Inis — girls' name

What the Data Says About Inis

The Social Security Administration has registered 691 babies named Inis between 1891 and 1956, spanning 66 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Inis currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1956. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 32 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Inis performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 213 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Inis shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 59 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Missouri and Arkansas. In total, SSA state-level files list Inis in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Inis 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 691 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.