girl's name

Iyanla

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 6
  • Births on record 248

Iyanla is a girl's name. In 2014 it was given to 13 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1999, when 49 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1998.

Iyanla over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1990s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2014, not a full ten years.

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Births named Iyanla by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1990s 59
2000s 142
2010s (to 2014) 44

How popular is Iyanla?

In 2014, Iyanla was given to 13 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Iyanla is used

England & Wales #4,679 3 in 1999
United States #8,754 13 in 2014

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Iyanla

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Iyanla also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Iyanla over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Iyanla

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Iyanla — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Iyanla

How popular is the name Iyanla?

In 2014, Iyanla was given to 13 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Iyanla a girl's or a boy's name?

Iyanla is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Iyanla most popular?

Iyanla peaked in 1999, when 49 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.