Unisex name · since 1919
Innis
Innis has 43 recorded births since 1919 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2001 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #23,190 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,159 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 43
- born since 1919
- 2000s
- peak decade
43 babies have been named Innis since 1919, making it today's #12159 unisex name.
Social Security Administration records show Innis recorded 43 times among boys since 1919, holding rank #12159 nationally today, ahead of 13% of boys, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1919 to 2025.
- #23,190 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,159 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 43 born since 1919
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Innis ranks #23,190 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,159 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 43 born since 1919, peaking in the 2000s.
- #23,190 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,159 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 43
- born since 1919
- 2000s
- peak decade
Innis's 43 recorded births place it above 48.79% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Innis compares
43 15th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Innis's all-time total is 88% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Innis | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 43 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 34 | 22,252 |
Innis's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Innis splits its recorded history at 2002: 42% of all births land in the more recent half, 58% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2000 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2001 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Innis popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1919–2025
- Peak year (2001)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 107 years of records
Innis popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 1930 (Innis as girls' name)
Innis by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (32 births, 74% of the file).
2000s was Innis's strongest decade.
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 74% of all-time use.
Innis births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 6
1910s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
32 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 32 births (74% of all-time use).
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What to do with Innis's data
- Innis's decade-level peak was the 2000s (32 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Innis: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2001)
Similar record span (~106 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, 1919–2025 (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 Innis 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.