Thirty years of Inaya
Inaya in numbers
Inaya has climbed from 8 girls in 2000 (its first published year) to 295 in 2025, close to its peak of 327 in 2024. Its biggest three-year rise came between 2020 and 2023, from 151 to 310. On average it was given to 47 girls a year in the 2000s, 142 in the 2010s and 244 in the 2020s so far.
† Shapes, averages and turning points are Baby Data calculations from the ONS counts.
Milestones
First year in each bandChange
- On last year-10%327 to 295
- 5 years+95%151 to 295
- 10 years+123%132 to 295
- 20 years+743%35 to 295
- Since 2000 (first published)×378 to 295
- Total, 1996 to 20253,351girls
† All changes and totals are Baby Data calculations from ONS counts. A total adds only the published years.
Across the three nations, 2025
Each from its own statistics office, never added togetherRank 167 · ONS · 327 in 2024
Rank 301 · NRS · 4 in 2024
Fewer than 3 babies, or not published · NISRA
England and Wales (ONS) count births in the calendar year; Scotland (NRS) and Northern Ireland (NISRA) count births registered in the year. Each comes from its own statistics office and they are never added together.
Year by year, 1996 to 2025 Show all 30 yearsHide the table
| Year | Rank | Babies | Change† | 1 in X† |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 167 | 295 | -10% | 1 in 965 |
| 2024 | =156 | 327 | +5% | 1 in 886 |
| 2023 | 164 | 310 | +48% | 1 in 929 |
| 2022 | 225 | 209 | +20% | 1 in 1,411 |
| 2021 | 273 | 174 | +15% | 1 in 1,751 |
| 2020 | =307 | 151 | +26% | 1 in 1,983 |
| 2019 | =362 | 120 | -19% | 1 in 2,594 |
| 2018 | =321 | 148 | +11% | 1 in 2,159 |
| 2017 | =354 | 133 | +4% | 1 in 2,489 |
| 2016 | =364 | 128 | -3% | 1 in 2,650 |
| 2015 | =357 | 132 | -2% | 1 in 2,574 |
| 2014 | =339 | 135 | -18% | 1 in 2,507 |
| 2013 * | =287 | 165 | +5% | 1 in 2,070 |
| 2012 | =306 | 157 | -1% | 1 in 2,263 |
| 2011 | =310 | 158 | +10% | 1 in 2,234 |
| 2010 | =328 | 143 | +23% | 1 in 2,463 |
| 2009 | =370 | 116 | +15% | 1 in 2,966 |
| 2008 | =423 | 101 | +31% | 1 in 3,423 |
| 2007 | =500 | 77 | +67% | 1 in 4,357 |
| 2006 | =678 | 46 | +31% | 1 in 7,112 |
| 2005 | =802 | 35 | +21% | 1 in 9,006 |
| 2004 | =912 | 29 | +45% | 1 in 10,737 |
| 2003 | =1,129 | 20 | +5% | 1 in 15,151 |
| 2002 | =1,104 | 19 | +27% | 1 in 15,266 |
| 2001 | =1,305 | 15 | +88% | 1 in 19,332 |
| 2000 | =1,995 | 8 | 1 in 36,851 | |
| 1999 | n/a | under 3 | ||
| 1998 | n/a | under 3 | ||
| 1997 | n/a | under 3 | ||
| 1996 | n/a | under 3 |
* ONS’s girls’ 2013 file repeats the May total as April, so the 2013 births total is about 1,360 too high and 1 in X for 2013 is slightly too high. Rank follows ONS: names with the same count share a rank (shown with =). “Under 3” means the name was given to fewer than 3 babies that year, so ONS did not publish it.
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Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0; National Records of Scotland; NISRA. Exact spellings are counted separately and names given to fewer than 3 babies are not published. Figures marked † are Baby Data calculations. How we calculate