Ayat

Ayat was the #1,160 girls' name in the US in 2025 (200 babies), and #158 in England & Wales and #466 in Canada.

Ayat as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Ayat 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.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesScotlandIrelandCanadaNorthern IrelandUS
Ayat 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#1,160 (200)#158 (317)#324 (10)#397 (3)#381 (10)#466 (66)
2024#1,664 (123)#205 (238)#541 (5)—#412 (9)#641 (45)
2023#1,603 (130)#236 (192)#395 (8)—#445 (8)#622 (46)
2022#1,659 (127)#193 (264)#324 (10)—#559 (6)#653 (43)
2021#1,768 (115)#195 (266)#339 (10)——#667 (44)
2020#1,623 (128)#198 (249)#241 (15)—#628 (5)#538 (54)
2019#2,090 (90)#275 (177)#406 (8)—#621 (5)#787 (36)
2018#2,059 (94)#330 (145)#449 (7)—#734 (4)#928 (29)
2017#2,384 (76)#358 (131)#666 (4)——#857 (32)
2016#2,594 (68)#415 (107)#585 (5)——#1,109 (23)
2015#3,059 (55)#585 (72)#653 (4)——#1,499 (15)
2014#3,184 (51)#411 (105)———#1,395 (17)
2013#3,166 (51)#676 (59)#663 (4)——#1,599 (14)
2012#2,901 (59)#624 (67)#580 (5)——#999 (26)
2011#5,207 (26)#1,168 (28)#810 (3)——#1,672 (13)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #1,160.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1987.

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 800common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 2,400uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 2,100uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 2,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Ayat is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 8,500 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 6,200 to 1 in 12,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Ayat by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #915WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,014ILMichigan: #1,210MINew York: #505NYMassachusetts: #682MAOregon: 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: #1,438OHPennsylvania: #927PANew Jersey: #718NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #675CAUtah: 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: #413VAMaryland: #731MDDelaware: 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: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth 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: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,615TXFlorida: #1,887FL
Ayat (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#52724

Ayat (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
AyatCanadaGirls#46666
AyatEngland & WalesGirls#158317
AyatEngland & WalesBoys—too few
AyatIrelandGirls#38110
AyatNorthern IrelandGirls#3973
AyatScotlandGirls#32410
AyatUSGirls#1,160200
AyatUSBoys—too few