Inez

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

Girl's name · #1400 in the US (2025) · Comeback

Inez was #96 in 1909, slipped to #3481 by 2010, and has climbed back to #1400 today. Roughly 68,000 girls have been named Inez since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records. Together with its spelling variant Ines (#1111), Inez would rank around #740 with about 370 births last year — the newborns split about 58/42 between Ines and Inez.

Around the world: #97 in Sweden (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 10 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Inezes

Inez Milholland — (1886-1916) American suffragist, lawyer
Inez Fung — American climatologist (born 1949)
Inez Clare Verdoorn — South African botanist (1896-1989)
Inez Haynes Irwin — Feminist, author, journalist
Inez Turner — athletics competitor

In stories & tradition

Inez Silang — The Outer Worlds 2

What Inezes become

Among 178 notable people named Inez:

Entertainers appear 1.96× more often than among typical names — e.g. Inez Courtney, American actress (1908-1975).

Similar names: Ines · Dorothea · Ina · Effie · Lois · James

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