Agnes

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: French

Meaning

Agnes is a feminine given name derived from the Greek Ἁγνή Hagnḗ, meaning 'pure' or 'holy'. This was Latinized Hagnes, and passed to Italian as Agnese, to French as Agnès, to Agnes in English and other Germanic languages, to Portuguese as Inês, and to Spanish as Inés.

From Wikipedia

Agnes first appears in the data in 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2014 with 45 babies (rank #652 that year). In 2024 it was given to 32 girls (rank #872). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Agnes

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Agnes yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

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Total babies (all years)
34
Years in the data
45
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
199124#814
199219#953
19938#1,744
199423#792
199523#876
199615#1,169
199711#1,455
199813#1,284
199919#983
200011#1,429
200117#1,098
200215#1,181
200317#1,128
200413#1,402
200511#1,624
200614#1,427
200713#1,561
200819#1,228
200916#1,415
201019#1,259
201120#1,185
201221#1,175
201322#1,112
201445#652
201531#856
201631#846
201723#1,083
201845#641
201942#691
202020#1,183
202132#864
202242#665
202328#915
202432#872