Iyah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- EE-yah
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #7,131 for girls
Iyah is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “violet”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
What does Iyah mean?
Greek: spelling of Iya; Russian form of Greek Ia
“violet”
Russian form of the Greek Ia, linked to ion 'violet'; in Yoruba, iya is also the word for mother.
Meaning borrowed from Iya.
Is Iyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Iyah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Iyah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Iyah, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 5 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Iyah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
How popular is Iyah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,131among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadymuch the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Iyah, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,919th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 22 girls. It first appears in the records in 2000.
Half of all the girls named Iyah in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Iyah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 17 | #6,639 |
| 2023 | 16 | #6,917 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 22 | #5,569 |
| 2020 | 16 | #6,919 |
| 2019 | 21 | #5,794 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
Names like Iyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Aaliyah Nusaybah Ayah Zainab Hafsa Aafiyah Ruqayyah Izzah Sumayyah Rahma Hiba
Names related to Iyah
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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, “Iyah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/iyah, updated 20 October 2026.