NameTides

Inayat

Inayat was the #5,099 girls' name in the US in 2025 (25 babies), and #863 in England & Wales and #230 in Canada.

Inayat as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Inayat as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Inayat as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2025#5,099 (25)#863 (41)#230 (133)
2024#5,799 (21)#918 (39)#288 (105)
2023#6,922 (16)#1,575 (19)#371 (80)
2022#6,229 (19)#2,058 (13)#450 (66)
2021#6,691 (17)#1,962 (14)#677 (43)
2020#8,406 (12)#3,117 (7)#761 (37)
2019#8,138 (13)#3,541 (6)#1,342 (18)
2018#13,793 (6)#3,985 (5)#1,301 (18)
2017#15,902 (5)#5,765 (3)#2,179 (9)
2016#16,215 (5)—#3,294 (5)
2014#16,513 (5)—#2,617 (7)
2013——#2,595 (7)
2012——#2,921 (6)
2011——#3,310 (5)
2009—#5,556 (3)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #5,099.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 2014.

How common is it?

about 1 in 63,000 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 63,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 6,200uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Inayat is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 61,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 47,000 to 1 in 79,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Inayat by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,491CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth 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: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Inayat (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#22753

Inayat (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
InayatCanadaGirls#230133
InayatEngland & WalesGirls#86341
InayatEngland & WalesBoys—too few
InayatUSGirls#5,09925