Inayah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- i-NAH-ya
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #294 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,855 for girls
Inayah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “care, concern”. In 2025 it ranked 294th for girls in the UK (167 babies) and 1,855th for girls in the US (107 babies).
What does Inayah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Inaya
“care, concern”
Is Inayah a girl's or a boy's name?
Inayah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 167 girls in the UK and 107 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Inayah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #294among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 167about 1 in 1,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 167 girls in the UK were named Inayah, making it the 294th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 371st. Its busiest year was 2014, with 203 girls.
Half of all the girls named Inayah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 534 girls in the UK were given Inayah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #116, up from #294 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 284th in England and Wales and 474th in Scotland.
Inayah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 167 | #294 |
| 2024 | 202 | #261 |
| 2023 | 187 | #267 |
| 2022 | 144 | #337 |
| 2021 | 101 | #469 |
| 2020 | 130 | #371 |
| 2019 | 132 | #367 |
| 2018 | 108 | #454 |
| 2017 | 145 | #354 |
| 2016 | 141 | #369 |
| 2015 | 169 | #306 |
| 2014 | 203 | #270 |
| 2013 | 172 | #307 |
| 2012 | 151 | #352 |
| 2011 | 140 | #369 |
| 2010 | 122 | #403 |
| 2009 | 101 | #456 |
| 2008 | 74 | #563 |
| 2007 | 58 | #662 |
| 2006 | 45 | #757 |
| 2005 | 53 | #653 |
| 2004 | 48 | #670 |
| 2003 | 28 | #951 |
| 2002 | 36 | #762 |
| 2001 | 21 | #1,070 |
| 2000 | 14 | #1,415 |
| 1999 | 15 | #1,347 |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Inayah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,855among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 107about 1 in 15,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 133% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 107 girls in the US were named Inayah, making it the 1,855th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,779th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 127 girls. It first appears in the records in 1992.
Half of all the girls named Inayah in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 507 girls in the US were given Inayah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #588, up from #1,855 for this spelling alone.
Inayah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 107 | #1,855 |
| 2024 | 127 | #1,630 |
| 2023 | 101 | #1,946 |
| 2022 | 83 | #2,253 |
| 2021 | 78 | #2,327 |
| 2020 | 59 | #2,779 |
| 2019 | 40 | #3,717 |
| 2018 | 45 | #3,437 |
| 2017 | 49 | #3,247 |
| 2016 | 44 | #3,523 |
| 2015 | 32 | #4,402 |
| 2014 | 35 | #4,176 |
| 2013 | 41 | #3,701 |
| 2012 | 29 | #4,834 |
| 2011 | 34 | #4,243 |
| 2010 | 25 | #5,412 |
| 2009 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 18 | #7,088 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,480 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,495 |
| 2004 | 16 | #7,072 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 28 | #4,377 |
| 2001 | 22 | #5,169 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 16 | #6,185 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,158 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
Names like Inayah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ayah Safa Aaliyah Nusaybah Zainab Sumayyah Hafsa Ruqayyah Hiba Abeeha Amira Khadija
Other spellings of Inayah
Names related to Inayah
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, “Inayah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/inayah, updated 20 October 2026.