Ayana
#1,160 for girls in 2025, 200 births · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #7,905
Given to girls >99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2001 · 385 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 12,091since 1970
Ayana over time
Rank among girls' names. Ayana has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,160 | 200 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,105 | 221 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,016 | 249 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,069 | 235 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,116 | 221 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,246 | 182 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,175 | 202 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,048 | 245 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,120 | 225 | — | |
| 2016 | #967 | 278 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,038 | 256 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,032 | 251 | — | |
| 2013 | #964 | 261 | — | |
| 2012 | #876 | 304 | — | |
| 2011 | #875 | 298 | — | |
| 2010 | #783 | 351 | — | |
| 2009 | #784 | 360 | — | |
| 2008 | #818 | 350 | — | |
| 2007 | #800 | 359 | — | |
| 2006 | #700 | 405 | — | |
| 2005 | #713 | 383 | — | |
| 2004 | #730 | 364 | — | |
| 2003 | #707 | 369 | — | |
| 2002 | #683 | 367 | — | |
| 2001 | #654 | 385 | — | |
| 2000 | #697 | 336 | — | |
| 1999 | #750 | 298 | — | |
| 1998 | #722 | 305 | — | |
| 1997 | #824 | 251 | — | |
| 1996 | #820 | 247 | — | |
| 1995 | #738 | 278 | — | |
| 1994 | #751 | 276 | — | |
| 1993 | #779 | 265 | — | |
| 1992 | #921 | 211 | — | |
| 1991 | #923 | 208 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,042 | 172 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,132 | 146 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | #1,636 | 79 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,647 | 74 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,717 | 68 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,856 | 60 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,604 | 69 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,319 | 91 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,345 | 92 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,193 | 110 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,150 | 118 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,210 | 107 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,117 | 116 | — | |
| 1977 | #983 | 139 | — | |
| 1976 | #766 | 187 | — | |
| 1975 | #896 | 147 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,133 | 102 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,200 | 89 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,181 | 91 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,375 | 32 | — | |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Ayana! It came in at #7,070, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1970, when fewer than 7 girls a year got the name.
Where Ayana is popular in 1979
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- District of Columbia#282 · 1 in 1,112
- New Jersey#422 · 1 in 2,861
- Maryland#447 · 1 in 3,245
- Pennsylvania#598 · 1 in 5,701
- Michigan#629 · 1 in 5,958
Best ever in a state: #156 in District of Columbia, 2002.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | #282 | 5 | 1 in 1,112 |
| New Jersey | #422 | 13 | 1 in 2,861 |
| Maryland | #447 | 6 | 1 in 3,245 |
| Pennsylvania | #598 | 12 | 1 in 5,701 |
| Michigan | #629 | 10 | 1 in 5,958 |
| New York | #702 | 18 | 1 in 5,496 |
| Louisiana | #795 | 5 | 1 in 5,851 |
| Illinois | #1,280 | 5 | 1 in 14,939 |
| California | #1,333 | 11 | 1 in 14,848 |
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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 Ayana
- 55 spots since 2024 (#1,105 → #1,160)
- 86 spots since 2020 (#1,246 → #1,160)
- 122 spots since 2015 (#1,038 → #1,160)
- Biggest jump: 237 spots in 1975 (#1,133 → #896)
- Biggest drop: 217 spots in 1977 (#766 → #983)
- Debuted 1970
- Peaked 2001 at #654 (385 births)
- Births halved by 2020, 19 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 27 yrs · run 1991–2013
- Highest: 1 in 4,677 girls born in 2001 were named Ayana (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 8,036 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 30.4% of all girls named Ayana (3,678) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1,016 | #766 (1976) | #1,793 |
| 1980s | 907 | #1,132 (1989) | #1,460 |
| 1990s | 2,511 | #722 (1998) | #827 |
| 2000s | 3,678 | #654 (2001) | #729 |
| 2010s | 2,671 | #783 (2010) | #988 |
| 2020s | 1,308 | #1,016 (2023) | #1,119 |
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.
Ayana in 1979
Top girls' names in 1979
More about 1979
girls
1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 15,003 of them was named Ayana, which outranked 89.9% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,204May108
- #1,204Scarlett108
- #1,204Zoe108
- #1,210Ayana107
- #1,210Annamarie107
- #1,210Brie107
- #1,210Janeen107
- #1,226Britt106
- #1,226Inez106
- #1,226Jewel106
Tied with 15 names at #1,210; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.