Inessa
Recorded 1988–2025 · United States
Inessa was most popular in 2005, when 36 American babies were given the name — ranking #6,675 that year. In 2025 it ranked #11,831, with 16 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 659 people named Inessa.
Inessa over time
How old is the name Inessa?
Inessa first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1988, which makes it about 37 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 38 of the 38 years since.
How many people are named Inessa?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 659 American births named Inessa between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 653 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Inessa in 2025?
16 American babies were named Inessa in 2025, ranking #11,831 that year.
Is Inessa getting more or less popular?
Inessa is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 23 births a year, against 26 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -12% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Inessa a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Inessa is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 659 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Inessa?
Roughly 653 Americans named Inessa are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 15 years old, and half are between 8 and 22.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Inessa is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org