Inocente
Inocente is a 2012 short documentary film directed by Sean Fine and Andrea Nix. The film received the 2013 Academy Award for Best Documentary. The film is an inspiring coming-of-age story of a 15-year-old girl in California. Though homeless and undocumented, she refuses to give up on her dream of being an artist, proving that the hand she has been dealt does not define her – her dreams do.
Meaning & Origin of Inocente
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Inocente is a 2012 short documentary film directed by Sean Fine and Andrea Nix. The film received the 2013 Academy Award for Best Documentary. The film is an inspiring coming-of-age story of a 15-year-old girl in California. Though homeless and undocumented, she refuses to give up on her dream of being an artist, proving that the hand she has been dealt does not define her – her dreams do.
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The Story of Inocente
The earliest SSA record of Inocente as a baby boy name dates back to 1950, when 5 babies received it. 1998 was its biggest year on record, with 9 newborns named Inocente — #6,314 in the national rankings. About 43% of every Inocente on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Inocente last appeared in the published SSA data in 2001, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 65 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
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About the name Inocente
Inocente is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1950 and has accumulated 65 births in the dataset. Inocente's peak popularity came in 1998 when it ranked #6,314. Use the chart and map above to compare Inocente'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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