How Many People Are Named Agnes?
people named Agnes are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 14,905 people in the US has this name
Based on 159,982 babies named Agnes in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
5,303 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Hungarian form of AGNES.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Agnes (99.9%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Agnes alive today is about 64 years old, and 72% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 55 and 84 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Agnes first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1918, to 5,303 babies. In 2025, 246 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Agnes never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #37, in 1899, and it was in the top 100 for 50 years, 1880 to 1929. In 2025 it ranked #1,016.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,016 |
| Best rank | #37 (1899) |
| Years in the top 100 | 50 (1880 to 1929) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #48 in the 1910s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Agnes alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Agnes were born in New York than in any other state: about 2,599 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Agnes was given 7.2 times as often in Alaska, 2.4 times in Hawaii and 2.3 times in North Dakota.
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