NameTides

Avayah

Avayah was the #1,406 girls' name in the US in 2025 (155 babies), and #1,892 in England & Wales and #2,282 in Canada.

Avayah as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Avayah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Avayah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,406 (155)#1,892 (15)#2,282 (9)
2024#1,120 (216)#1,541 (20)#1,710 (13)
2023#941 (281)#1,135 (29)#1,774 (12)
2022#865 (321)#1,180 (28)#1,482 (15)
2021#855 (320)#1,628 (18)#1,335 (18)
2020#936 (276)#1,507 (20)#1,359 (17)
2019#2,428 (73)#1,940 (14)#2,610 (7)
2018#2,457 (72)#1,343 (24)#2,892 (6)
2017#2,689 (64)#1,296 (26)#2,179 (9)
2016#2,560 (69)#1,834 (16)#2,040 (10)
2015#2,773 (63)#2,195 (12)#2,891 (6)
2014#2,714 (64)#4,003 (5)#2,905 (6)
2013#3,465 (45)#5,742 (3)#2,376 (8)
2012#4,047 (37)#3,681 (6)#1,617 (14)
2011#3,173 (52)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #865.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 2005.

How common is it?

about 1 in 10,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 10,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 17,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 17,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Avayah is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 11,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 8,700 to 1 in 14,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Avayah by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #1,046WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #835MNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #965MINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #1,032INOhio: #1,271OHPennsylvania: #1,392PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #855CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #909AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,437NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,533GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,268TXFlorida: #1,545FL
Avayah (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,4107

Avayah (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AvayahCanadaGirls#2,2829
AvayahEngland & WalesGirls#1,89215
AvayahNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AvayahUSGirls#1,406155