Recorded 2003–2022 Girls' name Peak 2007 78 births

Iniyah — girls' name

78 babies named Iniyah in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s532010s72020s18
2000s
Peak decade

68% of everyone ever named Iniyah was born in this single decade.

2007
Single peak year

14 babies were named Iniyah in 2007 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Iniyah

The Social Security Administration has registered 78 babies named Iniyah between 2003 and 2022, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Iniyah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Iniyah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 53 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Iniyah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Iniyah in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 78 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Iniyah at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

78

Since 2003

20 years of records

Peak year

2007

14 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

2003

Recorded for 20 years

Last year on file: 2022

Iniyah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–2003

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (2007)
14
Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
6810121416 202220202013200920072006200520042003 8

Iniyah by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
53 births that decade — 68% of Iniyah's all-time total
2000s532010s72020s18

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Iniyah?
78 babies have been named Iniyah since 2003. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 2007 with 14 births.
When was Iniyah most popular?
Iniyah was most popular in the 2000s decade with 53 total births. The single peak year was 2007.
How long has the name Iniyah been used?
Iniyah has been recorded in Social Security data since 2003, spanning 20 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Iniyah?
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.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2003–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.