NameTides

Ayah

Ayah was the #869 girls' name in the US in 2025 (309 babies), and #147 in England & Wales and #400 in Canada.

Ayah as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Ayah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaScotlandUSIreland
Ayah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, 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 & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#869 (309)#147 (338)#359 (9)#885 (3)#400 (77)
2024#961 (271)#162 (314)—#556 (6)#386 (78)
2023#996 (255)#178 (286)#482 (6)—#448 (65)
2022#1,043 (245)#198 (257)#625 (4)—#569 (50)
2021#1,038 (243)#196 (265)#363 (9)—#484 (61)
2020#1,105 (221)#267 (178)#471 (6)—#519 (57)
2019#1,079 (233)#261 (184)#650 (4)#871 (3)#787 (36)
2018#1,288 (177)#309 (154)#809 (3)—#599 (50)
2017#1,321 (176)#348 (136)——#746 (38)
2016#1,386 (168)#394 (115)#798 (3)—#765 (37)
2015#1,520 (148)#441 (99)——#588 (51)
2014#1,736 (120)#432 (101)#681 (4)—#685 (42)
2013#1,576 (136)#584 (70)—#747 (4)#739 (38)
2012#1,651 (129)#679 (61)——#865 (31)
2011#1,804 (112)#615 (65)——#758 (36)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #869.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1986.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,200 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 5,200uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 750common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 2,000uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 7,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 1,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Ayah is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,100 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 4,700 to 1 in 5,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Ayah by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #511WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #344MNIllinois: #748ILMichigan: #553MINew York: #481NYMassachusetts: #873MAOregon: #619ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #622OHPennsylvania: #725PANew Jersey: #572NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #788CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #703CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #541VAMaryland: #459MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #909AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,138NCSouth 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: #984GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,037TXFlorida: #1,055FL
Ayah (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#28744
Quebec2025#46610

Ayah (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
AyahCanadaGirls#40077
AyahEngland & WalesGirls#147338
AyahIrelandGirls#8853
AyahNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AyahScotlandGirls#3599
AyahUSGirls#869309
AyahUSBoys—too few