Total births
13
Girls' name · since 1948
Inia
13 babies named Inia in U.S. Social Security records since 1948, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 13
- total births
- 1948–2005
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 54%
- born in that decade
Inia is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 13 have been recorded since 1948.
Inia has 13 recorded births among girls since 1948, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1948 to 2005.
- 13 total births
- 1948–2005 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 54% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
The verdict
13 girls have been named Inia since 1948, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2005.
- 13
- total births
- 1948–2005
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 54%
- born in that decade
2000s
Peak decade
54% of everyone ever named Inia was born in this single decade.
2005
Single peak year
7 babies were named Inia in 2005 - its busiest year on record.
Inia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Inia's full recorded timeline at 2005, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1948, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2005 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Inia at a glance
Last recorded 2005Peak year
2005
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
1948
Inia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1948–2005
- Peak year (2005)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 58 years of records
Inia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Inia's strongest decade.
7 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Inia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 7 births (54% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Inia? ▼
Inia has been given to 13 babies in the U.S. since 1948, according to SSA data. Its last appearance in the data was 2005. 7 babies were born in 2005, its single highest year.
When was Inia most popular? ▼
Inia was most popular in the 2000s decade with 7 total births. The single peak year was 2005.
How long has the name Inia been used? ▼
Records for Inia go back to 1948, giving 58 years of history through 2005.
What names are similar to Inia? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Inis, Iniya, Inita, Inioluwa, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.
Keep exploring Inia
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1948–2005 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Inia: Baby Name Since 1948 - 13 Births, Peak 2005." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/inia. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Inia 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 July 2026.