Iyana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- eye-AH-na
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,675 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,859 for girls
Iyana is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,675th for girls in the UK (10 babies) and 2,859th for girls in the US (59 babies).
Where does Iyana come from?
Modern: US variant of Ayana or Ayanna
Is Iyana a girl's or a boy's name?
Iyana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the UK and 59 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Iyana in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,675among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 28,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 55% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the UK were named Iyana, making it the 2,675th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 18 girls.
Half of all the girls named Iyana in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 125 girls in the UK were given Iyana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #382, up from #2,675 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,603rd in England and Wales.
Iyana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,675 |
| 2024 | 14 | #2,057 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,805 |
| 2021 | 18 | #1,726 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,590 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,652 |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 2014 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
How popular is Iyana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,859among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 59about 1 in 27,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 59 girls in the US were named Iyana, making it the 2,859th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,549th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 322 girls. It first appears in the records in 1976.
2025 had fewer girls named Iyana than any year since 1994.
Half of all the girls named Iyana in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 469 girls in the US were given Iyana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #623, up from #2,859 for this spelling alone.
Iyana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 59 | #2,859 |
| 2024 | 94 | #2,053 |
| 2023 | 88 | #2,156 |
| 2022 | 97 | #2,006 |
| 2021 | 76 | #2,366 |
| 2020 | 67 | #2,549 |
| 2019 | 80 | #2,272 |
| 2018 | 81 | #2,254 |
| 2017 | 91 | #2,108 |
| 2016 | 69 | #2,560 |
| 2015 | 101 | #1,972 |
| 2014 | 126 | #1,674 |
| 2013 | 198 | #1,210 |
| 2012 | 152 | #1,485 |
| 2011 | 184 | #1,288 |
| 2010 | 233 | #1,063 |
| 2009 | 219 | #1,154 |
| 2008 | 265 | #998 |
| 2007 | 277 | #968 |
| 2006 | 302 | #880 |
| 2005 | 289 | #877 |
| 2004 | 272 | #895 |
| 2003 | 233 | #989 |
| 2002 | 322 | #751 |
| 2001 | 273 | #837 |
| 2000 | 213 | #993 |
| 1999 | 176 | #1,124 |
| 1998 | 122 | #1,403 |
| 1997 | 90 | #1,716 |
| 1996 | 61 | #2,204 |
| 1995 | 75 | #1,858 |
| 1994 | 41 | #2,872 |
| 1993 | 25 | #4,095 |
| 1992 | 29 | #3,674 |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,653 |
| 1990 | 29 | #3,618 |
| 1989 | 17 | #5,043 |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,272 |
| 1987 | 11 | #6,330 |
| 1986 | 12 | #5,754 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 16 | #4,477 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,703 |
| 1982 | 14 | #4,943 |
| 1981 | 10 | #6,321 |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,417 |
| 1979 | 15 | #4,625 |
| 1978 | 10 | #5,957 |
| 1977 | 12 | #5,212 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
Names like Iyana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Amira Khadija Anaya Aisha Amaya Aaliyah Hafsa Hiba Raya Inaya Isra
Other spellings of Iyana
Names related to Iyana
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
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, “Iyana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/iyana, updated 20 October 2026.