Inari
Inari is a name with a single cultural origin: Japanese Mythology.
- Japanese Mythology
Meaning & Origin of Inari
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Inari is a name with a single cultural origin: Japanese Mythology.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Japanese Mythology
The Story of Inari
American parents first put Inari on the record books as a baby girl name in 1994, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2023, when 55 Inaris were born — ranking #3,012 that year. About 47% of every Inari on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Inari ranks #3,332 for baby girls with 47 births, rising sharply (+100% over the past five years). All told, over 621 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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About the name Inari
Inari is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1994 and has accumulated 621 births in the dataset. Inari's peak popularity came in 2023 when it ranked #3,012. Use the chart and map above to compare Inari's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.