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
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1899 · 1,611 births
- Debut · girls
- 473 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 50 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 159,517since 1880
Agnes over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,016 | 246 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,061 | 235 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,081 | 229 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,095 | 228 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,138 | 216 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,246 | 182 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,125 | 215 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,199 | 198 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,208 | 199 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,103 | 233 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,275 | 191 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,261 | 191 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,689 | 124 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,698 | 123 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,017 | 97 | — | |
| 2010 | #2,670 | 67 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,375 | 81 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,887 | 61 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,787 | 65 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,631 | 68 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,787 | 59 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,808 | 57 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,577 | 62 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,780 | 54 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,540 | 60 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,277 | 68 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,343 | 63 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,221 | 64 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,622 | 48 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,125 | 64 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,189 | 61 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,232 | 59 | — | |
| 1993 | #2,322 | 55 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,987 | 69 | — | |
| 1991 | #2,034 | 67 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,862 | 76 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,717 | 79 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,686 | 76 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,699 | 71 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,691 | 69 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,710 | 67 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,726 | 63 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,423 | 82 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,653 | 69 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,362 | 91 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,528 | 77 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,592 | 72 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,633 | 65 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,661 | 63 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,535 | 66 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,291 | 86 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,185 | 94 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,160 | 94 | — | |
| 1972 | #988 | 121 | — | |
| 1971 | #966 | 132 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,026 | 120 | — | |
| 1969 | #936 | 129 | — | |
| 1968 | #817 | 154 | — | |
| 1967 | #702 | 193 | — | |
| 1966 | #685 | 203 | — | |
| 1965 | #602 | 258 | — | |
| 1964 | #595 | 278 | — | |
| 1963 | #541 | 321 | — | |
| 1962 | #521 | 354 | — | |
| 1961 | #490 | 396 | — | |
| 1960 | #472 | 428 | — | |
| 1959 | #468 | 424 | — | |
| 1958 | #462 | 419 | — | |
| 1957 | #419 | 494 | — | |
| 1956 | #402 | 508 | — | |
| 1955 | #369 | 563 | — | |
| 1954 | #378 | 524 | — | |
| 1953 | #326 | 640 | — | |
| 1952 | #325 | 627 | — | |
| 1951 | #307 | 655 | — | |
| 1950 | #286 | 748 | — | |
