first name
INEZ
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 16,321 people named Inez, 36% reported their origin as White, 30.9% as Black and 28.5% as Hispanic or Latino. 97.2% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Inez peaked in 1920, when 2,131 babies got the name.
At least 69,308 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Inez by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1900s, when it ranked #147. The largest share of babies named Inez, 53.6%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Inez is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Inez has been most common in South Carolina (3.6×), Mississippi (3.6×), and Alabama (3.4×), and least common in Connecticut (0.23×).
53,096 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Inez
Spelled almost the same
One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Inez, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Inez ranks #80,289 of 156,621, with 255 people. See Inez as a last name
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