Girls' name · since 2000
Iyani
Since 2000, U.S. Social Security records show 209 babies named Iyani, peaking in 2005. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #19,365 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,503 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 209
- born since 2000
- 2000s
- peak decade
Iyani currently ranks #12503 among girls' names in America, with 209 babies recorded since 2000.
Iyani has 209 recorded births among girls since 2000, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12503 as of the latest data, more common than 28% of girls, 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 2000 to 2025.
- #19,365 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,503 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 209 born since 2000
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Iyani ranks #19,365 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,503 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 209 born since 2000, peaking in the 2000s.
- #19,365 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,503 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 209
- born since 2000
- 2000s
- peak decade
Iyani's 209 recorded births place it above 73.19% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Iyani compares
209 38th 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
Iyani's all-time total is 44% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Iyani | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 209 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 21 | 19,840 |
Iyani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Iyani splits its recorded history at 2011: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2016 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2005 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Iyani popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2025
- Peak year (2005)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Iyani by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (96 births, 46% of the file).
2000s was Iyani's strongest decade.
96 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Iyani births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
96 births
- 2010s
2010s
73 births
- 2020s
2020s
40 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 96 births (46% of all-time use).
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- Iyani's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (96 total births) through the 2020s (40) -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Iyani: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~25 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, 2000–2025 (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 Iyani 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.