Ayah Girl
How popular is Ayah?
#869 girl name in 2025
309 baby girls were named Ayah in the US in 2025, making it the 869th most popular girl name.
Ayah popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #869 for girls (▲ 92 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 309 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+109% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,520 in 2015, #1,105 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (309 girls) |
| Highest rank | #869 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1986 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Ayah counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Aya family of names ranked #389 for girls in 2025 (#404 the year before), with 800 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Aya | 449 | 56% |
| Ayah | 309 | 39% |
| Aayah | 6 | 1% |
| Aia | 8 | 1% |
| Aiah | 28 | 4% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Ayah is most popular
Babies named Ayah per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Michigan: 0.5 per 1,000 (90 girls)
- Minnesota: 0.5 per 1,000 (51 girls)
- Virginia: 0.4 per 1,000 (60 girls)
- Illinois: 0.3 per 1,000 (79 girls)
- New Jersey: 0.3 per 1,000 (57 girls)
Ayah by decade
Girl names about as popular as Ayah
Questions
- Is Ayah a boy or girl name?
- Ayah is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Ayah were girls.
- How popular is the name Ayah?
- 309 baby girls were named Ayah in the US in 2025, making it the 869th most popular girl name.
- When was Ayah most popular?
- Ayah peaked in 2025, when 309 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #869 in 2025.
- How many people are named Ayah?
- 4,814 babies have been named Ayah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 4,783 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 11.
- Where is Ayah most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Ayah was most common in Michigan, at 0.5 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.