Inayat is a distinctive choice, ranked #918 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Inayat in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#918
About the Name Inayat
2024 marks Inayat's peak year in UK records so far, sitting at UK #918. The name has climbed 2199 places in the last five years — a significant surge by any measure. The name has been a regular feature in UK records since 1997.
Inayat is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Inayat
Unlikely. With around 39 UK babies named Inayat per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Inayat in his class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Inayat is currently rising in popularity in the UK, up 2199 places over the last five years to #918 in 2024. If this trend continues, it will become more common in classrooms over the next decade.
Inayat is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Inayat does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Inayats in the wild.
39
UK babies named Inayat (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↑ 2199 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Inayat
Likely around 1 other Inayat in the class
UK Popularity (1997–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
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Inayat Khan Rehmat Khan, was an Indian professor of musicology, singer, exponent of the sarasvati vina, poet, philosopher, writer, and pioneer of the transmission of Sufism to the West. At the urging of his students, and on the basis of his ancestral Sufi tradition and four-fold training and authorisation at the hands of Sayyid Abu Hashim Madani of Hyderabad, he established an order of Sufism (The Sufi Order) in London in 1914.