NameTides

Iyah

Iyah was the #7,133 girls' name in the US in 2025 (15 babies), and #5,927 in England & Wales.

Iyah as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
Iyah as a girl’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.010.020.0218801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUS
Iyah as a girl’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.010.020.021880192019602000
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 & Wales
2025#7,133 (15)#5,927 (3)
2024#6,642 (17)—
2023#6,922 (16)#4,057 (5)
2022#8,032 (13)#3,971 (5)
2021#5,573 (22)—
2020#6,923 (16)#4,535 (4)
2019#5,798 (21)—
2018#9,151 (11)—
2017#9,341 (11)—
2016#11,781 (8)—
2015#11,835 (8)—
2013#13,150 (7)—
2012#10,429 (10)—
2011#10,374 (10)—
2010#16,992 (5)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2019 at #5,798.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 2000.

How common is it?

about 1 in 110,000 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 110,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 83,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Iyah is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 120,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 82,000 to 1 in 170,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Iyah 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: #1,392PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: 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
Iyah (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500