Inaya
Inaya was the 776th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 350 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 738th with 382 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,254 places. More babies were named Inaya in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Meaning care, concern (Arabic) · Arabic
Say it ih-NY-uh /ɪˈnaɪə/
- Rank in 2025
- #776 girls, up 365 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 350girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2023382 babies
- Total since 1880
- 3,453babies recorded
What does the name Inaya mean?
Inaya comes from Arabic ʿināya, a noun meaning 'care, attention, concern', and in religious use 'divine providence'. It comes from the root ʿ-n-y, with meanings around concern and intention. It is used as a girls' name in many Muslim communities, including South Asian families, sometimes spelled Inaaya. SSA records show it in the US from the 1990s.
عِنَايَة (ʿināya) (Arabic, “care, concern; providence”)
How sure is this? Probable. The Arabic word is well documented; we found no dictionary entry for the name itself.
Related names: Inaaya, Enaya.
See also: Arabic names.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'عناية', Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data 1880-2025 (our computation), SSA (public domain)
Inaya popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #776 | 350 |
| 2020 | #1,141 | 208 |
| 2010 | #2,319 | 82 |
| 2000 | #3,613 | 36 |
| 1990 | — | — |
| 1980 | — | — |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Inaya, counting every spelling?
Inaya is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #589 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #776 for Inaya on its own. Together these spellings went to 507 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inaya | 350 | #776 | 1,568 |
| Inaaya | 45 | #3,420 | 564 |
| Inayah | 107 | #1,860 | 496 |
| Inaayah | 5 | #15,810 | 37 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Inaya?
350 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Inaya (0.10 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Inaya born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 24 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Inaya.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Inaya?
About 3,400 people born in the US named Inaya are alive today, with a median age of 6; half are between 3 and 13. That makes Inaya a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Inaya by state
How common Inaya was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in New York (2.9×), New Jersey (2.7×), Virginia (2.3×), Illinois (2.3×), Maryland (1.8×). In 26 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Inaya: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Inaya, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Inaya · Sibling names for Inaya
Questions about the name Inaya
What does Inaya mean?
Inaya means “care, concern (Arabic)” (Arabic origin). Certainty: probable.
How popular is the name Inaya?
Inaya was the 776th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 350 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 738th with 382 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,254 places. More babies were named Inaya in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Inaya a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Inaya in the US.
Where is Inaya most popular?
In 2021–2025, Inaya was most common in New York (0.56 per 1,000 girls), followed by New Jersey and Virginia.