Is Inez a boy or girl name?
Inez is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 158 girls and 0 boys were named Inez, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 98.6% of the 69,151 US babies named Inez were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Girl rank, 2024
- #1,407
- Babies named Inez since 1880
- 69,151
- Most popular year
- 1920
- 2,131 babies
Boys and girls named Inez, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 0 | 1,633 | 100% |
| 1890s | 0 | 3,682 | 100% |
| 1900s | 11 | 6,115 | 99.8% |
| 1910s | 100 | 16,342 | 99.4% |
| 1920s | 222 | 17,598 | 98.8% |
| 1930s | 161 | 8,563 | 98.2% |
| 1940s | 113 | 4,729 | 97.7% |
| 1950s | 95 | 3,092 | 97% |
| 1960s | 64 | 1,861 | 96.7% |
| 1970s | 63 | 1,179 | 94.9% |
| 1980s | 61 | 833 | 93.2% |
| 1990s | 26 | 661 | 96.2% |
| 2000s | 17 | 614 | 97.3% |
| 2010s | 17 | 688 | 97.6% |
| 2020s | 5 | 606 | 99.2% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | – | 158 | #1,407 |
| 2023 | 0 | – | 127 | #1,639 |
| 2022 | 0 | – | 99 | #1,981 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,851 | 132 | #1,590 |
| 2020 | 0 | – | 90 | #2,056 |
| 2019 | 0 | – | 74 | #2,410 |
| 2018 | 0 | – | 78 | #2,347 |
| 2017 | 6 | #11,290 | 82 | #2,274 |
| 2016 | 0 | – | 87 | #2,214 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,814 | 62 | #2,823 |
| 2014 | 6 | #11,247 | 61 | #2,824 |
| 2013 | 0 | – | 74 | #2,446 |
| 2012 | 0 | – | 69 | #2,608 |
| 2011 | 0 | – | 55 | #3,066 |
| 2010 | 0 | – | 46 | #3,481 |
| 2009 | 0 | – | 55 | #3,107 |
| 2008 | 0 | – | 60 | #2,936 |
| 2007 | 6 | #11,452 | 63 | #2,871 |
| 2006 | 0 | – | 51 | #3,237 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,598 | 54 | #2,978 |
| 2004 | 0 | – | 57 | #2,821 |
| 2003 | 0 | – | 61 | #2,618 |
| 2002 | 5 | #11,346 | 69 | #2,337 |
| 2001 | 0 | – | 74 | #2,202 |
| 2000 | 0 | – | 70 | #2,246 |
| 1999 | 5 | #10,543 | 67 | #2,232 |
| 1998 | 0 | – | 72 | #2,056 |
| 1997 | 0 | – | 62 | #2,207 |
| 1996 | 0 | – | 63 | #2,164 |
| 1995 | 9 | #6,109 | 55 | #2,376 |
| 1994 | 0 | – | 55 | #2,360 |
| 1993 | 0 | – | 70 | #1,991 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,834 | 54 | #2,411 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,642 | 77 | #1,843 |
| 1990 | 0 | – | 86 | #1,707 |
| 1989 | 5 | #8,391 | 70 | #1,882 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,406 | 68 | #1,825 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,724 | 64 | #1,822 |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,255 | 67 | #1,742 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,954 | 82 | #1,498 |
| 1984 | 0 | – | 82 | #1,421 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,768 | 81 | #1,439 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,750 | 107 | #1,233 |
| 1981 | 7 | #5,154 | 93 | #1,344 |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,680 | 119 | #1,145 |
| 1979 | 11 | #3,664 | 106 | #1,227 |
| 1978 | 5 | #6,187 | 118 | #1,106 |
| 1977 | 0 | – | 125 | #1,054 |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,170 | 133 | #959 |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,818 | 107 | #1,096 |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,540 | 106 | #1,096 |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,743 | 95 | #1,153 |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,661 | 105 | #1,087 |
| 1971 | 10 | #3,245 | 146 | #904 |
| 1970 | 7 | #4,013 | 138 | #930 |
| 1969 | 0 | – | 134 | #917 |
