Inez

Meaning: Pure, chaste; holy
Origin: Spanish (from Ancient Greek) — Variant of Agnes

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

Popularity over time

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.

Across the states

See where Inez is more common.

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

Around the world

See how Inez ranks in other countries and regions.

#97 in Sweden (2025) · #171 in Poland (2025) · #907 in Netherlands (2025) · #2,061 in England & Wales (2025) · #2,850 in Canada (2024).

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 (video game)

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).

Spellings & nicknames

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.

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

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