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Innocent

Innocent has been given to 76 babies in the U.S. since 2007. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2021, with 10 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 93% boys, 7% girls all-time.

Babies named Innocent, 2023

1 in 552,000

Innocent over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Innocent over time

In 2023, Innocent went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

20072023

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Innocent: meaning, origin, and history

Innocent

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Innocent means

Innocent means “innocent”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Innocent is used in History (Ecclesiastical) and English (African).

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈɪn.ə.sənt/ for Innocent.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 71 boys were recorded with the name Innocent between 2007 and 2023. Its highest annual count was 10 in 2021; its best national rank was #7,802 in 2021.

In the United States, 5 girls were recorded with the name Innocent between 2019 and 2019. Its highest annual count was 5 in 2019; its best national rank was #16,476 in 2019.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Innocent?

Innocent had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2023, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2023
1 in 552,000
6 of 3,314,783 births
Among boys only
1 in 285,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2023
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
382,940 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Innocent sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2023 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 382,940 children born in 2023 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Innocent. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Innocents were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Innocent was born before 2019 — so the typical Innocent is around 6 today.

Median birth year
2019
About 6 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
46.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
100.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
71
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 46.5% of all recorded uses (33).

Is Innocent rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
—
Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 2021 (10)
Years since peak
4
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
22.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#7,802
2021

Innocent around the world

Where Innocent ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2004–2024
    #5,120
    in 2024
  • France
    1900–2013
    #6,637
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Innocent by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#7,802
2021
Peak year
2021
10 that year
First recorded
2007
Last recorded
2023
All-time count
71
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#16,476
2019
Peak year
2019
5 that year
First recorded
2019
Last recorded
2019
All-time count
5
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Innocent

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Innocent

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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