Girls' name · since 1953
Inette
Inette has 69 recorded births since 1953 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1963 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #31,267 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 69
- born since 1953
- 1960s
- peak decade
69 girls have been named Inette since 1953, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Inette recorded 69 times among girls since 1953, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1960s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1953 to 1972.
- #31,267 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 69 born since 1953
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Inette ranks #31,267 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 69 born since 1953, peaking in the 1960s.
- #31,267 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 69
- born since 1953
- 1960s
- peak decade
Inette's 69 recorded births place it above 56.61% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Inette's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Inette splits its recorded history at 1964: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1959 (6 births) -- compare that against the 1963 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Inette popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1953–1972
- Peak year (1963)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1972.
69 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1963 with 9 births in a single year.
Inette by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (43 births, 62% of the file).
1960s was Inette's strongest decade.
43 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Inette births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
20 births
- 1960s
1960s
43 births
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 43 births (62% of all-time use).
Inette decade highlights
- Peak decade 43 births
- Runner-up 20 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Inette's data
- Inette's decade-level peak was the 1960s (43 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1970s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Inette: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1963)
Similar record span (~19 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, 1953–1972 (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 Inette 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.
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