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Inigo vs Inis

American parents have registered 691 Inises since 1880, against 176 Inigos. But in 2025 it was Inigo that was commoner, 10 babies to fewer than five.

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Births per year: Inigo against Inis, 1880 to 2025 0 8 16 24 32 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

Inigo Inis

Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.

Who was ahead

Of the 73 years in which either name was published, Inis for 53 years and Inigo for 20 years. The lead changed hands once.

Side by side

  Inigo Inis
Total US births 176691
Most in one year 1632
Babies in 2025 10under 5
Estimated living today 170110
Median age today 981
Peak year 20151920
Best rank 5,507th boys1,407th girls
Rank in 2025 7,679thunranked
First recorded 20001891
Girls / boys 0 / 176691 / 0

A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.

Which name is older

Half of the Inises alive today are over 81; half the Inigos are over 9. That is 72 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

Compare something else

Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Inigo and Inis.