Iniya

Iniya was the #6,838 girls' name in the US in 2025 (16 babies), and #2,006 in England & Wales and #1,768 in Canada.

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

Year	US	England & Wales	Canada
2025	#6,838 (16)	#2,006 (14)	#1,768 (13)
2024	#7,967 (13)	#2,772 (9)	#1,710 (13)
2023	#5,390 (23)	#3,599 (6)	#2,027 (10)
2022	#5,793 (21)	#3,149 (7)	#2,133 (9)
2021	#4,964 (26)	#2,499 (10)	#2,185 (9)
2020	#6,325 (18)	#2,843 (8)	#2,343 (8)
2019	#4,773 (28)	#2,869 (8)	#2,025 (10)
2018	#5,785 (21)	#3,178 (7)	#2,587 (7)
2017	#5,338 (24)	#4,063 (5)	#3,307 (5)
2016	#7,230 (16)	#5,785 (3)	—
2015	#6,977 (17)	#2,945 (8)	—
2014	#6,451 (19)	#4,684 (4)	#2,026 (10)
2013	#5,834 (22)	—	—
2012	#4,707 (30)	#4,171 (5)	#2,921 (6)
2011	#5,358 (25)	#4,764 (4)	#3,310 (5)

The tide so far

about 1 in 100,000 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.

Where	Sex	Latest year	Share	Verdict
US	Girls	2025	about 1 in 100,000	rare
England & Wales	Girls	2025	about 1 in 18,000	rare
Canada	Girls	2025	about 1 in 11,000	rare

On its recent trend, Iniya is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 130,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 90,000 to 1 in 190,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Province	Year	Rank	Babies
Ontario	2024	#1,100	10

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

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

Spelling	Where	Sex	Latest rank	Babies
Iniya	Canada	Girls	#1,768	13
Iniya	England & Wales	Girls	#2,006	14
Iniya	Northern Ireland	Girls	—	too few
Iniya	US	Girls	#6,838	16