girls:
495 births since 1994
#5221 (9th percentile)
boys:
18 births since 2019
#4568 (0th percentile)
overall:
513 births since 1994
#7226 (7th percentile)
The name Inari is the #7,226 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 513 recorded births since 1994. This represents the 6.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 6.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,221 (8.6% percentile) for all time with 495 births since 1994. For boys, it ranks #4,568 (0.3% percentile) for all time with 18 births since 2019.
Inari first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1994 (1994 for girls and 2019 for boys). Birth data for Inari is available in 26 out of the 30 years between 1994 and 2023 (26 years for girls and 3 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Inari has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 96.5% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 91.7% of babies named Inari were girls.
For girls, Inari reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 5.3% percentile (ranked #897) with 31 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 31 births per million (ranked 5.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2015, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Inari is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #897 (5.3% percentile) with 31 births per million.
For boys, Inari reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #927) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for boys has remained relatively stable. Currently, Inari ranks #911 for boys (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 64.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Inari".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Inari. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 55.6% confident that Inari is pronounced as ih-NAH-ree, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is IH-nah-ree, at 16.7% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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