# Inayah (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/inayah/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,189 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 1,189 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,841, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 34 | 4,289 |
| 2012 | 29 | 4,885 |
| 2013 | 41 | 3,736 |
| 2014 | 35 | 4,212 |
| 2015 | 32 | 4,440 |
| 2016 | 44 | 3,548 |
| 2017 | 49 | 3,269 |
| 2018 | 45 | 3,457 |
| 2019 | 40 | 3,746 |
| 2020 | 59 | 2,797 |
| 2021 | 78 | 2,333 |
| 2022 | 83 | 2,262 |
| 2023 | 101 | 1,951 |
| 2024 | 127 | 1,633 |
| 2025 | 107 | 1,860 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 137 | 348 |
| 2012 | 149 | 328 |
| 2013 | 166 | 284 |
| 2014 | 196 | 249 |
| 2015 | 168 | 289 |
| 2016 | 137 | 349 |
| 2017 | 141 | 338 |
| 2018 | 104 | 419 |
| 2019 | 131 | 342 |
| 2020 | 127 | 349 |
| 2021 | 99 | 443 |
| 2022 | 138 | 319 |
| 2023 | 182 | 249 |
| 2024 | 198 | 243 |
| 2025 | 161 | 284 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.