Is Inis a boy or girl name?

Inis is a girl’s name. Of the 691 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

Inis

Recorded 1891–1956 · United States

Inis was most popular in 1920, when 32 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,561 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 691 people named Inis.

Inis over time

Births per year. The dot marks Inis’s peak in 1920. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Inis a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Inis is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 691 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were 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 Inis

Where Inis is most concentrated

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

Kentucky 37.3×

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