Girls' name · since 2014
Inayat
Inayat has 144 recorded births since 2014 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #23,193 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,229 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 144
- born since 2014
- 2020s
- peak decade
Inayat currently ranks #5229 among girls' names in America, with 144 babies recorded since 2014.
Inayat has 144 recorded births among girls since 2014, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5229 as of the latest data, more common than 70% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2014 to 2025.
- #23,193 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,229 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 144 born since 2014
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Inayat ranks #23,193 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,229 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 144 born since 2014, peaking in the 2020s.
- #23,193 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,229 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 144
- born since 2014
- 2020s
- peak decade
Inayat's 144 recorded births place it above 67.86% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Inayat compares
144 31st 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
Inayat's all-time total is 62% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Inayat | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 144 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 25 | 21 | 19,840 |
Inayat's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Inayat splits its recorded history at 2020: 76% of all births land in the more recent half, 24% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2014 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 25 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Inayat popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Inayat by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (110 births, 76% of the file).
2020s was Inayat's strongest decade.
110 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 76% of all-time use.
Inayat births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 34
2010s
34 births
- 2020s
2020s
110 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 110 births (76% of all-time use).
Inayat by state
Where Inayat concentrates geographically, total births since 2014
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 55 | 38.2% |
| #2 | Washington | | 5 | 3.5% |
55 of 144 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- California records the most Inayats (55 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Inayat: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~11 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, 2014–2025 (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 Inayat 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.