Inez
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- EE-nez
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,076 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,396 for girls
Inez is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “pure, chaste”. In 2025 it ranked 2,076th for girls in the UK (14 babies) and 1,396th for girls in the US (156 babies).
What does Inez mean?
Greek: English spelling of Spanish Inés, from Agnes
“pure, chaste”
Inés de Castro, a 14th-century noblewoman, is famed for her tragic love story with Peter I of Portugal.
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Is Inez a girl's or a boy's name?
Inez is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the UK and 156 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Inez in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,076among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 20,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the UK were named Inez, making it the 2,076th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 24 girls.
Half of all the girls named Inez in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,006th in England and Wales.
Inez in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #2,076 |
| 2024 | 22 | #1,494 |
| 2023 | 13 | #2,185 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,450 |
| 2021 | 17 | #1,794 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,766 |
| 2019 | 15 | #1,958 |
| 2018 | 18 | #1,739 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 13 | #2,224 |
| 2015 | 20 | #1,622 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,618 |
| 2013 | 14 | #2,061 |
| 2012 | 19 | #1,681 |
| 2011 | 18 | #1,696 |
| 2010 | 14 | #2,004 |
| 2009 | 24 | #1,330 |
| 2008 | 12 | #2,156 |
| 2007 | 19 | #1,477 |
| 2006 | 11 | #2,119 |
| 2005 | 9 | #2,360 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,669 |
| 2003 | 10 | #1,954 |
| 2002 | 7 | #2,436 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,974 |
| 2000 | 8 | #2,097 |
| 1999 | 9 | #1,921 |
| 1998 | 11 | #1,694 |
| 1997 | 8 | #2,073 |
| 1996 | 2 | #4,986 |
How popular is Inez in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,396among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 156about 1 in 10,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 82% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 156 girls in the US were named Inez, making it the 1,396th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,050th. Its busiest year was 1920, with 2,107 girls.
Half of all the girls named Inez in the US since 1880 were born between 1914 and 1936, the years shaded on the chart below.
Inez in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 156 | #1,396 |
| 2024 | 158 | #1,414 |
| 2023 | 127 | #1,636 |
| 2022 | 99 | #1,974 |
| 2021 | 132 | #1,584 |
| 2020 | 90 | #2,050 |
| 2019 | 74 | #2,400 |
| 2018 | 78 | #2,334 |
| 2017 | 82 | #2,268 |
| 2016 | 87 | #2,206 |
| 2015 | 62 | #2,810 |
| 2014 | 61 | #2,807 |
| 2013 | 74 | #2,439 |
| 2012 | 69 | #2,597 |
| 2011 | 55 | #3,050 |
| 2010 | 46 | #3,469 |
| 2009 | 55 | #3,087 |
