Girls' name · since 2013
Inaayah
Since 2013, U.S. Social Security records show 88 babies named Inaayah, peaking in 2023. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #28,557 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,499 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 88
- born since 2013
- 2010s
- peak decade
88 babies have been named Inaayah since 2013, making it today's #16499 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Inaayah recorded 88 times among girls since 2013, holding rank #16499 nationally today, ahead of 5% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2013 to 2025.
- #28,557 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #16,499 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 88 born since 2013
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Inaayah ranks #28,557 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,499 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 88 born since 2013, peaking in the 2010s.
- #28,557 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,499 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 88
- born since 2013
- 2010s
- peak decade
Inaayah's 88 recorded births place it above 60.41% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Inaayah compares
88 23rd percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Inaayah's all-time total is 77% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Inaayah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 88 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 21 | 19,840 |
Inaayah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Inaayah splits its recorded history at 2020: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2013 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2023 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Inaayah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Inaayah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (46 births, 52% of the file).
2010s was Inaayah's strongest decade.
46 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Inaayah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
46 births
- 2020s
2020s
42 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 46 births (52% of all-time use).
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What to do with Inaayah's data
- Inaayah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (46 total births) through the 2020s (42) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Inaayah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~12 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2013–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Inaayah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.