NameTides

Ayanna

Ayanna was the #1,367 girls' name in the US in 2025 (161 babies), and #1,719 in England & Wales and #1,429 in Canada.

Ayanna as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Ayanna as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Ayanna as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, 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 & WalesIrelandCanada
2025#1,367 (161)#1,719 (17)—#1,429 (17)
2024#1,180 (203)#1,353 (24)#898 (3)#1,949 (11)
2023#1,162 (208)#1,469 (21)—#1,774 (12)
2022#1,199 (201)#1,326 (24)—#1,166 (21)
2021#1,169 (209)#1,161 (29)—#1,681 (13)
2020#1,156 (204)#1,352 (23)—#942 (28)
2019#1,255 (185)#1,497 (20)—#1,683 (13)
2018#1,093 (229)#1,314 (25)—#1,996 (10)
2017#1,096 (231)#1,219 (28)—#1,506 (15)
2016#1,068 (244)#1,525 (21)—#1,043 (25)
2015#1,075 (245)#1,711 (17)—#1,499 (15)
2014#898 (302)#1,966 (14)#876 (3)#1,151 (22)
2013#824 (325)#1,707 (17)—#1,057 (24)
2012#754 (369)#1,297 (25)—#1,142 (22)
2011#642 (445)#1,903 (14)—#1,426 (16)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2003 at #362.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1971.

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 10,000uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 15,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 8,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Ayanna is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 9,500 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 8,000 to 1 in 11,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Ayanna 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: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #1,061MINew York: #1,654NYMassachusetts: #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: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,392PANew Jersey: #1,168NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,361CAUtah: 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: #936VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #973NCSouth 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: #1,213GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,087TXFlorida: #1,055FL
Ayanna (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#6696

Ayanna (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
AyannaCanadaGirls#1,42917
AyannaEngland & WalesGirls#1,71917
AyannaIrelandGirls—too few
AyannaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AyannaUSGirls#1,367161