Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Agnes

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Agnes
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 95.6% from peak

Peak era

1918

Peak rank proxy

5,291

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19182024

Peak year

1918

Decline from peak

95.6%

2024

233

All-time

159,270

Agnes once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1918, when 5,291 girls were named Agnes.

In 2024, only 233 girls were given the name.

Down 95.6% from its peak.

All told, about 159,270 Americans have been named Agnes and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 95.6% from peak

In 1918:5,291 girls named Agnes

In 2024:233 girls named Agnes

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