NameTides

Aya

Aya was the #644 girls' name in the US in 2025 (449 babies), and #221 in England & Wales and #130 in Canada.

Aya as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Aya as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandUS
Aya as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#644 (449)#221 (212)#359 (9)—#483 (7)#130 (210)
2024#630 (469)#232 (206)#431 (7)—#320 (12)#134 (201)
2023#695 (415)#223 (209)#630 (4)#391 (3)#404 (9)#187 (145)
2022#745 (388)#263 (173)#531 (5)—#502 (7)#183 (153)
2021#803 (351)#250 (192)#396 (8)—#586 (6)#178 (163)
2020#789 (345)#330 (139)#399 (8)—#444 (8)#167 (164)
2019#738 (384)#336 (135)#376 (9)—#362 (11)#211 (141)
2018#749 (368)#317 (150)#415 (8)—#512 (7)#161 (181)
2017#785 (350)#358 (131)#666 (4)#432 (3)#524 (7)#164 (182)
2016#861 (327)#362 (131)#585 (5)—#750 (4)#217 (147)
2015#892 (309)#405 (112)——#660 (5)#277 (119)
2014#979 (272)#432 (101)#802 (3)—#876 (3)#201 (163)
2013#1,046 (236)#432 (98)———#220 (149)
2012#999 (253)#454 (99)——#612 (6)#185 (176)
2011#1,111 (222)#486 (88)#810 (3)—#937 (3)#218 (147)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #630.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1972.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,600 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 3,600uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 2,000uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 3,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 710common

Next year

On its recent trend, Aya is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,200 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 2,900 to 1 in 3,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Aya by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #478WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #835MNIllinois: #384ILMichigan: #244MINew York: #421NYMassachusetts: #334MAOregon: #548ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #1,032INOhio: #668OHPennsylvania: #647PANew Jersey: #499NJConnecticut: #540CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #565CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #456CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #728MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #433VAMaryland: #459MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #1,040AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #578KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #729NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #677LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,075GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #663TXFlorida: #825FL
Aya (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
Quebec2025#8169
Ontario2024#14278

Aya (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
AyaCanadaGirls#130210
AyaEngland & WalesGirls#221212
AyaIrelandGirls#4837
AyaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AyaScotlandGirls#3599
AyaUSGirls#644449