Innes
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- IN-is
- Origin
- Scottish
- UK rank, 2025
- #709 for boys
Big in Scotland
Innes is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “island”. In 2025 it ranked 709th for boys in the UK (55 babies).
What does Innes mean?
Scottish: Scottish surname, from Gaelic inis
“island”
From a Scottish clan name taken from the lands of Innes in Moray.
Is Innes a girl's or a boy's name?
Innes is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls and 55 boys in the UK.
How popular is Innes in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #709among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 55about 1 in 5,500 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 55 boys in the UK were named Innes, making it the 709th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 525th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 82 boys. 3 girls were also named Innes in 2025 (5,990th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Innes in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 59 boys in the UK were given Innes or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #619, up from #709 for this spelling alone.
- Innes 55
- Innis 4
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales and 104th in Scotland.
Innes in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 55 | #709 |
| 2024 | 36 | #942 |
| 2023 | 60 | #657 |
| 2022 | 67 | #616 |
| 2021 | 74 | #585 |
| 2020 | 81 | #525 |
| 2019 | 82 | #529 |
| 2018 | 77 | #559 |
| 2017 | 73 | #578 |
| 2016 | 68 | #602 |
| 2015 | 68 | #600 |
| 2014 | 53 | #696 |
| 2013 | 43 | #811 |
| 2012 | 58 | #658 |
| 2011 | 60 | #635 |
| 2010 | 51 | #692 |
| 2009 | 52 | #672 |
| 2008 | 45 | #734 |
| 2007 | 40 | #765 |
| 2006 | 37 | #772 |
| 2005 | 42 | #689 |
| 2004 | 43 | #634 |
| 2003 | 45 | #571 |
| 2002 | 29 | #733 |
| 2001 | 28 | #707 |
| 2000 | 36 | #589 |
| 1999 | 32 | #623 |
| 1998 | 18 | #906 |
| 1997 | 33 | #585 |
| 1996 | 23 | #724 |
Names like Innes
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brody Finley Logan Isaac Teddy Lochlan Ronnie Finn Rowan Oscar Otis Noah
Other spellings of Innes
More Scottish names
Isla Arabella Cameron Bonnie Paisley Carson Maxwell Brodie Finlay Blair Lennox Skye Knox Dallas Reid Lachlan
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Innes: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/innes, updated 20 October 2026.