Girls' name · since 2003
Iniyah
Iniyah has 85 recorded births since 2003 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #28,944 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,589 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 85
- born since 2003
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Iniyah is the #12589 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 85 recorded since 2003.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Iniyah has been recorded 85 times among girls since 2003, currently ranked #12589 nationally and more common than 27% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2003 to 2025.
- #28,944 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,589 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 85 born since 2003
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Iniyah ranks #28,944 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,589 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 85 born since 2003, peaking in the 2000s.
- #28,944 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,589 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 85
- born since 2003
- 2000s
- peak decade
Iniyah's 85 recorded births place it above 59.84% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Iniyah compares
85 22nd 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
Iniyah's all-time total is 77% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Iniyah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 85 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 21 | 19,840 |
Iniyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Iniyah's full recorded timeline at 2009, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2004, with just 7 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2007 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Iniyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Iniyah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (53 births, 62% of the file).
2000s was Iniyah's strongest decade.
53 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Iniyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
53 births
- 2010s 7
2010s
7 births
- 2020s
2020s
25 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 53 births (62% of all-time use).
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What to do with Iniyah's data
- Iniyah's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (53 total births) through the 2020s (25) -- 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 Iniyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~22 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, 2003–2025 (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 Iniyah 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.