| 1968 | 12 | #2,498 | 135 | #887 |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,726 | 146 | #833 |
| 1966 | 0 | – | 191 | #711 |
| 1965 | 9 | #2,879 | 169 | #761 |
| 1964 | 8 | #3,137 | 197 | #742 |
| 1963 | 10 | #2,753 | 211 | #699 |
| 1962 | 6 | #3,812 | 212 | #711 |
| 1961 | 8 | #3,209 | 230 | #686 |
| 1960 | 5 | #4,297 | 236 | #660 |
| 1959 | 7 | #3,415 | 239 | #648 |
| 1958 | 8 | #3,147 | 264 | #612 |
| 1957 | 10 | #2,728 | 306 | #549 |
| 1956 | 7 | #3,345 | 284 | #556 |
| 1955 | 10 | #2,664 | 310 | #524 |
| 1954 | 9 | #2,838 | 301 | #513 |
| 1953 | 13 | #2,229 | 321 | #482 |
| 1952 | 10 | #2,597 | 334 | #463 |
| 1951 | 13 | #2,185 | 382 | #428 |
| 1950 | 8 | #2,885 | 351 | #431 |
| 1949 | 11 | #2,397 | 408 | #392 |
| 1948 | 18 | #1,783 | 401 | #396 |
| 1947 | 10 | #2,576 | 461 | #373 |
| 1946 | 10 | #2,475 | 447 | #359 |
| 1945 | 12 | #2,053 | 398 | #342 |
| 1944 | 8 | #2,738 | 470 | #311 |
| 1943 | 11 | #2,333 | 476 | #321 |
| 1942 | 8 | #2,806 | 574 | #285 |
| 1941 | 13 | #2,040 | 528 | #280 |
| 1940 | 12 | #2,129 | 566 | #262 |
| 1939 | 14 | #1,918 | 605 | #254 |
| 1938 | 24 | #1,386 | 623 | #253 |
| 1937 | 10 | #2,392 | 744 | #222 |
| 1936 | 12 | #2,121 | 744 | #220 |
| 1935 | 22 | #1,467 | 804 | #213 |
| 1934 | 10 | #2,469 | 881 | #202 |
| 1933 | 18 | #1,676 | 890 | #194 |
| 1932 | 16 | #1,884 | 988 | #185 |
| 1931 | 18 | #1,738 | 1,111 | #166 |
| 1930 | 17 | #1,860 | 1,173 | #171 |
| 1929 | 21 | #1,639 | 1,258 | #165 |
| 1928 | 21 | #1,671 | 1,370 | #160 |
| 1927 | 16 | #2,081 | 1,591 | #149 |
| 1926 | 22 | #1,630 | 1,633 | #149 |
| 1925 | 21 | #1,711 | 1,890 | #139 |
| 1924 | 29 | #1,393 | 1,825 | #144 |
| 1923 | 20 | #1,787 | 1,852 | #141 |
| 1922 | 30 | #1,354 | 1,991 | #130 |
| 1921 | 18 | #1,943 | 2,081 | #127 |
| 1920 | 24 | #1,568 | 2,107 | #122 |
| 1919 | 16 | #2,015 | 2,083 | #117 |
| 1918 | 9 | #2,986 | 2,105 | #115 |
| 1917 | 9 | #2,840 | 2,050 | #110 |
| 1916 | 8 | #3,047 | 2,057 | #107 |
| 1915 | 13 | #2,116 | 2,005 | #101 |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,352 | 1,579 | #101 |
| 1913 | 14 | #1,474 | 1,395 | #98 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,411 | 1,228 | #100 |
| 1911 | 11 | #1,077 | 924 | #99 |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,710 | 916 | #97 |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,368 | 826 | #96 |
| 1908 | 0 | – | 757 | #100 |
| 1907 | 0 | – | 680 | #102 |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,326 | 620 | #102 |
| 1905 | 0 | – | 601 | #106 |
| 1904 | 0 | – | 596 | #104 |
| 1903 | 0 | – | 485 | #117 |
| 1902 | 0 | – | 503 | #116 |
| 1901 | 0 | – | 459 | #114 |
| 1900 | 0 | – | 588 | #112 |
| 1899 | 0 | – | 431 | #115 |
| 1898 | 0 | – | 479 | #113 |
| 1897 | 0 | – | 391 | #126 |
| 1896 | 0 | – | 398 | #120 |
| 1895 | 0 | – | 403 | #118 |
| 1894 | 0 | – | 357 | #124 |
| 1893 | 0 | – | 325 | #131 |
| 1892 | 0 | – | 336 | #128 |
| 1891 | 0 | – | 263 | #137 |
| 1890 | 0 | – | 299 | #131 |
| 1889 | 0 | – | 277 | #131 |
| 1888 | 0 | – | 233 | #142 |
| 1887 | 0 | – | 180 | #143 |
| 1886 | 0 | – | 197 | #136 |
| 1885 | 0 | – | 150 | #152 |
| 1884 | 0 | – | 148 | #143 |
| 1883 | 0 | – | 141 | #138 |
| 1882 | 0 | – | 106 | #156 |
| 1881 | 0 | – | 95 | #150 |
| 1880 | 0 | – | 106 | #141 |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Inez reached #1,077 in 1911. As a girl name, it reached #96 in 1909. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1920s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Inez
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.