Inka

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Inka: Recorded since 2001, it reached #896 in 2015, and it stood at #3,695 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
20times a registrar ranked it
24years from first to last
#896highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2001–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2001	#3998
2002	#4137
2004	#4598
2006	#3548
2007	#5201
2009	#5556
2010	#3533
2011	#3185
2012	#5876
2015	#4103
2016	#2757
2017	#2502
2018	#2674
2019	#3541
2020	#3447
2021	#2942
2022	#2325
2023	#5687
2024	#3695

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 19 of the 24 years from 2001 to 2024.

In 2015: #896 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #4103 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2001–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2001
First recorded at #3998 among girls in England and Wales in 2001 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3695 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Inka 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 Inka in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	20	6 of 10	3
2010sbusiest	55	8 of 10	7
2020s	34	5 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

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

Inka 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 2 regions, from 2001 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #896 in Republic of Ireland in 2015.

Inka'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	#3695	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#5687	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2325	11	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2942	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3447	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3541	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2674	9	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2502	10	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2757	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4103	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3185	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3548	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified

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

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 2001 and 2024, ranked in 19 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #896, first reached in 2015.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2015, and 14 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.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Aphra · #896, 21y
Caia · #896, 19y
Elisse · #896, 21y
Haylie · #896, 21y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Mary-Rose · #896, 15y
Neva · #896, 20y
Advika · #898, 16y
Annabeth · #894, 18y

Inka was ranked #896 in Republic of Ireland · 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.

Inka 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 Inka without appearing here.

Inka moved ahead of

Helene Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4103 and #4103 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #2502 and #5765.
Jeanette Compare
In 2015 they stood at #4103 and #4103 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2757 and #5785.
Kari Compare
In 2015 they stood at #5876 and #4838 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2757 and #5785.
Kristine Compare
In 2015 they stood at #4103 and #3252 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2757 and #5785.

Moved ahead of Inka

Francis Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2325 and #2488 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #5687 and #1863.
Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3541 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3447 and #1939.
Arlo Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2502 and #3583 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2674 and #2340.

Moved the same way as Inka

Kristin Compare
Between 2001 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Inka went from #3998 to #5687 and Kristin from #1520 to #5687.
Tracey Compare
Between 2001 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Inka went from #3998 to #5687 and Tracey from #1238 to #5687.

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 2 regions, from 2001 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #896 in Republic of Ireland in 2015. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Inka

Inka at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Inka by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Inka at a glance

Inka by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

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Inka moved ahead of

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