Inayah
Inayah is a name with a single cultural origin: Arabic.
- Arabic
Meaning & Origin of Inayah
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Inayah is a name with a single cultural origin: Arabic.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
The Story of Inayah
Inayah first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1992, with 7 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2026, when 134 Inayahs were born — ranking #1,571 that year. As of 2026, Inayah ranks #1,571 for baby girls with 134 births, rising sharply (+110% over the past five years). In total, more than 1K Inayahs have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Inayah
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About the name Inayah
Inayah is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1992 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Inayah's peak popularity came in 2026 when it ranked #1,571. Use the chart and map above to compare Inayah'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 .
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