Agnes was a very popular girls' name that peaked at #37 in 1899 but is far less common today.
Agnes is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #1,016 for girl births in the United States (and #1,942 across all names), given to 246 babies. Agnes was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1918 (5,291 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 246 | 246 | #1,016 | — |
| 2024 | 235 | 235 | #1,061 | — |
| 2023 | 229 | 229 | #1,081 | — |
| 2022 | 228 | 228 | #1,095 | — |
| 2021 | 216 | 216 | #1,138 | — |
| 2020 | 182 | 182 | #1,247 | — |
| 2019 | 215 | 215 | #1,125 | — |
| 2018 | 198 | 198 | #1,199 | — |
| 2017 | 199 | 199 | #1,208 | — |
| 2016 | 233 | 233 | #1,103 | — |
| 2015 | 191 | 191 | #1,275 | — |
| 2014 | 191 | 191 | #1,261 | — |
| 2013 | 124 | 124 | #1,689 | — |
| 2012 | 123 | 123 | #1,700 | — |
| 2011 | 97 | 97 | #2,019 | — |
| 2010 | 67 | 67 | #2,672 | — |
| 2009 | 81 | 81 | #2,375 | — |
| 2008 | 61 | 61 | #2,888 | — |
| 2007 | 65 | 65 | #2,787 | — |
| 2006 | 68 | 68 | #2,632 | — |
| 2005 | 59 | 59 | #2,788 | — |
| 2004 | 57 | 57 | #2,809 | — |
| 2003 | 62 | 62 | #2,579 | — |
| 2002 | 54 | 54 | #2,780 | — |
| 2001 | 60 | 60 | #2,540 | — |
| 2000 | 68 | 68 | #2,279 | — |
| 1999 | 63 | 68 | #2,343 | — |
| 1998 | 64 | 64 | #2,221 | — |
| 1997 | 48 | — | #2,622 | — |
| 1996 | 64 | — | #2,125 | — |
| 1995 | 61 | — | #2,190 | — |
| 1994 | 59 | — | #2,232 | — |
| 1993 | 55 | — | #2,324 | — |
| 1992 | 69 | — | #1,987 | — |
| 1991 | 67 | — | #2,034 | — |
| 1990 | 76 | — | #1,862 | — |
| 1989 | 79 | — | #1,717 | — |
| 1988 | 76 | — | #1,686 | — |
| 1987 | 71 | — | #1,699 | — |
| 1986 | 69 | — | #1,691 | — |
| 1985 | 67 | — | #1,710 | — |
| 1984 | 63 | — | #1,727 | — |
| 1983 | 82 | — | #1,423 | — |
| 1982 | 69 | — | #1,653 | — |
| 1981 | 91 | — | #1,362 | — |
| 1980 | 77 | — | #1,529 | — |
| 1979 | 72 | — | #1,592 | — |
| 1978 | 65 | — | #1,633 | — |
| 1977 | 63 | — | #1,661 | — |
| 1976 | 66 | — | #1,535 | — |
| 1975 | 86 | — | #1,291 | — |
| 1974 | 94 | — | #1,185 | — |
| 1973 | 94 | — | #1,160 | — |
| 1972 | 121 | — | #988 | — |
| 1971 | 132 | — | #966 | — |
| 1970 | 120 | — | #1,026 | — |
| 1969 | 129 | — | #936 | — |
| 1968 | 154 | — | #817 | — |
| 1967 | 193 | — | #702 | — |
| 1966 | 203 | — | #685 | — |
| 1965 | 258 | — | #602 | — |
| 1964 | 278 | — | #595 | — |
| 1963 | 321 | — | #541 | — |
| 1962 | 354 | — | #521 | — |
| 1961 | 396 | — | #490 | — |
| 1960 | 428 | — | #472 | — |
| 1959 | 424 | — | #468 | — |
| 1958 | 419 | — | #462 | — |
| 1957 | 494 | — | #419 | — |
