# Inna (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/inna/  
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 | “little girl” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 567 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 567 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 28, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Transliteration of Russian И́нна (Ínna), of uncertain origin. (One suggestion is Ancient Greek ἴννα (ínna), from ἴννην (ínnēn, “little girl”).)

## 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 | 14 | 8,360 |
| 2012 | 16 | 7,594 |
| 2013 | 16 | 7,531 |
| 2014 | 17 | 7,114 |
| 2015 | 27 | 5,038 |
| 2016 | 19 | 6,519 |
| 2017 | 25 | 5,236 |
| 2018 | 25 | 5,222 |
| 2019 | 20 | 6,054 |
| 2020 | 15 | 7,354 |
| 2021 | 14 | 7,786 |
| 2022 | 11 | 9,294 |
| 2023 | 20 | 6,047 |
| 2024 | 14 | 7,746 |
| 2025 | 17 | 6,647 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 4 | 4,157 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |
| 2013 | 4 | 4,739 |
| 2016 | 5 | 4,096 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,899 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,645 |

## In other languages

- Estonian: Inna
- Latvian: Inna

## People named Inna

- Inna Eftimova, Bulgarian athletics competitor (born 1988)
- Inna Kiss-Zlidnis, Estonian footballer (born 1990)

## 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.