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 1952 and has been recorded in 63 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1952 with 422 babies (rank #38 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

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.

8,369
Total babies (all years)
63
Years in the data
422
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
1952422#38
1953406#37
1954408#38
1955389#41
1956368#45
1957409#39
1958357#52
1959363#53
1960323#59
1961351#53
1962343#56
1963283#71
1964311#65
1965269#76
1966250#84
1967257#79
1968223#94
1969243#94
1970214#98
1971176#122
1972167#111
1973153#114
1974120#143
1975112#145
1976112#141
1977100#157
1978103#152
197992#172
1980100#169
198188#183
198280#191
198374#207
198461#236
198552#276
198643#323
198756#264
198835#369
198940#340
199033#406
199142#338
199247#313
199332#406
199421#533
199524#482
199622#514
199727#449
199814#657
199918#561
200018#559
200113#666
200216#606
200316#598
20048#829
200510#727
200611#679
20076#915
20084#1,048
20094#1,046
20106#856
20116#810
20128#699
20135#835
20145#800