Girls' name · since 1976
Iyana
Iyana has 5,285 recorded births since 1976 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2002 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,479 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,876 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,285
- born since 1976
- 2000s
- peak decade
5,285 babies have been named Iyana since 1976, making it today's #2876 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Iyana has been recorded 5,285 times among girls since 1976, currently ranked #2876 nationally and more common than 83% 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 1976 to 2025.
- #2,479 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,876 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 5,285 born since 1976
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Iyana ranks #2,479 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,876 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 5,285 born since 1976, peaking in the 2000s.
- #2,479 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,876 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,285
- born since 1976
- 2000s
- peak decade
Iyana's 5,285 recorded births place it above 96.57% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
27 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Iyana compares
5,285 Top 13% higher than 87% 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
Iyana's all-time total is 14x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Iyana | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 5,285 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 322 | 21 | 19,840 |
Iyana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Iyana's full recorded timeline at 2001, 80% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 20% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1976, with just 7 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2002 peak of 322 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Iyana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2025
- Peak year (2002)
- 322
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Iyana by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (2,665 births, 50% of the file).
2000s was Iyana's strongest decade.
2,665 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Iyana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 44
1970s
44 births
- 1980s 116
1980s
116 births
- 1990s 664
1990s
664 births
- 2000s
2000s
2,665 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,315 births
- 2020s 481
2020s
481 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 2,665 births (50% of all-time use).
How Iyana compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Iyana's total volume
Iyana by state
Where Iyana concentrates geographically, total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 394 | 7.5% |
| #2 | Florida | | 372 | 7.0% |
| #3 | California | | 335 | 6.3% |
| #4 | Texas | | 322 | 6.1% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 289 | 5.5% |
| #6 | Virginia | | 265 | 5.0% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 232 | 4.4% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 220 | 4.2% |
394 of 5,285 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 27 reporting states.
Iyana appears in 27 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Iyana's data
- Iyana's decade-level peak was the 2000s (2,665 total births); usage has since declined to 481 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Iyanas (394 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Iyana
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Iyana: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2002)
Similar record span (~49 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, 1976–2025 (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 Iyana 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.