Iyannah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- eye-AH-na
- Origin
- Modern
Iyannah is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Iyannah come from?
Modern: spelling of Iyanna; US variant of Ayana or Ayanna
Meaning borrowed from Iyanna.
Is Iyannah a girl's or a boy's name?
Iyannah is a girls' name.
How popular is Iyannah in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 34 girls. It first appears in the records in 1995.
Half of all the girls named Iyannah in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Iyannah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 19 | #6,450 |
| 2014 | 23 | #5,623 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,027 |
| 2012 | 22 | #5,892 |
| 2011 | 31 | #4,567 |
| 2010 | 18 | #6,901 |
| 2009 | 34 | #4,369 |
| 2008 | 31 | #4,760 |
| 2007 | 30 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 19 | #6,590 |
| 2005 | 24 | #5,261 |
| 2004 | 24 | #5,204 |
| 2003 | 17 | #6,571 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,386 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
Names like Iyannah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zaniyah Aaliyah Kaliyah Hadassah Jaliyah Zaliyah Kamiyah Aziyah Zariah Alaiyah Naziyah Taliyah
Names related to Iyannah
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
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, “Iyannah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/iyannah, updated 20 October 2026.