Ayah

#869 for girls in 2025, 309 births · Last seen for boys in 2020 at #12,022
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
#869
2025 · 309 births
Debut · girls
1986
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
4,809
since 1986

Ayah over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Ayah has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201998girlsat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025#869309—
2024#961271—
2023#996255—
2022#1,043245—
2021#1,038243—
2020#1,105221#12,0225
2019#1,079233—
2018#1,288177—
2017#1,321176—
2016#1,386168—
2015#1,520148—
2014#1,736120—
2013#1,576136—
2012#1,651129—
2011#1,804112—
2010#1,603135—
2009#1,695131—
2008#1,824118—
2007#1,713127—
2006#1,702123—
2005#1,525135—
2004#1,593123—
2003#1,590121—
2002#1,493127—
2001#1,422133—
2000#1,75999—
1999#1,80488—
1998#2,10469—
1997#2,22961—
1996#2,39854—
1995#2,58848—
1994#3,44832—
1993#2,76843—
1992#3,41932—
1991#4,49722—
1990#4,86819—
1989#9,6817—
1988#8,3918—
1987#9,8256—
1986#10,9125—
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First appearance
1986

The first year at least five girls were named Ayah! It came in at #10,912, and was given to 5 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1986–1987, when fewer than 7 girls a year got the name.

Where Ayah is popular in 1998

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Ayah, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Ayah, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Ayah, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Ayah, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Ayah, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Ayah, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Ayah, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Ayah, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Ayah, so not publishedMNIllinois: #973 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 7,824 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Ayah, so not publishedWIMichigan: #614 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 4,293 girlsMINew York: #1,725 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 16,787 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Ayah, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Ayah, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Ayah, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Ayah, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Ayah, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Ayah, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Ayah, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Ayah, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Ayah, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Ayah, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Ayah, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Ayah, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #2,478 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 31,574 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Ayah, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Ayah, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Ayah, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Ayah, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Ayah, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Ayah, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Ayah, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Ayah, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Ayah, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Ayah, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Ayah, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Ayah, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Ayah, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Ayah, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Ayah, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Ayah, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Ayah, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Ayah, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Ayah, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Ayah, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Ayah, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Ayah, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Ayah, so not publishedHITexas: #2,427 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 28,689 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Ayah, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Michigan#614 · 1 in 4,293
  2. Illinois#973 · 1 in 7,824
  3. New York#1,725 · 1 in 16,787
  4. Texas#2,427 · 1 in 28,689
  5. California#2,478 · 1 in 31,574

Best ever in a state: #283 in Minnesota, 2022.

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Michigan#614121 in 4,293
Illinois#97391 in 7,824
New York#1,72561 in 16,787
Texas#2,42751 in 28,689
California#2,47871 in 31,574
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Ayah
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 92 spots since 2024 (#961 → #869)
  • 236 spots since 2020 (#1,105 → #869)
  • 651 spots since 2015 (#1,520 → #869)
  • Biggest jump: 92 spots in 2025 (#961 → #869)
Rise & fade · girls
39 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1986
  • Peaked 2025 at #869 (309 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 3 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 3 yrs · run 2023–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,202
  • Highest: 1 in 5,202 girls born in 2025 were named Ayah (0.02%)
Era · girls
The 2020s
  • 32.1% of all girls named Ayah (1,544) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s26#8,391 (1988)#9,702
1990s468#1,804 (1999)#3,012
2000s1,237#1,422 (2001)#1,632
2010s1,534#1,079 (2019)#1,496
2020s1,544#869 (2025)#1,002

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Ayah in 1998

girls
#2,104
69 births · 1 in 25,608 girls

Top girls' names in 1998

  1. #1Emily26,188
  2. #2Hannah21,376
  3. #3Samantha20,195
  4. #4Sarah19,898
  5. #5Ashley19,875
  6. #6Alexis19,778
  7. #7Taylor18,576
  8. #8Jessica18,239
  9. #9Madison17,787
  10. #10Elizabeth15,193
  11. #2,104Ayah69
More about 1998

girls

1,766,949 girls got a published name in 1998; 1 in 25,608 of them was named Ayah, which outranked 87.3% of the 16,601 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ayah
  1. #2,083Rosanna70
  2. #2,083Samia70
  3. #2,083Yanira70
  4. #2,104Ayah69
  5. #2,104Aleksandra69
  6. #2,104Bianka69
  7. #2,104Brett69
  8. #2,124Arabella68
  9. #2,124Ariane68
  10. #2,124Belle68

Tied with 19 names at #2,104; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1997
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,123Calista#2,820 → #697
  2. ↑ 1,165Ireland#1,983 → #818
  3. ↑ 1,158Abril#2,116 → #958
  4. ↑ 755Mya#993 → #238
  5. ↑ 619Ally#1,036 → #417
Fallers
  1. ↓ 586Yulissa#424 → #1,010
  2. ↓ 462Moesha#943 → #1,405
  3. ↓ 397Yulisa#985 → #1,382
  4. ↓ 376Tonya#905 → #1,281
  5. ↓ 347Xena#765 → #1,112

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1998 →