| 2008 | 60 | #2,922 |
| 2007 | 63 | #2,858 |
| 2006 | 51 | #3,223 |
| 2005 | 54 | #2,965 |
| 2004 | 57 | #2,804 |
| 2003 | 61 | #2,607 |
| 2002 | 69 | #2,328 |
| 2001 | 75 | #2,167 |
| 2000 | 70 | #2,232 |
| 1999 | 67 | #2,219 |
| 1998 | 72 | #2,045 |
| 1997 | 62 | #2,197 |
| 1996 | 63 | #2,148 |
| 1995 | 55 | #2,362 |
| 1994 | 55 | #2,348 |
| 1993 | 70 | #1,980 |
| 1992 | 54 | #2,381 |
| 1991 | 77 | #1,826 |
| 1990 | 86 | #1,697 |
| 1989 | 70 | #1,868 |
| 1988 | 68 | #1,820 |
| 1987 | 64 | #1,811 |
| 1986 | 67 | #1,735 |
| 1985 | 82 | #1,492 |
| 1984 | 82 | #1,414 |
| 1983 | 81 | #1,434 |
| 1982 | 107 | #1,230 |
| 1981 | 93 | #1,340 |
| 1980 | 119 | #1,141 |
| 1979 | 106 | #1,226 |
| 1978 | 118 | #1,104 |
| 1977 | 125 | #1,052 |
| 1976 | 133 | #956 |
| 1975 | 107 | #1,094 |
| 1974 | 106 | #1,094 |
| 1973 | 95 | #1,151 |
| 1972 | 105 | #1,084 |
| 1971 | 146 | #903 |
| 1970 | 138 | #929 |
| 1969 | 135 | #912 |
| 1968 | 134 | #887 |
| 1967 | 145 | #833 |
| 1966 | 191 | #710 |
| 1965 | 169 | #761 |
| 1964 | 198 | #738 |
| 1963 | 212 | #695 |
| 1962 | 211 | #711 |
| 1961 | 230 | #685 |
| 1960 | 236 | #660 |
| 1959 | 239 | #647 |
| 1958 | 264 | #612 |
| 1957 | 306 | #547 |
| 1956 | 284 | #555 |
| 1955 | 310 | #522 |
| 1954 | 301 | #512 |
| 1953 | 321 | #479 |
| 1952 | 334 | #461 |
| 1951 | 382 | #427 |
| 1950 | 352 | #428 |
| 1949 | 407 | #392 |
| 1948 | 401 | #396 |
| 1947 | 461 | #373 |
| 1946 | 447 | #359 |
| 1945 | 398 | #342 |
| 1944 | 470 | #311 |
| 1943 | 476 | #320 |
| 1942 | 574 | #285 |
| 1941 | 528 | #280 |
| 1940 | 566 | #262 |
| 1939 | 605 | #254 |
| 1938 | 623 | #253 |
| 1937 | 744 | #222 |
| 1936 | 744 | #220 |
| 1935 | 804 | #212 |
| 1934 | 881 | #202 |
| 1933 | 890 | #194 |
| 1932 | 988 | #185 |
| 1931 | 1,111 | #166 |
| 1930 | 1,173 | #171 |
| 1929 | 1,258 | #165 |
| 1928 | 1,370 | #160 |
| 1927 | 1,591 | #149 |
| 1926 | 1,633 | #149 |
| 1925 | 1,890 | #139 |
| 1924 | 1,825 | #144 |
| 1923 | 1,852 | #141 |
| 1922 | 1,991 | #130 |
| 1921 | 2,081 | #126 |
| 1920 | 2,107 | #122 |
| 1919 | 2,083 | #117 |
| 1918 | 2,105 | #115 |
| 1917 | 2,050 | #110 |
| 1916 | 2,057 | #107 |
| 1915 | 2,005 | #101 |
| 1914 | 1,579 | #101 |
| 1913 | 1,395 | #98 |
| 1912 | 1,228 | #100 |
| 1911 | 924 | #99 |
| 1910 | 916 | #97 |
| 1909 | 826 | #96 |
| 1908 | 757 | #100 |
| 1907 | 680 | #102 |
| 1906 | 620 | #102 |
| 1905 | 601 | #106 |
| 1904 | 596 | #104 |
| 1903 | 485 | #117 |
| 1902 | 503 | #116 |
| 1901 | 459 | #114 |
| 1900 | 588 | #112 |
| 1899 | 431 | #113 |
| 1898 | 479 | #112 |
| 1897 | 391 | #126 |
| 1896 | 398 | #120 |
| 1895 | 403 | #118 |
| 1894 | 357 | #124 |
| 1893 | 325 | #131 |
| 1892 | 336 | #128 |
| 1891 | 263 | #137 |
| 1890 | 299 | #130 |
| 1889 | 277 | #131 |
| 1888 | 233 | #142 |
| 1887 | 180 | #143 |
| 1886 | 197 | #136 |
| 1885 | 150 | #152 |
| 1884 | 148 | #141 |
| 1883 | 141 | #137 |
| 1882 | 106 | #156 |
| 1881 | 95 | #150 |
| 1880 | 106 | #141 |
Names like Inez
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Inez
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Inez: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/inez, updated 20 October 2026.