Ines

“Variant of Agnes — Pure, chaste; holy” — Ancient Greek origin

Girl's name · #1111 in the US (2025) · Trending

Ines is climbing: on the charts since 1883, it is ranked #1111 in 2025, with about 210 girls given the name last year. Roughly 6,800 have carried it all-time. Together with its spelling variant Inez (#1400), Ines would rank around #740 with about 370 births last year — the newborns split about 58/42 between Ines and Inez.

Around the world: #18 in Portugal (2023) · #18 in Sweden (2025) · #34 in Finland (Swedish-sp.) (2025) · #40 in Spain (2024) · #67 in France (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 9 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Ineses

Inês de Castro — disputed wife of Peter I of Portugal
Inés Arrimadas — Spanish politician
Inès de La Fressange — French fashion designer and model
Inés Suárez — Spanish conquistador and soldier
Inès Boubakri — Tunisian fencer

In stories & tradition

Inés Alcántara Fernández — Cuéntame cómo pasó
Inès Serrano — No Exit
Inés — Los amores de la Inés

What Ineses become

Among 1,425 notable people named Ines:

Medical professionals appear 2.46× more often than among typical names — e.g. Inès de Bourgoing, French nurse (1862-1953).

Similar names: Inez · Theodora · Hindy · Aura · Nyx · Idalia

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