Inayah

What Inayah means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Inayah yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1992, with 7 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Inayah?

US: Rising: up from #4403 in 2015. England & Wales: Steady: #289 in 2015, #284 now.

Biggest US share so far: 2024, when 127 girls got the name (#1630 that year). First in the US records in 1992.

How common

• About 1 in 15,021 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,573 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 2,982 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in MI (0.22 per 1,000 girls), NY (0.18 per 1,000 girls), GA (0.15 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Inayah is #1855 in the US and #284 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Inayah were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Anaya911 US · 535 E&W
• Aniyah618 US · 62 E&W
• Inaya350 US · 295 E&W
• Anayah289 US · 156 E&W
• Inaaya45 US · 43 E&W
• Anaiyah58 US · 24 E&W
• Enaya29 US · 16 E&W
• Iniya16 US · 14 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Inayah

Girls

• Juniper#100Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #427 in 2015, #100 in 2025
• Haven#190Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #190 vs #1,512 in 2025
• Aspen#266Editor’s note Used for both: 82% of US babies named Aspen in 2025 were girls
• Josie#82Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #250 in 2015, #82 in 2025
• Saylor#217“dancer, acrobat”^*
• Noa#226Hawaiian, meaning “commoner, free man”^*

For a brother

• Lane#250Editor’s note Up from #297 in 2015 to #250 in 2025 in the US
• Koa#269Hawaiian, meaning “warrior, courage; koa tree”^*
• River#111From the word “river”^*
• Griffin#222Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #222 vs #1,035 in 2025
• Bodhi#265Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1976, with 5 babies
• Tate#193Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #420 in 2015, #193 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Inayah’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.