Ineza
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ee-NEH-zah
- US rank, 2025
- #7,131 for girls
Ineza is a girls' name, meaning “goodness, kindness”. In 2025 it ranked 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
What does Ineza mean?
Kinyarwanda and Kirundi, from ineza 'goodness'
“goodness, kindness”
A Rwandan and Burundian name from the word for goodness; it can also be read as a form of Inez.
Is Ineza a girl's or a boy's name?
Ineza is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ineza in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,131st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 86% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Ineza, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 22 girls. It first appears in the records in 2016.
Half of all the girls named Ineza in the US since 1880 were born between 2019 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ineza in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 22 | #5,612 |
| 2023 | 17 | #6,675 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
Names like Ineza
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amoura, Zhamira, Amora, Zamira, Daleyza, Alara, Azula, Azara, Alaia, Zahara, Ayra, Zayla
Names related to Ineza
Sources
Figures from 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, “Ineza: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ineza, updated 20 October 2026.