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Ynez

Gender
Girl
Origin
Spanish
US rank, 2025
#6,115 for girls

Ynez is a girls' name of Spanish origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,115th for girls in the US (19 babies).

What does Ynez mean?

Spanish

A female given name from Spanish, a less common spelling of Inez.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is Ynez a girl's or a boy's name?

Ynez is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Ynez in the US?

Rank in 2025
#6,115among girls
Babies in 2025
19about 1 in 85,000 girls
Five-year trend
Risingup 59% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 19 girls in the US were named Ynez, making it the 6,115th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. It first appears in the records in 1907.

It has been given to more girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the most girls named Ynez of any year since it first appeared, in 1907.

Half of all the girls named Ynez in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

1907Busiest: 19 in 20252025
Ynez in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202519#6,115
202416#6,928
202311#8,984
20228#11,225
20217#12,201
20209#10,245
20199#10,467
201811#9,146
201711#9,337
20165#16,210
20150–
20147#13,063
20137#13,145
20120–
20110–
20105#16,985
20095#17,288
20086#15,399
20070–
20067#13,601
20050–
20040–
20030–
20020–
20019#10,095
20000–
19995#14,403
19980–
19978#9,797
19965#13,511
19955#13,380
19940–
19930–
19920–
19916#11,501
19900–
19890–
19880–
19870–
19860–
19850–
19840–
19830–
19820–
19810–
19800–
19790–
19780–
19770–
19760–
19750–
19740–
19730–
19720–
19710–
19700–
19690–
19680–
19670–
19660–
19655#6,538
19640–
19630–
19620–
19610–
19600–
19590–
19580–
19578#4,535
19560–
19550–
19540–
19530–
19520–
19510–
19500–
19490–
19480–
19470–
19460–
19450–
19440–
19430–
19420–
19410–
19400–
19390–
19380–
19370–
19360–
19350–
19340–
19330–
19320–
19315#4,329
19300–
19290–
19280–
19270–
19265#4,849
19250–
19240–
19230–
19220–
19217#4,021
19200–
19190–
19180–
19175#4,592
19165#4,415
19150–
19145#3,617
19130–
19120–
19110–
19100–
19090–
19080–
19075#2,060

Names like Ynez

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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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, “Ynez: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ynez, updated 20 October 2026.