Is Inessa a boy or girl name?

Inessa is a girl’s name. Of the 659 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

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

Births per year. The dot marks Inessa’s peak in 2005. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

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.

Names that peaked alongside Inessa

Where Inessa is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

California 6.6×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org