Innocence
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- IN-oh-sens
- Origin
- English
Innocence is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “freedom from guilt or harm”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Innocence mean?
English: English virtue name, from Latin innocentia
“freedom from guilt or harm”
A virtue name from the Latin innocens, meaning harmless; the masculine Innocent was borne by thirteen popes.
Is Innocence a girl's or a boy's name?
Innocence is a girls' name.
How popular is Innocence in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 2001.
Half of all the girls named Innocence in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Innocence in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,094 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
Names like Innocence
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Isabelle, Emerson, Ellie, Miracle, Marlowe, Grace, Addison, Adeline, Caroline, Annalise, Journey, Ivy
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Harper, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel, Carter
Sources
Figures from 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, “Innocence: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/innocence, updated 20 October 2026.