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How popular is the name Agnes?
Births per year, rank history and how many Agneses are alive today.
Agnes (female), once a common girls' name, is now an uncommon choice for new babies in England and Wales, ranked 509th in 2025 with 79 given the name. The name peaked in 1904, when around 2,300 babies were given the name, the 35th most popular that year. It has declined since 1904; the 2025 figure is roughly 4% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years. At least 51,000 babies have been named Agnes in England and Wales since 1904. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
The Agnes you are most likely to meet is around 79 years old - or else around 10: the name has two living generations. Half of all Agneses born in England and Wales are between 49 and 82, and there are at least 12,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 3.7% chance that at least one of them will be called Agnes.
How many babies are named Agnes each year?
Where does Agnes rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Agnes most popular?
Agnes peaked in 1904, when around 2,300 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Agnes?
At least 12,000 people named Agnes born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Agnes?
Most living Agneses are between 49 and 82; the most common age is about 79. There is a second cluster around 10.
Is Agnes becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1904 peak.