NameTides

Inaya

Inaya was the #776 girls' name in the US in 2025 (350 babies), and #167 in England & Wales and #165 in Canada.

Inaya as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Inaya as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaScotlandIrelandUS
Inaya as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#776 (350)#167 (295)#301 (11)#483 (7)#165 (172)
2024#760 (371)#156 (327)#638 (4)#372 (10)#165 (167)
2023#737 (382)#164 (310)#342 (10)#445 (8)#165 (157)
2022#971 (274)#225 (209)#531 (5)#905 (3)#318 (92)
2021#1,229 (191)#273 (174)#652 (4)—#348 (94)
2020#1,140 (208)#307 (151)#765 (3)—#440 (68)
2019#1,423 (157)#362 (120)——#431 (76)
2018#1,435 (154)#321 (148)#449 (7)#734 (4)#532 (58)
2017#1,625 (133)#354 (133)——#559 (56)
2016#1,799 (115)#364 (128)—#868 (3)#594 (51)
2015#2,025 (97)#357 (132)#806 (3)#896 (3)#666 (44)
2014#1,956 (102)#339 (135)—#752 (4)#772 (36)
2013#2,108 (90)#287 (165)#564 (5)#747 (4)#647 (44)
2012#1,886 (106)#306 (157)#525 (6)—#613 (47)
2011#2,190 (86)#310 (158)#674 (4)—#776 (35)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2023 at #737.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1995.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,600 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 4,600uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 860common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 1,600uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 3,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 870common

Next year

On its recent trend, Inaya is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,300 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 2,300 to 1 in 4,900.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Inaya by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #791WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #811WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #597MNIllinois: #619ILMichigan: #863MINew York: #295NYMassachusetts: #564MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #916INOhio: #743OHPennsylvania: #927PANew Jersey: #499NJConnecticut: #540CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #716CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #789CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #376VAMaryland: #549MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #1,040AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,437NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,075GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #780TXFlorida: #912FL
Inaya (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#12187
Quebec2025#14737

Inaya (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
InayaCanadaGirls#165172
InayaEngland & WalesGirls#167295
InayaIrelandGirls#4837
InayaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
InayaScotlandGirls#30111
InayaUSGirls#776350