Inaya

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Inaya: Recorded every year since 2000, its highest recorded position is #156, and it stood at #483 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
35times a registrar ranked it
26years from first to last
#156highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2000–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2000	#1995
2001	#1305
2002	#1104
2003	#1129
2004	#912
2005	#802
2006	#678
2007	#500
2008	#423
2009	#370
2010	#328
2011	#310
2012	#306
2013	#287
2014	#339
2015	#357
2016	#364
2017	#354
2018	#321
2019	#362
2020	#307
2021	#273
2022	#225
2023	#164
2024	#156

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 2000 to 2024.

In 2024: #156 among girls in England and Wales, #372 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #638 among girls in Scotland.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 2000–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2000
First recorded at #1995 among girls in England and Wales in 2000 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2000–2024
Highest recorded position: #156 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024 (recorded 2000–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #483 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Inaya appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 25 years beginning in 2000, and has registered 3,056 births with the name.

Inaya across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Inaya's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#1995 (2000)	#156 (2024)	#156 (2024)	25 of 25	3,056 (2000–2024)	327 (2024)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#747 (2013)	#372 (2024)	#483 (2025)	9 of 13	46 (2013–2025)	10 (2024)

Inaya 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 Inaya in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	466	10 of 10	47
2010s	1,419	10 of 10	142
2020sbusiest	1,171	5 of 10	234

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 234 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2022 and 2023, when recorded births rose by 101, from 209 to 310.

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

Inaya appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 2000 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #156 in England and Wales in 2024.

Inaya'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	#156	327	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#164	310	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#225	209	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#273	174	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#307	151	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#362	120	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#321	148	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#354	133	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#364	128	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#357	132	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#339	135	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#287	165	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#306	157	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#310	158	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#328	143	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#370	116	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#423	101	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#500	77	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#678	46	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#802	35	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#912	29	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1129	20	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1104	19	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1305	15	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1995	8	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#483	7	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#372	10	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#445	8	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#905	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#734	4	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#868	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#752	4	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#747	4	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#638	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 2000 and 2025, ranked in 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #156, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 327 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2013, and 24 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

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.

Inarah · #1230, 10y
Inas · #2105, 19y
Inayah · #243, 30y
Inayat · #918, 20y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, 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.

Jemima · #157, 30y
Kiernan · #155, 23y
Liberty · #157, 29y
Lochlainn · #154, 25y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Olava · #154, 19y
Inaaya · #159, 21y
Connla · #163, 13y
Maci · #163, 24y

Inaya was ranked #156 in England and Wales · Girls in 2024. 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.

Inaya 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 Inaya without appearing here.

Inaya moved ahead of

Lene Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1995 and #1831 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #1305 and #3998.
Cheryl Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1995 and #1313 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #1305 and #3262.
Finley Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1129 and #1129 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #912 and #2112.
Geraldine Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1305 and #1170 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #1104 and #2301.

Moved ahead of Inaya

Harper Compare
In 2011 they stood at #310 and #858 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #306 and #284.
Aria Compare
In 2011 they stood at #310 and #615 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #306 and #294.

Moved the opposite way to Inaya

Abigail Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Inaya went from #1995 to #156 while Abigail went from #19 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Inaya went from #1995 to #156 while Aimee went from #72 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Inaya went from #1995 to #156 while Aisling went from #443 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Inaya went from #1995 to #156 while Alex went from #186 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Inaya

Ada Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Inaya went from #1995 to #156 and Ada from #1831 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Inaya went from #1995 to #156 and Alma from #2416 to #234.
Amalie Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Inaya went from #1995 to #156 and Amalie from #3912 to #1128.
Amelia Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Inaya went from #1995 to #156 and Amelia from #35 to #2.

What's not yet available

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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.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 2000 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #156 in England and Wales in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Inaya

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What the data shows

Popularity journey

Inaya across 2 official records

Inaya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Inaya across 2 official records

Inaya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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