NameTides

Ayana

Ayana was the #1,160 girls' name in the US in 2025 (200 babies), and #490 in England & Wales and #533 in Canada.

Ayana as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Ayana 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.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesIrelandScotlandUS
Ayana 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.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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#1,160 (200)#490 (81)#632 (4)#608 (5)#533 (57)
2024#1,105 (221)#510 (77)#541 (5)#631 (5)#558 (53)
2023#1,016 (249)#622 (60)#630 (4)#856 (3)#505 (58)
2022#1,069 (235)#486 (84)——#474 (62)
2021#1,116 (221)#581 (67)——#667 (44)
2020#1,246 (182)#463 (87)#544 (5)—#665 (43)
2019#1,175 (202)#402 (104)#650 (4)—#807 (35)
2018#1,048 (245)#540 (77)#680 (4)—#863 (32)
2017#1,120 (225)#507 (85)#666 (4)—#907 (30)
2016#967 (278)#516 (83)#798 (3)#750 (4)#811 (34)
2015#1,038 (256)#461 (94)#566 (5)—#951 (27)
2014#1,032 (251)#486 (87)——#671 (44)
2013#964 (261)#466 (90)#506 (6)—#666 (43)
2012#876 (304)#690 (60)#815 (3)—#785 (35)
2011#875 (298)#575 (70)——#923 (28)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2001 at #654.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1970.

How common is it?

about 1 in 8,100 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 8,100uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 3,100uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 4,500uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 4,200uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 2,600uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Ayana is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 7,700 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 6,500 to 1 in 9,100.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Ayana by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,113ILMichigan: #787MINew York: #790NYMassachusetts: #873MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,271OHPennsylvania: #1,231PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,228CAUtah: 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: #1,180VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #818AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #1,127TNNorth 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: #984GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,117TXFlorida: #714FL
Ayana (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#5009
Ontario2024#50625

Ayana (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
AyanaCanadaGirls#53357
AyanaEngland & WalesGirls#49081
AyanaIrelandGirls#6085
AyanaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AyanaScotlandGirls#6324
AyanaUSGirls#1,160200
AyanaUSBoys—too few