Inez Girl
How popular is Inez?
#1,396 girl name in 2025
156 baby girls were named Inez in the US in 2025, making it the 1396th most popular girl name.
Inez popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,396 for girls (▲ 18 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 156 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+152% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,810 in 2015, #2,050 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1920 (2,107 girls) |
| Highest rank | #96 in 1909 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 1% boys, 99% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Inez counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Ines family of names ranked #704 for girls in 2025 (#760 the year before), with 375 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ines | 213 | 57% |
| Inez | 156 | 42% |
| Inas | 6 | 2% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Inez is most popular
Babies named Inez per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.2 per 1,000 (147 girls)
- Arizona: 0.1 per 1,000 (18 girls)
- Colorado: 0.1 per 1,000 (13 girls)
- Nevada: 0.1 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (78 girls)
Inez by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,633 | #131 |
| 1890s | 3,682 | #112 |
| 1900s | 6,115 | #96 |
| 1910s | 16,342 | #97 |
| 1920s | 17,598 | #122 |
| 1930s | 8,563 | #166 |
| 1940s | 4,728 | #262 |
| 1950s | 3,093 | #427 |
| 1960s | 1,861 | #660 |
| 1970s | 1,179 | #903 |
| 1980s | 833 | #1,141 |
| 1990s | 661 | #1,697 |
| 2000s | 615 | #2,167 |
| 2010s | 688 | #2,206 |
| 2020s | 762 | #1,396 |
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Questions
- Is Inez a boy or girl name?
- Inez is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 99% of babies named Inez were girls.
- How popular is the name Inez?
- 156 baby girls were named Inez in the US in 2025, making it the 1396th most popular girl name.
- When was Inez most popular?
- Inez peaked in 1920, when 2,107 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #96 in 1909.
- How many people are named Inez?
- 69,308 babies have been named Inez in the US since 1880. We estimate about 15,083 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 71.
- Where is Inez most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Inez was most common in California, at 0.2 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.