Ayala
- #2,354 for girls in 2025, 77 births
- Peak · girls
- 2025 · 77 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,201since 1974
Ayala over time
Rank among girls' names. Ayala has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,354 | 77 |
| 2024 | #3,176 | 50 |
| 2023 | #2,415 | 74 |
| 2022 | #2,689 | 64 |
| 2021 | #2,848 | 59 |
| 2020 | #2,682 | 62 |
| 2019 | #2,962 | 55 |
| 2018 | #3,346 | 47 |
| 2017 | #3,697 | 41 |
| 2016 | #3,523 | 44 |
| 2015 | #3,842 | 39 |
| 2014 | #3,184 | 51 |
| 2013 | #4,156 | 35 |
| 2012 | #5,114 | 27 |
| 2011 | #4,807 | 29 |
| 2010 | #5,108 | 27 |
| 2009 | #5,709 | 24 |
| 2008 | #6,559 | 20 |
| 2007 | #4,944 | 29 |
| 2006 | #3,919 | 38 |
| 2005 | #6,245 | 19 |
| 2004 | #6,489 | 18 |
| 2003 | #5,586 | 21 |
| 2002 | #6,698 | 16 |
| 2001 | #5,009 | 23 |
| 2000 | #5,937 | 18 |
| 1999 | #5,424 | 19 |
| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 |
| 1997 | #9,017 | 9 |
| 1996 | #8,132 | 10 |
| 1995 | #8,079 | 10 |
| 1994 | #6,672 | 13 |
| 1993 | #8,052 | 10 |
| 1992 | #6,314 | 14 |
| 1991 | #8,588 | 9 |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 |
| 1989 | #6,160 | 13 |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 |
| 1987 | #5,923 | 12 |
| 1986 | #7,749 | 8 |
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| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 |
| 1982 | #5,911 | 11 |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 |
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| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 |
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| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Ayala! It came in at #6,258, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1976–1977, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Ayala is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Jersey#572 · 1 in 2,731
- New York#758 · 1 in 3,730
- California#1,742 · 1 in 13,477
- Florida#2,151 · 1 in 17,352
Best ever in a state: #423 in New Jersey, 2023.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New Jersey | #572 | 13 | 1 in 2,731 |
| New York | #758 | 21 | 1 in 3,730 |
| California | #1,742 | 12 | 1 in 13,477 |
| Florida | #2,151 | 5 | 1 in 17,352 |
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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 Ayala
- 328 spots since 2020 (#2,682 → #2,354)
- Debuted 1974
- Peaked 2025 at #2,354 (77 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 20,874 girls born in 2025 were named Ayala (0.00%)
- 32.9% of all girls named Ayala (395) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 21 | #6,258 (1974) | #7,331 |
| 1980s | 67 | #5,911 (1982) | #8,104 |
| 1990s | 106 | #5,424 (1999) | #8,437 |
| 2000s | 226 | #3,919 (2006) | #5,710 |
| 2010s | 395 | #2,962 (2019) | #3,974 |
| 2020s | 386 | #2,354 (2025) | #2,694 |
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.
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