Inès
“pure, chaste”
Girl’s name, of Greek and Spanish origin. Lire en français
- most given girl’s name in France
- 60th
- births in 2023–2025
- 3,305
- babies born in France
- 1 in 727
- −12.2% a year recently
- Falling sharply
- peak year
- 2003
Meaning and origin of Inès
Inès means “pure, chaste” and is of Greek and Spanish origin.
Popularity of Inès in France since 1986
- It peaked in 2003.
- Over recent years, Inès has been falling sharply (−12.2% a year).
- In schools of 200 children born in those years, you would find one Inès every 2.7 schools, all spellings combined.
Inès in English-speaking countries
- England and WalesONS · 2023-25
616th girls’ name186 babies in 3 years1 girl in 4,128+0.7% a year
- ScotlandNRS · 2023-25
687th girls’ name10 babies in 3 years1 girl in 5,438
- United StatesSSA · 2023-25
1,296th girls’ name529 babies in 3 years1 girl in 9,134+8.8% a year
Rarely or never given (below the publication threshold): Ontario (Canada), British Columbia (Canada), Northern Ireland, Ireland and New Zealand.
Official figures from each country, over their latest three published years. The spellings Inès, Ines, Inés, Inês and Inës are counted together; other spellings are counted apart.
Same sound, other spellings
- Ines655
- Inés100
- Inês40
- Inës5
- Iness (in French)25
- Ynès (in French)20
- Inesse15
- Ynes (in French)10
- Inèss (in French)5
Births 2023–2025. At school they sound the same: this total tells you whether your child is likely to share the name.
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