Inaayah

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Inaayah: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Inaayah: Recorded every year since 2004, it reached #860 in 2015, and it stood at #2,115 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
21times a registrar ranked it
21years from first to last
#860highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2004–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2004	#3725
2005	#4798
2006	#2320
2007	#3667
2008	#2022
2009	#2019
2010	#1429
2011	#1665
2012	#1099
2013	#944
2014	#1204
2015	#860
2016	#916
2017	#1043
2018	#1111
2019	#1292
2020	#1618
2021	#1692
2022	#1556
2023	#1774
2024	#2115

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 2004 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2004–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2004
First recorded at #3725 among girls in England and Wales in 2004 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2004–2024
Highest recorded position: #860 among girls in England and Wales, in 2015 (recorded 2004–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2115 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Inaayah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Inaayah in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	45	6 of 10	8
2010sbusiest	309	10 of 10	31
2020s	83	5 of 10	17

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 31 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Inaayah appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2004 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #860 in England and Wales in 2015.

Inaayah's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#2115	13	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1774	16	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1556	19	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1692	17	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1618	18	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1292	25	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1111	31	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1043	34	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#916	40	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#860	43	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1204	28	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#944	39	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1099	31	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1665	17	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1429	21	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2019	12	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2022	12	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3667	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2320	9	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2004 and 2024, ranked in 21 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #860, first reached in 2015.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 43 births, registered in England and Wales in 2015.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
21 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#2,115position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
43births registered in its largest year, 201525 to 49 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Inaara · #1160, 15y
Inaaya · #159, 21y
Inara · #483, 22y
Inarah · #1230, 10y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Dusty · #860, 17y
Marwah · #860, 26y
Humera · #861, 25y
Poppy-Mae · #859, 22y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Dusty · #860, 17y
Amia · #862, 23y
Ava-Marie · #862, 17y
Iulia · #862, 16y

Inaayah was ranked #860 in England and Wales · Girls in 2015. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Inaayah and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Inaayah without appearing here.

Inaayah moved ahead of

Martine Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3667 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1429 and #5707.
Kristine Compare
In 2007 they stood at #3667 and #3667 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #2022 and #5545.
Therese Compare
In 2007 they stood at #3667 and #2895 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #2022 and #5545.
Finn Compare
In 2009 they stood at #4798 and #3382 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1429 and #4688.

Moved ahead of Inaayah

Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1618 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1692 and #1286.
Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1774 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2115 and #1743.
Arlo Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1556 and #1849 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1774 and #1469.
Eabha Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1292 and #2458 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1618 and #1313.

Moved the opposite way to Inaayah

Abigail Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Inaayah went from #3725 to #2115 while Abigail went from #19 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Inaayah went from #3725 to #2115 while Aimee went from #47 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Inaayah went from #3725 to #2115 while Aisling went from #866 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Inaayah went from #3725 to #2115 while Alex went from #199 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Inaayah

Ada Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Inaayah went from #3725 to #2115 and Ada from #1617 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Inaayah went from #3725 to #2115 and Alma from #1535 to #234.
Amelia Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Inaayah went from #3725 to #2115 and Amelia from #18 to #2.
Aria Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Inaayah went from #3725 to #2115 and Aria from #1715 to #35.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2004 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #860 in England and Wales in 2015. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Inaayah

Inaayah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Inaayah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Inaayah at a glance

Inaayah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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