NameTides

Inez

Inez was the #1,396 girls' name in the US in 2025 (156 babies), and #2,006 in England & Wales and #1,974 in Canada.

Inez as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Inez as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Inez as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.51880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,396 (156)#2,006 (14)——#1,974 (11)
2024#1,414 (158)#1,449 (22)——#2,685 (7)
2023#1,636 (127)#2,063 (13)——#1,678 (13)
2022#1,974 (99)#2,325 (11)——#2,315 (8)
2021#1,584 (132)#1,692 (17)——#2,893 (6)
2020#2,050 (90)#2,615 (9)——#2,007 (10)
2019#2,400 (74)#1,940 (14)——#2,188 (9)
2018#2,334 (78)#1,711 (17)—#896 (3)#2,344 (8)
2017#2,268 (82)#3,583 (6)——#2,876 (6)
2016#2,206 (87)#2,120 (13)——#2,892 (6)
2015#2,810 (62)#1,549 (20)———
2014#2,809 (61)#2,659 (9)—#752 (4)#3,316 (5)
2013#2,439 (74)#1,956 (14)———
2012#2,597 (69)#1,649 (18)——#3,334 (5)
2011#3,051 (55)#1,608 (18)—#695 (5)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1909 at #96.
  • 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 10,000 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 10,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 18,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 14,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Inez is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 9,400 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 6,800 to 1 in 13,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Inez by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #1,046WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,830NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,108PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #855CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #632AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,437NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,460TXFlorida: #1,685FL
Inez (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
InezCanadaGirls#1,97411
InezEngland & WalesGirls#2,00614
InezIrelandGirls—too few
InezNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
InezScotlandGirls—too few
InezUSGirls#1,396156
InezUSBoys—too few