Iyanna
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- eye-AH-na
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #1,942 for girls
Iyanna is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,942nd for girls in the US (99 babies).
Where does Iyanna come from?
Modern: US variant of Ayana or Ayanna
Is Iyanna a girl's or a boy's name?
Iyanna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 99 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Iyanna in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2022, with 12 girls.
Half of all the girls named Iyanna in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Iyanna in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 12 | #2,277 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
How popular is Iyanna in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,942nd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 99 about 1 in 16,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 99 girls in the US were named Iyanna, making it the 1,942nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,432nd. Its busiest year was 2004, with 284 girls. It first appears in the records in 1975.
2025 had fewer girls named Iyanna than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Iyanna in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 469 girls in the US were given Iyanna or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #623, up from #1,942 for this spelling alone.
Iyanna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 99 | #1,942 |
| 2024 | 106 | #1,884 |
| 2023 | 106 | #1,878 |
| 2022 | 140 | #1,531 |
| 2021 | 120 | #1,721 |
| 2020 | 152 | #1,432 |
| 2019 | 99 | #1,961 |
| 2018 | 99 | #1,978 |
| 2017 | 140 | #1,563 |
| 2016 | 144 | #1,550 |
| 2015 | 142 | #1,550 |
| 2014 | 168 | #1,376 |
| 2013 | 181 | #1,292 |
| 2012 | 207 | #1,188 |
| 2011 | 217 | #1,127 |
| 2010 | 236 | #1,051 |
| 2009 | 225 | #1,121 |
| 2008 | 258 | #1,018 |
| 2007 | 251 | #1,045 |
| 2006 | 263 | #988 |
| 2005 | 245 | #994 |
| 2004 | 284 | #865 |
| 2003 | 237 | #977 |
| 2002 | 233 | #955 |
| 2001 | 212 | #1,010 |
| 2000 | 191 | #1,079 |
| 1999 | 136 | #1,319 |
| 1998 | 112 | #1,506 |
| 1997 | 88 | #1,739 |
| 1996 | 50 | #2,506 |
| 1995 | 41 | #2,875 |
| 1994 | 29 | #3,699 |
| 1993 | 33 | #3,346 |
| 1992 | 23 | #4,375 |
| 1991 | 25 | #4,053 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,297 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,443 |
| 1988 | 11 | #6,661 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 9 | #6,952 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,290 |
| 1983 | 11 | #5,822 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 10 | #6,318 |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
Names like Iyanna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Amira, Khadija, Hafsa, Ayla, Aaliyah, Hiba, Amaya, Halima, Alayna, Amara, Zainab
Other spellings of Iyanna
Names related to Iyanna
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn
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, “Iyanna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/iyanna, updated 20 October 2026.