Agnes

#1,016 for girls in 2025, 246 births · Last seen for boys in 1949 at #3,298
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1899 · 1,611 births
Debut · girls
473 births
In top 100 · girls
50 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
159,517
since 1880

Agnes over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201910peak #37, 1899girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,016246—
2024#1,061235—
2023#1,081229—
2022#1,095228—
2021#1,138216—
2020#1,246182—
2019#1,125215—
2018#1,199198—
2017#1,208199—
2016#1,103233—
2015#1,275191—
2014#1,261191—
2013#1,689124—
2012#1,698123—
2011#2,01797—
2010#2,67067—
2009#2,37581—
2008#2,88761—
2007#2,78765—
2006#2,63168—
2005#2,78759—
2004#2,80857—
2003#2,57762—
2002#2,78054—
2001#2,54060—
2000#2,27768—
1999#2,34363—
1998#2,22164—
1997#2,62248—
1996#2,12564—
1995#2,18961—
1994#2,23259—
1993#2,32255—
1992#1,98769—
1991#2,03467—
1990#1,86276—
1989#1,71779—
1988#1,68676—
1987#1,69971—
1986#1,69169—
1985#1,71067—
1984#1,72663—
1983#1,42382—
1982#1,65369—
1981#1,36291—
1980#1,52877—
1979#1,59272—
1978#1,63365—
1977#1,66163—
1976#1,53566—
1975#1,29186—
1974#1,18594—
1973#1,16094—
1972#988121—
1971#966132—
1970#1,026120—
1969#936129—
1968#817154—
1967#702193—
1966#685203—
1965#602258—
1964#595278—
1963#541321—
1962#521354—
1961#490396—
1960#472428—
1959#468424—
1958#462419—
1957#419494—
1956#402508—
1955#369563—
1954#378524—
1953#326640—
1952#325627—
1951#307655—
1950#286748—
1949#288722#3,2986
1948#268835—
1947#264839—
1946#243868—
1945#230824—
1944#206961—
1943#2001,054—
1942#1871,132#2,5239
1941#1791,093—
1940#1701,190#2,32210
1939#1621,299#3,1136
1938#1571,393—
1937#1531,421#2,4799
1936#1391,592#1,87214
1935#1381,589—
1934#1201,932#2,7428
1933#1181,876#1,90514
1932#1152,117#2,6389
1931#1032,303#2,6519
1930#1022,510#2,60910
1929#942,770#2,31712
1928#853,023#2,38712
1927#813,338#2,03416
1926#773,533#1,78719
1925#693,911#2,19314
1924#634,240#2,13215
1923#634,222#2,61411
1922#624,480#3,0149
1921#564,798#1,82919
1920#544,907#2,33613
1919#504,901#3,3917
1918#475,291#2,39812
1917#485,066#2,42311
1916#504,852#2,9268
1915#454,795#2,8298
1914#443,721#1,68714
1913#413,206#1,58012
1912#402,945#1,26814
1911#392,315—
1910#412,163#85913
1909#421,974#89311
1908#451,934#1,1137
1907#461,829#73513
1906#411,758#9278
1905#431,718#74111
1904#421,672—
1903#391,616#1,0096
1902#401,676#1,1375
1901#391,525#7279
1900#411,914#9688
1899#371,611#7868
1898#401,708—
1897#401,579#9426
1896#381,654#9007
1895#401,466—
1894#381,470#8577
1893#381,393#9076
1892#431,328#1,0665
1891#471,125—
1890#501,095—
1889#501,033—
1888#481,046—
1887#46896#9215
1886#52779—
1885#54695—
1884#53703—
1883#52623—
1882#54565—
1881#61424—
1880#54473—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Agnes was already there! It came in at #54, and was given to 473 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1991–2008, when fewer than 70 girls a year got the name.

