NameTides

Agnes

Agnes was the #1,016 girls' name in the US in 2025 (246 babies), and #509 in England & Wales and #834 in Canada.

Agnes as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Agnes as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesScotlandCanadaUS
Agnes as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#1,016 (246)#509 (79)#539 (5)——#834 (34)
2024#1,061 (235)#474 (86)#476 (6)—#736 (4)#854 (33)
2023#1,081 (229)#574 (67)#630 (4)—#856 (3)#886 (30)
2022#1,095 (228)#419 (101)——#634 (5)#653 (43)
2021#1,138 (216)#412 (108)#792 (3)—#586 (6)#711 (41)
2020#1,246 (182)#416 (102)#765 (3)—#834 (3)#1,087 (23)
2019#1,125 (215)#414 (102)#650 (4)—#551 (6)#603 (51)
2018#1,199 (198)#392 (113)#502 (6)—#512 (7)#632 (47)
2017#1,208 (199)#376 (122)#446 (7)—#579 (6)#1,000 (26)
2016#1,103 (233)#361 (133)#383 (9)#353 (4)#661 (5)#847 (32)
2015#1,275 (191)#334 (140)———#843 (32)
2014#1,261 (191)#448 (97)#681 (4)—#752 (4)#656 (46)
2013#1,689 (124)#639 (64)#663 (4)—#660 (5)#1,165 (21)
2012#1,698 (123)#580 (73)———#1,097 (23)
2011#2,017 (97)#603 (67)#515 (6)——#1,154 (21)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1896 at #38.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 6,500 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 6,500uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 3,200uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 3,600uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 4,400uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Agnes is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 6,400 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 6,200 to 1 in 6,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Agnes by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #447WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,405ILMichigan: #735MINew York: #902NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #429ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #492IAIndiana: #916INOhio: #743OHPennsylvania: #1,392PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #908CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #634CONebraska: #335NEMissouri: #926MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,180VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #256KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #1,127TNNorth Carolina: #1,437NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #776LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,213GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,615TXFlorida: #1,887FL
Agnes (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#34615
Ontario2024#1,1819

Agnes (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AgnesCanadaGirls#83434
AgnesEngland & WalesGirls#50979
AgnesIrelandGirls—too few
AgnesNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AgnesScotlandGirls#5395
AgnesUSGirls#1,016246
AgnesUSBoys—too few