girls:
2.7k births since 1995
#3312 (42nd percentile)
overall:
2.7k births since 1995
#5156 (33rd percentile)
The name Inaya is the #5,156 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,731 recorded births since 1995. This represents the 33.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 33.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,312 (42.0% percentile) for all time with 2,731 births since 1995.
Inaya first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1995 (first recorded for girls in 1995). Birth data for Inaya is available in 28 out of the 29 years between 1995 and 2023. 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.
For girls, Inaya reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 37.5% percentile (ranked #592) with 218 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 218 births per million (ranked 37.5% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Inaya is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #592 (37.5% percentile) with 218 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Inaya".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Inaya. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 41.7% confident that Inaya is pronounced as ih-NAH-yuh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ih-NAY-uh, at 33.3% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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