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Agnes

Pronounced /ˈæɡ.nɪs/

Rank in 2024
#1,066
Born in 2024
233
Peak year
1918 · #47
Origin
Ancient Greek

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 233 girls were named Agnes, about 1 in every 6,924.
  • It peaked in 1918 with 5,291 babies, ranked #47.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 159,270 girls have been named Agnes since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Agnes per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 4.3
    Greatest
  2. 1.5
    Silent
  3. 0.3
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. 0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 88,386 babies, 4.32 per 1,000. Silent: 30,079 babies, 1.46 per 1,000. Boomers: 10,643 babies, 0.30 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,929 babies, 0.08 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,118 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen Z: 1,097 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 2,438 babies, 0.12 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἁγνή (Hagnḗ), coming from Ancient Greek ἁγνός (hagnós, “pure, chaste”), Ancient Greek ἁγνεία (hagneía, “purity, chastity”). Doublet of Inez.

  • A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Origin
Ancient Greek
Say it
/ˈæɡ.nɪs/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Agnes, CC BY-SA 4.0.