Girls' name · since 2001
Iniya
Iniya has 460 recorded births since 2001 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2012 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,468 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,044 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 460
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
Iniya currently ranks #7044 among girls' names in America, with 460 babies recorded since 2001.
Iniya has 460 recorded births among girls since 2001, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7044 as of the latest data, more common than 59% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2025.
- #12,468 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,044 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 460 born since 2001
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Iniya ranks #12,468 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,044 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 460 born since 2001, peaking in the 2010s.
- #12,468 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,044 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 460
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
Iniya's 460 recorded births place it above 82.74% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Iniya compares
460 Top 47% higher than 53% of 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
Iniya's all-time total is 22% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Iniya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 460 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 30 | 21 | 19,840 |
Iniya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Iniya's full recorded timeline at 2013, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2001, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2012 peak of 30 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Iniya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025
- Peak year (2012)
- 30
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Iniya by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (219 births, 48% of the file).
2010s was Iniya's strongest decade.
219 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Iniya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
124 births
- 2010s
2010s
219 births
- 2020s
2020s
117 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 219 births (48% of all-time use).
Iniya by state
Where Iniya concentrates geographically, total births since 2001
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 41 | 8.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 12 | 2.6% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 5 | 1.1% |
| #4 | New Jersey | | 5 | 1.1% |
41 of 460 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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- Iniya's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (219 total births) through the 2020s (117) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Iniyas (41 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 Iniya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~24 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, 2001–2025 (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 Iniya 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.