| 1949 | #288 | 722 | #3,298 | 6 |
| 1948 | #268 | 835 | — | |
| 1947 | #264 | 839 | — | |
| 1946 | #243 | 868 | — | |
| 1945 | #230 | 824 | — | |
| 1944 | #206 | 961 | — | |
| 1943 | #200 | 1,054 | — | |
| 1942 | #187 | 1,132 | #2,523 | 9 |
| 1941 | #179 | 1,093 | — | |
| 1940 | #170 | 1,190 | #2,322 | 10 |
| 1939 | #162 | 1,299 | #3,113 | 6 |
| 1938 | #157 | 1,393 | — | |
| 1937 | #153 | 1,421 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1936 | #139 | 1,592 | #1,872 | 14 |
| 1935 | #138 | 1,589 | — | |
| 1934 | #120 | 1,932 | #2,742 | 8 |
| 1933 | #118 | 1,876 | #1,905 | 14 |
| 1932 | #115 | 2,117 | #2,638 | 9 |
| 1931 | #103 | 2,303 | #2,651 | 9 |
| 1930 | #102 | 2,510 | #2,609 | 10 |
| 1929 | #94 | 2,770 | #2,317 | 12 |
| 1928 | #85 | 3,023 | #2,387 | 12 |
| 1927 | #81 | 3,338 | #2,034 | 16 |
| 1926 | #77 | 3,533 | #1,787 | 19 |
| 1925 | #69 | 3,911 | #2,193 | 14 |
| 1924 | #63 | 4,240 | #2,132 | 15 |
| 1923 | #63 | 4,222 | #2,614 | 11 |
| 1922 | #62 | 4,480 | #3,014 | 9 |
| 1921 | #56 | 4,798 | #1,829 | 19 |
| 1920 | #54 | 4,907 | #2,336 | 13 |
| 1919 | #50 | 4,901 | #3,391 | 7 |
| 1918 | #47 | 5,291 | #2,398 | 12 |
| 1917 | #48 | 5,066 | #2,423 | 11 |
| 1916 | #50 | 4,852 | #2,926 | 8 |
| 1915 | #45 | 4,795 | #2,829 | 8 |
| 1914 | #44 | 3,721 | #1,687 | 14 |
| 1913 | #41 | 3,206 | #1,580 | 12 |
| 1912 | #40 | 2,945 | #1,268 | 14 |
| 1911 | #39 | 2,315 | — | |
| 1910 | #41 | 2,163 | #859 | 13 |
| 1909 | #42 | 1,974 | #893 | 11 |
| 1908 | #45 | 1,934 | #1,113 | 7 |
| 1907 | #46 | 1,829 | #735 | 13 |
| 1906 | #41 | 1,758 | #927 | 8 |
| 1905 | #43 | 1,718 | #741 | 11 |
| 1904 | #42 | 1,672 | — | |
| 1903 | #39 | 1,616 | #1,009 | 6 |
| 1902 | #40 | 1,676 | #1,137 | 5 |
| 1901 | #39 | 1,525 | #727 | 9 |
| 1900 | #41 | 1,914 | #968 | 8 |
| 1899 | #37 | 1,611 | #786 | 8 |
| 1898 | #40 | 1,708 | — | |
| 1897 | #40 | 1,579 | #942 | 6 |
| 1896 | #38 | 1,654 | #900 | 7 |
| 1895 | #40 | 1,466 | — | |
| 1894 | #38 | 1,470 | #857 | 7 |
| 1893 | #38 | 1,393 | #907 | 6 |
| 1892 | #43 | 1,328 | #1,066 | 5 |
| 1891 | #47 | 1,125 | — | |
| 1890 | #50 | 1,095 | — | |
| 1889 | #50 | 1,033 | — | |
| 1888 | #48 | 1,046 | — | |
| 1887 | #46 | 896 | #921 | 5 |
| 1886 | #52 | 779 | — | |
| 1885 | #54 | 695 | — | |
| 1884 | #53 | 703 | — | |
| 1883 | #52 | 623 | — | |
| 1882 | #54 | 565 | — | |
| 1881 | #61 | 424 | — | |
| 1880 | #54 | 473 | — | |
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 1986
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Illinois#649 · 1 in 5,457
- New Jersey#835 · 1 in 8,398
- California#1,385 · 1 in 15,977
- New York#1,538 · 1 in 18,082
Best ever in a state: #3 in Alaska, 1912.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | #649 | 13 | 1 in 5,457 |
| New Jersey | #835 | 5 | 1 in 8,398 |
| California | #1,385 | 13 | 1 in 15,977 |
| New York | #1,538 | 6 | 1 in 18,082 |
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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
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 7,237 | #46 (1887) | #52 |
| 1890s | 14,429 | #37 (1899) | #41 |
| 1900s | 17,616 | #39 (1903) | #42 |
| 1910s | 39,255 | #39 (1911) | #45 |
| 1920s | 39,222 | #54 (1920) | #70 |
| 1930s | 18,032 | #102 (1930) | #131 |
| 1940s | 9,518 | #170 (1940) | #224 |
| 1950s | 5,602 | #286 (1950) | #374 |
| 1960s | 2,714 | #472 (1960) | #636 |
| 1970s | 913 | #966 (1971) | #1,304 |
| 1980s | 744 | #1,362 (1981) | #1,620 |
| 1990s | 626 | #1,862 (1990) | #2,194 |
| 2000s | 635 | #2,277 (2000) | #2,645 |
| 2010s | 1,638 | #1,103 (2016) | #1,525 |
| 2020s | 1,336 | #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 1986
girls
#1,691
69 births · 1 in 24,863 girls
Top girls' names in 1986
More about 1986
girls
1,715,547 girls got a published name in 1986; 1 in 24,863 of them was named Agnes, which outranked 86.8% of the 12,836 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Agnes
- #1,669Roslyn70
- #1,669Shenita70
- #1,669Tierney70
- #1,691Agnes69
- #1,691Bliss69
- #1,691Caress69
- #1,691Charli69
- #1,717Ayana68
- #1,717Blythe68
- #1,717Britnee68
Tied with 25 names at #1,691; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Biggest movers since 1985
Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.