| 1956 | 508 | — | #402 | — |
| 1955 | 563 | — | #369 | — |
| 1954 | 524 | — | #378 | — |
| 1953 | 640 | — | #326 | — |
| 1952 | 627 | — | #325 | — |
| 1951 | 655 | — | #307 | — |
| 1950 | 748 | — | #286 | — |
| 1949 | 728 | — | #288 | #3,301 |
| 1948 | 835 | — | #268 | — |
| 1947 | 839 | — | #264 | — |
| 1946 | 868 | — | #243 | — |
| 1945 | 824 | — | #230 | — |
| 1944 | 961 | — | #206 | — |
| 1943 | 1,054 | — | #200 | — |
| 1942 | 1,141 | — | #187 | #2,525 |
| 1941 | 1,093 | — | #179 | — |
| 1940 | 1,200 | — | #170 | #2,324 |
| 1939 | 1,305 | — | #162 | #3,116 |
| 1938 | 1,393 | — | #157 | — |
| 1937 | 1,430 | — | #153 | #2,481 |
| 1936 | 1,606 | — | #139 | #1,873 |
| 1935 | 1,589 | — | #138 | — |
| 1934 | 1,940 | — | #120 | #2,743 |
| 1933 | 1,890 | — | #118 | #1,907 |
| 1932 | 2,126 | — | #115 | #2,641 |
| 1931 | 2,312 | — | #103 | #2,652 |
| 1930 | 2,520 | — | #102 | #2,610 |
| 1929 | 2,782 | — | #94 | #2,317 |
| 1928 | 3,035 | — | #85 | #2,390 |
| 1927 | 3,354 | — | #81 | #2,034 |
| 1926 | 3,552 | — | #77 | #1,787 |
| 1925 | 3,925 | — | #69 | #2,193 |
| 1924 | 4,255 | — | #63 | #2,132 |
| 1923 | 4,233 | — | #63 | #2,615 |
| 1922 | 4,489 | — | #62 | #3,018 |
| 1921 | 4,817 | — | #56 | #1,830 |
| 1920 | 4,920 | — | #54 | #2,336 |
| 1919 | 4,908 | — | #50 | #3,394 |
| 1918 | 5,303 | — | #47 | #2,399 |
| 1917 | 5,077 | — | #48 | #2,424 |
| 1916 | 4,860 | — | #50 | #2,928 |
| 1915 | 4,803 | — | #45 | #2,834 |
| 1914 | 3,735 | — | #44 | #1,688 |
| 1913 | 3,218 | — | #41 | #1,581 |
| 1912 | 2,959 | — | #40 | #1,268 |
| 1911 | 2,315 | — | #39 | — |
| 1910 | 2,176 | — | #41 | #860 |
| 1909 | 1,985 | — | #42 | #894 |
| 1908 | 1,941 | — | #45 | #1,114 |
| 1907 | 1,842 | — | #46 | #735 |
| 1906 | 1,766 | — | #41 | #929 |
| 1905 | 1,729 | — | #43 | #742 |
| 1904 | 1,672 | — | #42 | — |
| 1903 | 1,622 | — | #39 | #1,010 |
| 1902 | 1,681 | — | #40 | #1,139 |
| 1901 | 1,534 | — | #39 | #728 |
| 1900 | 1,922 | — | #41 | #970 |
| 1899 | 1,619 | — | #37 | #786 |
| 1898 | 1,708 | — | #40 | — |
| 1897 | 1,585 | — | #40 | #942 |
| 1896 | 1,661 | — | #38 | #900 |
| 1895 | 1,466 | — | #40 | — |
| 1894 | 1,477 | — | #38 | #857 |
| 1893 | 1,399 | — | #38 | #907 |
| 1892 | 1,333 | — | #43 | #1,067 |
| 1891 | 1,125 | — | #47 | — |
| 1890 | 1,095 | — | #50 | — |
| 1889 | 1,033 | — | #50 | — |
| 1888 | 1,046 | — | #48 | — |
| 1887 | 901 | — | #46 | #925 |
| 1886 | 779 | — | #52 | — |
| 1885 | 695 | — | #54 | — |
| 1884 | 703 | — | #53 | — |
| 1883 | 623 | — | #52 | — |
| 1882 | 565 | — | #54 | — |
| 1881 | 424 | — | #61 | — |
| 1880 | 473 | — | #54 | — |