Where Agnes is popular in 1910

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Agnes, so not publishedAKMaine: #101 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 359 girlsMEVermont: #46 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 136 girlsVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Agnes, so not publishedNHWashington: #48 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 151 girlsWAIdaho: #15 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 63 girlsIDMontana: #10 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 46 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #12 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 55 girlsNDMinnesota: #22 for girls · 75 births · 1 in 78 girlsMNIllinois: #32 for girls · 133 births · 1 in 138 girlsILWisconsin: #13 for girls · 112 births · 1 in 61 girlsWIMichigan: #34 for girls · 71 births · 1 in 122 girlsMINew York: #33 for girls · 231 births · 1 in 140 girlsNYMassachusetts: #28 for girls · 96 births · 1 in 110 girlsMARhode Island: #30 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 112 girlsRIOregon: #26 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 92 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Agnes, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Agnes, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #24 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 80 girlsSDIowa: #40 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 143 girlsIAIndiana: #37 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 157 girlsINOhio: #50 for girls · 71 births · 1 in 211 girlsOHPennsylvania: #25 for girls · 265 births · 1 in 119 girlsPANew Jersey: #32 for girls · 69 births · 1 in 125 girlsNJConnecticut: #34 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 122 girlsCTCalifornia: #75 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 259 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Agnes, so not publishedUTColorado: #55 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 176 girlsCONebraska: #20 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 79 girlsNEMissouri: #56 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 214 girlsMOKentucky: #90 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 322 girlsKYWest Virginia: #70 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 238 girlsWVVirginia: #67 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 229 girlsVAMaryland: #24 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 99 girlsMDDelaware: #26 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 82 girlsDEArizona: #29 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 84 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Agnes, so not publishedNMKansas: #46 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 154 girlsKSArkansas: #89 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 279 girlsARTennessee: #119 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 437 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #98 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 332 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #77 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 253 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #47 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 175 girlsDCOklahoma: #72 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 242 girlsOKLouisiana: #43 for girls · 65 births · 1 in 149 girlsLAMississippi: #103 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 388 girlsMSAlabama: #86 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 285 girlsALGeorgia: #84 for girls · 53 births · 1 in 294 girlsGAHawaii: #17 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 53 girlsHITexas: #85 for girls · 60 births · 1 in 322 girlsTXFlorida: #71 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 224 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Montana#10 · 1 in 46
  2. North Dakota#12 · 1 in 55
  3. Wisconsin#13 · 1 in 61
  4. Idaho#15 · 1 in 63
  5. Hawaii#17 · 1 in 53

Best ever in a state: #3 in Alaska, 1912.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Montana#10201 in 46
North Dakota#12391 in 55
Wisconsin#131121 in 61
Idaho#15121 in 63
Hawaii#1771 in 53
Nebraska#20441 in 79
Minnesota#22751 in 78
Maryland#24481 in 99
South Dakota#24221 in 80
Pennsylvania#252651 in 119
Delaware#2661 in 82
Oregon#26151 in 92
Massachusetts#28961 in 110
Arizona#2971 in 84
Rhode Island#30121 in 112
Illinois#321331 in 138
New Jersey#32691 in 125
New York#332311 in 140
Connecticut#34261 in 122
Michigan#34711 in 122
Indiana#37471 in 157
Iowa#40401 in 143
Louisiana#43651 in 149
Kansas#46311 in 154
Vermont#4651 in 136
District of Columbia#4751 in 175
Washington#48181 in 151
Ohio#50711 in 211
Colorado#55141 in 176
Missouri#56511 in 214
Virginia#67471 in 229
West Virginia#70241 in 238
Florida#71181 in 224
Oklahoma#72301 in 242
California#75231 in 259
South Carolina#77371 in 253
Georgia#84531 in 294
Texas#85601 in 322
Alabama#86461 in 285
Arkansas#89271 in 279
Kentucky#90331 in 322
North Carolina#98381 in 332
Maine#10151 in 359
Mississippi#103271 in 388
Tennessee#119241 in 437
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Agnes
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 45 spots since 2024 (#1,061 → #1,016)
  • 230 spots since 2020 (#1,246 → #1,016)
  • 259 spots since 2015 (#1,275 → #1,016)
  • Biggest jump: 60 spots in 1971 (#1,026 → #966)
  • Biggest drop: 172 spots in 1973 (#988 → #1,160)
Rise & fade · girls
19 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1899 at #37 (1,611 births)
  • Births halved by 1949, 50 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 50 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 50 yrs · run 1880–1929
  • Top 1,000: 92 yrs · run 1880–1969
Share of babies · girls
1 in 144
  • Highest: 1 in 144 girls born in 1896 were named Agnes (0.70%)
  • Latest: 1 in 6,534 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
  • Its best rank, #37 in 1899, was only 1 in 145 (0.69%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 24.6% of all girls named Agnes (39,255) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s7,237#46 (1887)#52
1890s14,429#37 (1899)#41
1900s17,616#39 (1903)#42
1910s39,255#39 (1911)#45
1920s39,222#54 (1920)#70
1930s18,032#102 (1930)#131
1940s9,518#170 (1940)#224
1950s5,602#286 (1950)#374
1960s2,714#472 (1960)#636
1970s913#966 (1971)#1,304
1980s744#1,362 (1981)#1,620
1990s626#1,862 (1990)#2,194
2000s635#2,277 (2000)#2,645
2010s1,638#1,103 (2016)#1,525
2020s1,336#1,016 (2025)#1,106

