Agnes · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Agnes.

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Its story

Popularity since 1887

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 46 recorded years as a table

Agnes, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1887	49
1892	41
1893	53
1894	60
1896	59
1897	53
1899	75
1900	53
1901	85
1902	41
1903	50
1905	83
1906	60
1907	89
1908	45
1909	67
1910	67
1912	33
1913	23
1914	21
1915	9
1916	9
1917	12
1918	12
1919	7
1920	12
1921	17
1922	8
1923	10
1924	13
1925	13
1926	17
1927	14
1928	11
1929	11
1930	9
1931	9
1932	9
1933	14
1934	8
1936	13
1937	8
1939	5
1940	9
1942	7
1949	3

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Agnes isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1949: 6
Rank in 1949: #3,298
How rare: 1 in 295,656 boys
Since 1887: 465

Agnes was last recorded in 1949. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1907, at 89 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Agnes doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.