Inayah

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Inayah first appears in the data in 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2014 with 196 babies (rank #250 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Inayah

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Inayah yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

4Destiny numberThe builderPractical, steady, gets results through hard work.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
9Soul urgeThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
4PersonalityThe builderPractical, steady, gets results through hard work.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

1,560

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

196

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1996	5	#2,844
1997	4	#3,430
1998	5	#2,873
1999	13	#1,423
2000	13	#1,428
2001	20	#1,031
2002	36	#724
2003	27	#913
2004	44	#673
2005	52	#611
2006	43	#725
2007	57	#617
2008	70	#548
2009	99	#422
2010	119	#383
2011	137	#349
2012	149	#329
2013	166	#285
2014	196	#250
2015	168	#289
2016	137	#349