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People were actually naming their boys Ines?!
by MasterCiaraXo (ciara23)
10/16/2021, 12:34 PM
Out of boredom and curiousity I wondered how popular the name Ines was in the US. Apperently it was used for boys too! If this is true can somebody possibly tell me why so? Inez is a little more common then Ines, but that was used for boys as well. https://www.behindthename.com/top/metagraph.php?value=Inez%2C+Ines&dimension=sound&gender=&type=sample_______________________________________________________
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- Nifty_Name_Nerd
10/19/2021, 11:49 AM
Maybe an alternate spelling of Innes or Innis or Ennis.
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- ClaudiaS
10/17/2021, 7:03 AM
Look up any popular name from the early through through mid-20th century and you will find an apparent low level of usage for the opposite sex, due to coding errors when entering the data. Of course, it's impossible to "prove" that any name was never used for the opposite sex, but looking at the big picture it's clear that there was a certain small percentage of mistakes across the board. But if you compare the chart of names like Florence or Robert with names that were genuinely unisex (e.g. Terry) it's obvious from the graph that the name was used for both boys and girls, because the "error" line is not flat. The graph for Inez has the expected flat line for boys. Ines is a little different. As you said, it was less common overall, but I think it's suspicious that the SSA records as many boys as it does. 21 girls and 13 boys named Ines in 1942--that looks like more than just a mistake. Without having any more specific information about it, it does appear to me that Ines has had a small amount of use as a boy's name.

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- guasguendi
10/16/2021, 1:37 PM
The SSA used to list feminine names as masculine (Mary, Jane, Patricia...) and masculine names as feminine (John, Thomas, Kevin...) in the corresponding popularity charts.Of course, those are mistakes.There is also a post about Ines (in this case Inés) being whether or not a unisex name in Latin America. However, I don't think it's a unisex name since it only has a famous male bearer, so it's an exception.https://www.behindthename.com/bb/fact/5270828In short, I think it's just another SSA mistake.Hope I made things clear. :P
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