0.02 |
| 1966 | 51 | #1,576 | 0.03 |
| 1965 | 37 | #1,896 | 0.02 |
| 1964 | 42 | #1,815 | 0.02 |
| 1963 | 25 | #2,448 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 40 | #1,811 | 0.02 |
| 1961 | 36 | #1,933 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 37 | #1,862 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 31 | #2,032 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 33 | #1,918 | 0.02 |
| 1957 | 26 | #2,187 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 26 | #2,169 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 32 | #1,893 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 18 | #2,628 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 23 | #2,197 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 27 | #1,956 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 18 | #2,418 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 21 | #2,150 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 27 | #1,856 | 0.02 |
| 1948 | 18 | #2,365 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 26 | #1,917 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 18 | #2,259 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 24 | #1,714 | 0.02 |
| 1944 | 23 | #1,769 | 0.02 |
| 1943 | 16 | #2,290 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 21 | #1,884 | 0.02 |
| 1941 | 21 | #1,770 | 0.02 |
| 1940 | 23 | #1,658 | 0.02 |
| 1939 | 24 | #1,564 | 0.02 |
| 1938 | 30 | #1,355 | 0.03 |
| 1937 | 28 | #1,398 | 0.03 |
| 1936 | 45 | #1,043 | 0.04 |
| 1935 | 26 | #1,467 | 0.02 |
| 1934 | 42 | #1,086 | 0.04 |
| 1933 | 54 | #929 | 0.05 |
| 1932 | 45 | #1,061 | 0.04 |
| 1931 | 44 | #1,063 | 0.04 |
| 1930 | 72 | #842 | 0.06 |
| 1929 | 67 | #871 | 0.06 |
| 1928 | 72 | #857 | 0.06 |
| 1927 | 65 | #929 | 0.05 |
| 1926 | 81 | #810 | 0.07 |
| 1925 | 81 | #830 | 0.07 |
| 1924 | 72 | #889 | 0.06 |
| 1923 | 69 | #887 | 0.06 |
| 1922 | 99 | #732 | 0.08 |
| 1921 | 89 | #778 | 0.07 |
| 1920 | 66 | #898 | 0.06 |
| 1919 | 69 | #838 | 0.06 |
| 1918 | 85 | #781 | 0.07 |
| 1917 | 85 | #753 | 0.08 |
| 1916 | 92 | #715 | 0.09 |
| 1915 | 71 | #782 | 0.07 |
| 1914 | 56 | #771 | 0.07 |
| 1913 | 40 | #833 | 0.06 |
| 1912 | 47 | #732 | 0.08 |
| 1911 | 36 | #726 | 0.09 |
| 1910 | 24 | #883 | 0.06 |
| 1909 | 19 | #948 | 0.05 |
| 1908 | 24 | #799 | 0.07 |
| 1907 | 18 | #906 | 0.06 |
| 1906 | 22 | #781 | 0.07 |
| 1905 | 21 | #811 | 0.07 |
| 1904 | 21 | #787 | 0.08 |
| 1903 | 11 | #1,094 | 0.04 |
| 1902 | 14 | #952 | 0.05 |
| 1901 | 12 | #976 | 0.05 |
| 1900 | 24 | #752 | 0.08 |
| 1899 | 12 | #952 | 0.05 |
| 1898 | 14 | #939 | 0.05 |
| 1897 | 12 | #950 | 0.05 |
| 1896 | 7 | #1,352 | 0.03 |
| 1895 | 7 | #1,356 | 0.03 |
| 1894 | 16 | #765 | 0.07 |
| 1893 | 11 | #924 | 0.05 |
| 1892 | 9 | #1,044 | 0.04 |
| 1891 | 6 | #1,266 | 0.03 |
| 1890 | 10 | #899 | 0.05 |
| 1888 | 7 | #1,081 | 0.04 |
| 1885 | 6 | #979 | 0.05 |
| 1883 | 5 | #976 | 0.04 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Ines a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 7,150 Americans recorded as Ines, 94% are girls and 6% boys. In 2025 it went to 213 girls; SSA lists no boys with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Ines: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Ines, and how old are they?
4,710 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 66% of the 7,150 Americans ever recorded as Ines. The median Ines alive today is 23 years old; half are between 9 and 47.
The 2020 Census counted 15,281 people named Ines (14,293 women and girls, 988 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 4,096 born in the U.S. The Census count is 3.7 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 171 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 451 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 593 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 690 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,190 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,600 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Ines born?
The states with the most babies named Ines are California, Texas and New York, with 67% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 41 | #760 | 1.6× |
| Texas | 39 | #769 | 1.4× |
| New York | 20 | #807 | 1.8× |
| Florida | 15 | #1,021 | 0.7× |
| Massachusetts | 9 | #586 | 0.3× |
| Washington | 9 | #710 | 0.2× |
| Illinois | 6 | #1,306 | 0.3× |
| Colorado | 5 | #971 | 0.1× |
| Michigan | 5 | #1,295 | 0.0× |
Where Ines is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Ines is most over-represented in New York: since 1910 it was given 1.8 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Ines with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 4 names spelled alike, given to 8,197 babies since 1880, Ines is the most given (87% of them). In 2025 it was given to 213 of their 219 babies (97%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Ines
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Ines and names like it
- Compare Ines and InisBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sInes peaked in 2025.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Ines since 1910.
- German namesWiktionary’s origin for Ines: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2025The year the most babies were named Ines.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Ines alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with IMost given first.