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Inessa

100% girls · 16 born in 2025

Inessa has been given to about 659 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 2005, which makes it a millennial-parent name.

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Origin—
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Pronunciation—
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Living in the US≈ 654
Median age today15 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Inessa per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesEngland & WalesFranceeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year2005 · 36
  • Born in 202516
  • All time659

How popular is Inessa?

Its best year was 2005, when 36 babies were given the name, ranking 3980th. The typical living American called Inessa is about 15 years old today.

Names that sound like Inessa

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Vanessa0.71
  2. Janessa0.71
  3. Venessa0.71
  4. Tessa0.66
  5. Ines0.67
  6. Odessa0.66
  7. Vanesa0.67
  8. Tressa0.66

Middle names for Inessa

Ranked by flow score
  1. Inessa Rose0.89
  2. Inessa Louise0.89
  3. Inessa June0.88
  4. Inessa Pearl0.88
  5. Inessa Quinn0.88
  6. Inessa Nell0.88

Sibling names for Inessa

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Soleilsister · 0.86
  2. Keziahsister · 0.86
  3. Azariasister · 0.85
  4. Bridgerbrother · 0.85
  5. Fisherbrother · 0.85
  6. Jahmirbrother · 0.85

Where Inessa is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Inessa White0.84
    2. Inessa Reyes0.84
    3. Inessa Nguyen0.84
    4. Inessa Moore0.84
    5. Inessa Lee0.84
    6. Inessa Hill0.84

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Inessa

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025
    2. England & Wales1996–2025
    3. France1900–2025

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.