Iniya
Girl · IN-ee-ya · Tamil
Iniya is a girls' name of Tamil origin, meaning “sweet, pleasant”. In 2025 it ranked 2,076th for girls in the UK (14 babies) and 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).
What does Iniya mean?
Tamil: Tamil word
“sweet, pleasant”
- Say it
- IN-ee-ya
Is Iniya a girl's or a boy's name?
Iniya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the UK and 16 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Iniya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,076among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 20,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the UK were named Iniya, making it the 2,076th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,009th.
2025 had the most girls named Iniya of any year since it first appeared, in 2007.
Half of all the girls named Iniya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,006th in England and Wales.
Iniya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #2,076 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,478 |
| 2020 | 8 | #3,009 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
How popular is Iniya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,837among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 100,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the US were named Iniya, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,321st. Its busiest year was 2012, with 30 girls. It first appears in the records in 2001.
Half of all the girls named Iniya in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Iniya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,837 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 23 | #5,386 |
| 2022 | 21 | #5,790 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,960 |
| 2020 | 18 | #6,321 |
| 2019 | 28 | #4,772 |
| 2018 | 21 | #5,781 |
| 2017 | 24 | #5,336 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 17 | #6,974 |
| 2014 | 19 | #6,449 |
| 2013 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2012 | 30 | #4,705 |
| 2011 | 25 | #5,356 |
| 2010 | 17 | #7,214 |
| 2009 | 16 | #7,676 |
| 2008 | 22 | #6,127 |
| 2007 | 16 | #7,729 |
| 2006 | 18 | #6,838 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,495 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
Names like Iniya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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