Inayah Girl
How popular is Inayah?
#1,855 girl name in 2025
107 baby girls were named Inayah in the US in 2025, making it the 1855th most popular girl name.
Inayah popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,855 for girls (▼ 225 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 107 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+234% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #4,402 in 2015, #2,779 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2024 (127 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,630 in 2024 |
| First recorded | 1992 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Inayah counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Inaya family of names ranked #611 for girls in 2025 (#571 the year before), with 457 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Inaya | 350 | 77% |
| Inayah | 107 | 23% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Inayah is most popular
Babies named Inayah per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New York: 0.2 per 1,000 (64 girls)
- Michigan: 0.1 per 1,000 (26 girls)
- Georgia: 0.1 per 1,000 (18 girls)
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (63 girls)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (46 girls)
Inayah by decade
Girl names about as popular as Inayah
Questions
- Is Inayah a boy or girl name?
- Inayah is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Inayah were girls.
- How popular is the name Inayah?
- 107 baby girls were named Inayah in the US in 2025, making it the 1855th most popular girl name.
- When was Inayah most popular?
- Inayah peaked in 2024, when 127 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,630 in 2024.
- How many people are named Inayah?
- 1,189 babies have been named Inayah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,183 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 7.
- Where is Inayah most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Inayah was most common in New York, at 0.2 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.