Innis — boys' name
38 babies named Innis in U.S. Social Security records since 1919, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
84% of everyone ever named Innis was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Innis in 2001 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Innis
The Social Security Administration has registered 38 babies named Innis between 1919 and 2003, spanning 85 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Innis currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2003. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 14 babies received it in a single year. Innis is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 1930.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Innis performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 32 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Innis shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Innis 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 38 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.
Innis at a glance
Last recorded 2003Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Innis popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–1919
- Peak year (2001)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 85 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2003.
38 total births across 85 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2001 with 14 births in a single year.
Innis popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 1930 (Innis as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Innis accounts for 12% of total recorded use across both genders.
Innis by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 32 births that decade — 84% of Innis's all-time total
Innis decade highlights
- Peak decade 32 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Innis's strongest decade
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 84% of all-time use.
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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, 1919–2003 (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.