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Agnes in 1910

girls
#41
2,163 births · 1 in 183 girls
boys
#859
13 births · 1 in 14,939 boys

Top girls' names in 1910

  1. #1Mary22,848
  2. #2Helen10,479
  3. #3Margaret8,226
  4. #4Dorothy7,318
  5. #5Ruth7,212
  6. #6Anna6,436
  7. #7Elizabeth5,800
  8. #8Mildred5,692
  9. #9Marie4,790
  10. #10Alice4,671
  11. #41Agnes2,163

Top boys' names in 1910

  1. #1John11,450
  2. #2James9,194
  3. #3William8,844
  4. #4Robert5,609
  5. #5George5,441
  6. #6Joseph5,228
  7. #7Charles4,784
  8. #8Frank3,768
  9. #9Edward3,407
  10. #10Henry2,899
  11. #859Agnes13
More about 1910

girls

396,503 girls got a published name in 1910; 1 in 183 of them was named Agnes, which outranked 98.5% of the 2,790 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Agnes
  1. #38Esther2,378
  2. #39Pearl2,177
  3. #40Sarah2,173
  4. #41Agnes2,163
  5. #42Pauline2,153
  6. #43Myrtle2,145
  7. #44Elsie2,141
Biggest movers since 1909
Risers
  1. ↑ 960Alys#1,957 → #997
  2. ↑ 849Lannie#1,763 → #914
  3. ↑ 766Luz#1,763 → #997
  4. ↑ 762Vivien#1,607 → #845
  5. ↑ 693Buna#1,607 → #914
Fallers
  1. ↓ 864Earl#909 → #1,773
  2. ↓ 864Fleta#909 → #1,773
  3. ↓ 783Elba#990 → #1,773
  4. ↓ 644Odile#990 → #1,634
  5. ↓ 576Claribel#845 → #1,421

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

194,208 boys got a published name in 1910; 1 in 14,939 of them was named Agnes, which outranked 53.3% of the 1,839 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Agnes
  1. #822Virgle14
  2. #822Wayman14
  3. #822Wyatt14
  4. #859Agnes13
  5. #859Adolfo13
  6. #859Alden13
  7. #859Angel13
  8. #928Addison12
  9. #928Alfonzo12
  10. #928Algie12

Tied with 68 names at #859; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1909
Risers
  1. ↑ 711Emma#1,440 → #729
  2. ↑ 679Arturo#1,277 → #598
  3. ↑ 679Sammy#1,277 → #598
  4. ↑ 658Tracy#1,440 → #782
  5. ↑ 623Issac#1,277 → #654
Fallers
  1. ↓ 833Hadley#756 → #1,589
  2. ↓ 785Cedric#804 → #1,589
  3. ↓ 707Waymon#714 → #1,421
  4. ↓ 696Hughie#893 → #1,589
  5. ↓ 696Maceo#893 → #1,589

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1910 →