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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201934peak #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 1934

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #11 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 30 girlsAKMaine: #121 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 523 girlsMEVermont: #78 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 297 girlsVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Agnes, so not publishedNHWashington: #138 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 654 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Agnes, so not publishedIDMontana: #58 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 209 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #54 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 202 girlsNDMinnesota: #93 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 432 girlsMNIllinois: #126 for girls · 74 births · 1 in 668 girlsILWisconsin: #97 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 462 girlsWIMichigan: #107 for girls · 75 births · 1 in 488 girlsMINew York: #82 for girls · 241 births · 1 in 343 girlsNYMassachusetts: #88 for girls · 63 births · 1 in 442 girlsMARhode Island: #95 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 412 girlsRIOregon: #110 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 457 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Agnes, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Agnes, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #100 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 400 girlsSDIowa: #128 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 696 girlsIAIndiana: #167 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,121 girlsINOhio: #125 for girls · 66 births · 1 in 681 girlsOHPennsylvania: #83 for girls · 207 births · 1 in 344 girlsPANew Jersey: #85 for girls · 65 births · 1 in 364 girlsNJConnecticut: #76 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 288 girlsCTCalifornia: #201 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 1,103 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Agnes, so not publishedUTColorado: #107 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 416 girlsCONebraska: #124 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 569 girlsNEMissouri: #167 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 932 girlsMOKentucky: #128 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 557 girlsKYWest Virginia: #118 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 509 girlsWVVirginia: #132 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 589 girlsVAMaryland: #37 for girls · 71 births · 1 in 162 girlsMDDelaware: #48 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 173 girlsDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Agnes, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: #132 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 493 girlsNMKansas: #117 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 549 girlsKSArkansas: #176 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 782 girlsARTennessee: #132 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 595 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #126 for girls · 69 births · 1 in 528 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #105 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 433 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #77 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 304 girlsDCOklahoma: #278 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,737 girlsOKLouisiana: #120 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 461 girlsLAMississippi: #209 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,017 girlsMSAlabama: #141 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 599 girlsALGeorgia: #108 for girls · 70 births · 1 in 433 girlsGAHawaii: #41 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 130 girlsHITexas: #241 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 1,144 girlsTXFlorida: #93 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 354 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Alaska#11 · 1 in 30
  2. Maryland#37 · 1 in 162
  3. Hawaii#41 · 1 in 130
  4. Delaware#48 · 1 in 173
  5. North Dakota#54 · 1 in 202

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Alaska#1171 in 30
Maryland#37711 in 162
Hawaii#41231 in 130
Delaware#4881 in 173
North Dakota#54281 in 202
Montana#58171 in 209
Connecticut#76321 in 288
District of Columbia#77131 in 304
Vermont#7881 in 297
New York#822411 in 343
Pennsylvania#832071 in 344
New Jersey#85651 in 364
Massachusetts#88631 in 442
Florida#93331 in 354
Minnesota#93441 in 432
Rhode Island#95101 in 412
Wisconsin#97481 in 462
South Dakota#100131 in 400
South Carolina#105481 in 433
Colorado#107191 in 416
Michigan#107751 in 488
Georgia#108701 in 433
Oregon#110111 in 457
Kansas#117241 in 549
West Virginia#118361 in 509
Louisiana#120451 in 461
Maine#121121 in 523
Nebraska#124181 in 569
Ohio#125661 in 681
Illinois#126741 in 668
North Carolina#126691 in 528
Iowa#128261 in 696
Kentucky#128491 in 557
New Mexico#132101 in 493
Tennessee#132451 in 595
Virginia#132391 in 589
Washington#138141 in 654
Alabama#141491 in 599
Indiana#167201 in 1,121
Missouri#167291 in 932
Arkansas#176241 in 782
California#201311 in 1,103
Mississippi#209211 in 1,017
Texas#241501 in 1,144
Oklahoma#278131 in 1,737
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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 1934

girls
#120
1,932 births · 1 in 540 girls
boys
#2,742
8 births · 1 in 129,075 boys

Top girls' names in 1934

  1. #1Mary56,929
  2. #2Betty31,089
  3. #3Barbara29,239
  4. #4Shirley22,841
  5. #5Dorothy21,281
  6. #6Patricia20,844
  7. #7Joan19,465
  8. #8Margaret15,144
  9. #9Helen14,100
  10. #10Nancy13,520
  11. #120Agnes1,932

Top boys' names in 1934

  1. #1Robert55,843
  2. #2James54,270
  3. #3John46,743
  4. #4William40,175
  5. #5Richard33,167
  6. #6Donald30,408
  7. #7Charles29,790
  8. #8George18,500
  9. #9Thomas17,373
  10. #10Joseph17,111
  11. #2,742Agnes8
More about 1934

girls

1,044,225 girls got a published name in 1934; 1 in 540 of them was named Agnes, which outranked 97.6% of the 4,973 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Agnes
  1. #117Constance1,975
  2. #118Ida1,972
  3. #119Sue1,933
  4. #120Agnes1,932
  5. #121Christine1,920
  6. #122Georgia1,918
  7. #123Alma1,903
Biggest movers since 1933
Risers
  1. ↑ 571Luann#1,442 → #871
  2. ↑ 469Alison#1,442 → #973
  3. ↑ 439Golda#1,364 → #925
  4. ↑ 350Ronald#1,244 → #894
  5. ↑ 346Gale#1,102 → #756
Fallers
  1. ↓ 685Nira#463 → #1,148
  2. ↓ 342Vina#782 → #1,124
  3. ↓ 316Zita#947 → #1,263
  4. ↓ 299Myrtie#834 → #1,133
  5. ↓ 278Theola#985 → #1,263

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

boys

1,032,596 boys got a published name in 1934; 1 in 129,075 of them was named Agnes, which outranked 34.8% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Agnes
  1. #2,563Wenzel9
  2. #2,563Westly9
  3. #2,563Windle9
  4. #2,742Agnes8
  5. #2,742Adin8
  6. #2,742Albion8
  7. #2,742Allard8
  8. #2,973Abbie7
  9. #2,973Agostino7
  10. #2,973Alcee7

Tied with 230 names at #2,742; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1933
Risers
  1. ↑ 746Lanny#1,361 → #615
  2. ↑ 630Kerry#1,586 → #956
  3. ↑ 620Marland#1,456 → #836
  4. ↑ 404Kirk#1,202 → #798
  5. ↑ 350Valentin#1,281 → #931
Fallers
  1. ↓ 730Neville#995 → #1,725
  2. ↓ 616Garner#770 → #1,386
  3. ↓ 520Vivian#905 → #1,425
  4. ↓ 488Finis#869 → #1,357
  5. ↓ 464Malcom#961 → #1,425

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

See the top 100 for 1934 →