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“Pure, chaste; holy” — Ancient Greek origin
Girl's name · #1016 in the US (2025) · Comeback
Agnes was #37 in 1899, slipped to #2888 by 2008, and has climbed back to #1016 today. Roughly 160,000 girls have been named Agnes since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records. Agnes's short forms are Nancy and Aggie.
Around the world: #3 in Denmark (2025) · #17 in Sweden (2025) · #24 in Finland (Swedish-sp.) (2025) · #49 in Norway (2025).
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 28 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Among 2,212 notable people named Agnes:
Artists & writers appear 1.48× more often than among typical names — e.g. Agnès Varda, French artist, film director, screenwriter and photographer (1928–2019).
Similar names: Ines · Cleo · Agatha · Dorothea · Althea · James
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