Inez
Inez is a feminine given name. It is the English spelling of the Spanish, Portuguese and French name Inés/Inês/Inès, itself a form of the given name "Agnes". The name is pronounced as, , or .
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Meaning & Origin of Inez
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Inez is a feminine given name. It is the English spelling of the Spanish, Portuguese and French name Inés/Inês/Inès, itself a form of the given name "Agnes". The name is pronounced as, , or .
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
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The Story of Inez
American parents first put Inez on the record books as a baby girl name in 1880, with 106 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1920, when 2,107 Inezs were born — ranking #122 that year. The 1920s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 26% of all recorded Inezs. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #1,394 among baby girl names with 160 births, rising sharply (+53% over the past five years). In total, more than 69K Inezs have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1880s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Inez
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Inez. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Notable people named Inez
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- Inéz (born 1990), German singer
- Inez (Tina Inez Gavilanes Granda, born 1977), Danish singer
- Inez Knight Allen (1876–1937), American Mormon missionary and politician
- Inez Andrews (1929–2012), American singer
- Inez Asher (1911–2006), American novelist and television writer
- Inez Barron (born 1946), American politician
- Inez Baskin (1916–2007), American journalist
- Inez Bensusan (1871–1967), Australian-born actress, playwright and suffragette in the UK
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Names that sound like Inez
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About the name Inez
Inez is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 69K births in the dataset. Inez's peak popularity came in 1920 when it ranked #96. Use the chart and map above to compare Inez's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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