Innocent

given name · English · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Innocent is a given name, most frequently recorded in Russia. It appears chiefly in English and Swahili, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: harmless, innocent; name of several saints and popes.

rarermore common
  • NGNigeria1 in 2.2K◐
  • ZASouth Africa1 in 3.4K
  • TZTanzania1 in 9.4K

carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.

≈1.4K ●

across 6 countries

3 ●

recorded for this name

Sources
215 ●

106K records

Official registry-verified

1 in 110K ◐

Sweden

Spellings & scripts●

InnocentLatin · English●48K records
ИннокентийCyrillic · Russian●59K records
อนโนเซนทThai · Thai●1 records

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Иннокентий in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan, TR Türkiye and 4 more, Інокентій in UA Ukraine and Innokentiy in ES Spain.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

harmless, innocent; name of several saints and popes

Sources 1

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Attested across 9 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world●

Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.

Where Innocent is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
RU Russia#45458,20225K rec.—#153Иннокентий142
NG Nigeria#22332,39747K rec.——Innocent107
ZA South Africa#3539,92211K rec.—1.3KInnocent56
UA Ukraine—1,6291.6K rec.——Інокентій20
TZ Tanzania#5731,4141.1K rec.—2Innocent38
US United States—1,16215K rec.1 in 286K2KInnocent215
GB United Kingdom—8061.4K rec.—listedInnocent84
IN India—636501 rec.—28Innocent41
TR Türkiye—497155 rec.——Иннокентий9
AU Australia—405628 rec.—1Innocent45
MW Malawi#13232823 rec.——Innocent16
ZM Zambia#50031523 rec.—22Innocent18

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Languages●

  • English48K43%
  • Swahili36K33%
  • French6.4K6%
  • English (South Africa)1.8K2%
  • Spanish1.4K1%
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Languages in which the name is recorded
NameRecordsNote
English48,24143%
Swahili36,39633%
French6,4066%
English (South Africa)1,7692%
Spanish1,3851%

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Innocent is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French given name12K records spelled Innocent18 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, South Africa, Nigeria, Côte d’Ivoire

    Languages: French, Catalan

    Also written Innokentii, Îńñocént, Iññocent, Înnôçéñt, Iñnôçëñt

  • Spanish given name4.1K records spelled Innocent88 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in South Africa, Nigeria, United States, Spain

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Iññoçeñt, Înnôçéñt, Iññoçêñt, Innocént, Iññoçèñt

  • Indonesian given name1.6K records spelled Innocent7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Indonesia

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Innosensius, Innöcenť, Iññöcểñt, Innoçent, Înnôçéñt

70 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Innocent is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In French, from the personal name Innocent, from Latin Innocentius, from innocens ‘harmless’, ‘non-violent’.

    as a nameDictionary of American Family Names

  • In English, Free from guilt, sin, or immorality.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In French, Du nom latin Innocentius, dérivé de innocens « vertueux, probe, innocent ».

    as a nameDictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition

  • In French, Latin Innocentius, de innocens « innocent, sans faute ».

    as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

  • In French, Origine latine, « inoffensif ».

    as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

0246191019201930194019505 · 1904

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Innocent in INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 972 (Martinique), Martinique, 1904–1954
Yearrecords
19045
19055
19075
19085
19095
19115
19125
19145
19155
19175
19205
19215
19225
19255
19275
19285
19305
19325
19335
19345
19355
19365
19375
19385
19395
19405
19415
19425
19445
19465
19475
19485
19495
19505
19515
19545

MQ INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 972 (Martinique) — 36 years between 1904–1954. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

0500100015002000Innocentius I, b. 400Innocent II, b. 1100Innocent V, b. 1225Innocent VI, b. 1282Innocentius VIII, b. 1432Innocent IX, b. 1519Innocentius X, b. 1574Innocent XIII, b. 1655Innocent of Alaska, b. 1797Black Coffee, b. 1976
  • Innocentius Ib. 400ITnot in their usual nameearly medieval pope (???-417)
  • Innocent IIb. 1100ITPope of the Catholic Church (1130–1143)
  • Innocent Vb. 1225FR185th Pope of the Catholic Church
  • Innocent VIb. 1282FRpope of the Catholic Church from 1353 to 1362
  • Innocentius VIIIb. 1432ITnot in their usual namepope of the Catholic Church from 1484 to 1492
  • Innocent IXb. 1519ITpope of the Catholic Church in 1591 (1519–1591)
  • Innocentius Xb. 1574ITnot in their usual namepope from 1644 to 1655
  • Innocent XIIIb. 1655ITpope of the Catholic Church from 1721 to 1724
  • Innocent of Alaskab. 1797RURussian bishop and saint (1797–1879)
  • Black Coffeeb. 1976ZAnot in their usual nameSouth African DJ and record producer

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Attested in 68 sources across 42 countries.

Official registers attesting Innocent
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020202K#14,600
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020101.6K#17,432
ZA South AfricaStats SA — Recorded Live Births (P0305): top-10 baby forenames & surnames20221.3K#8
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex20201.2K#10,657
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020001.1K#22,706
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024)1963475#774
NO NorwaySSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)—208#4,671
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—93#8,987
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)199192—
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex202077#10,657
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—76#6,067
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—54#99,355

Reference works 4

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 210 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Innocent?
We estimate roughly 1.4 thousand people bear Innocent (counting its spellings and scripts) across 6 countries in our records.
In which country does Innocent have the most bearers?
Innocent is most frequently recorded in Russia, where it is most often spelled иннокентий.
How common is Innocent compared with other names?
In Russia, Innocent is the 454th most common given name of 418,751 given names recorded there.
Is Innocent a male or female name?
Innocent is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What does the name Innocent mean?
Recorded meaning: harmless, innocent; name of several saints and popes
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About this data

● measured from records◐ inferred from the name graph○ machine-generated

Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Innocent” — the 454th most common given name in Russia. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.

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