Inaya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- i-NAH-ya
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #184 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #776 for girls
Inaya is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “care, concern”. In 2025 it ranked 184th for girls in the UK (306 babies) and 776th for girls in the US (350 babies).
What does Inaya mean?
Arabic
“care, concern”
In Islamic thought, inaya can also mean God's providence, His care for creation.
Is Inaya a girl's or a boy's name?
Inaya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 306 girls in the UK and 350 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Inaya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #184among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 306about 1 in 910 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 122% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.5%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 306 girls in the UK were named Inaya, making it the 184th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 325th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 331 girls.
Half of all the girls named Inaya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 534 girls in the UK were given Inaya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #116, up from #184 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 167th in England and Wales and 301st in Scotland.
Inaya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 306 | #184 |
| 2024 | 331 | #174 |
| 2023 | 320 | #178 |
| 2022 | 214 | #240 |
| 2021 | 178 | #296 |
| 2020 | 154 | #325 |
| 2019 | 122 | #394 |
| 2018 | 155 | #335 |
| 2017 | 134 | #378 |
| 2016 | 130 | #389 |
| 2015 | 135 | #379 |
| 2014 | 136 | #371 |
| 2013 | 170 | #310 |
| 2012 | 163 | #328 |
| 2011 | 162 | #335 |
| 2010 | 145 | #351 |
| 2009 | 120 | #400 |
| 2008 | 105 | #442 |
| 2007 | 78 | #534 |
| 2006 | 46 | #744 |
| 2005 | 35 | #863 |
| 2004 | 31 | #932 |
| 2003 | 20 | #1,216 |
| 2002 | 19 | #1,186 |
| 2001 | 16 | #1,325 |
| 2000 | 9 | #1,942 |
How popular is Inaya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #776among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 350about 1 in 4,600 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 113% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 350 girls in the US were named Inaya, making it the 776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,140th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 382 girls. It first appears in the records in 1995.
Half of all the girls named Inaya in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 507 girls in the US were given Inaya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #588, up from #776 for this spelling alone.
Inaya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 350 | #776 |
| 2024 | 371 | #760 |
| 2023 | 382 | #737 |
| 2022 | 274 | #971 |
| 2021 | 191 | #1,229 |
| 2020 | 208 | #1,140 |
| 2019 | 157 | #1,423 |
| 2018 | 154 | #1,435 |
| 2017 | 133 | #1,625 |
| 2016 | 115 | #1,799 |
| 2015 | 97 | #2,025 |
| 2014 | 102 | #1,956 |
| 2013 | 90 | #2,108 |
| 2012 | 106 | #1,886 |
| 2011 | 86 | #2,190 |
| 2010 | 82 | #2,313 |
| 2009 | 77 | #2,464 |
| 2008 | 74 | #2,538 |
| 2007 | 74 | #2,509 |
| 2006 | 51 | #3,223 |
| 2005 | 39 | #3,726 |
| 2004 | 43 | #3,440 |
| 2003 | 36 | #3,801 |
| 2002 | 42 | #3,279 |
| 2001 | 34 | #3,781 |
| 2000 | 36 | #3,586 |
| 1999 | 25 | #4,440 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
Names like Inaya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Amira Aaliyah Raya Anaya Hafsa Amaya Khadija Zainab Ayah Ayat Liyana
Other spellings of Inaya
Names related to Inaya
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza Kairo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Inaya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/inaya, updated 20 October 2026.