NameTides

Ayra

Ayra was the #939 girls' name in the US in 2025 (276 babies), and #115 in England & Wales and #170 in Canada.

Ayra as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Ayra 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 & WalesCanadaScotlandIrelandNorthern IrelandUS
Ayra 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#939 (276)#115 (422)#217 (17)#397 (3)#266 (16)#170 (168)
2024#929 (285)#134 (373)#215 (17)—#275 (15)#194 (150)
2023#944 (278)#212 (227)#304 (12)—#364 (10)#236 (120)
2022#1,043 (245)#260 (177)——#634 (5)#360 (84)
2021#1,109 (223)#283 (167)#396 (8)—#586 (6)#491 (60)
2020#1,318 (167)#335 (136)#341 (10)——#475 (63)
2019#1,708 (122)#320 (147)#560 (5)—#551 (6)#730 (40)
2018#1,830 (111)#437 (100)#809 (3)——#677 (43)
2017#2,074 (94)#493 (88)#501 (6)—#873 (3)#1,123 (22)
2016#2,343 (80)#594 (71)———#1,019 (26)
2015#2,927 (59)#666 (61)#806 (3)—#896 (3)#1,312 (18)
2014#2,922 (58)#814 (47)——#876 (3)#1,187 (21)
2013#3,267 (49)#839 (45)#816 (3)——#1,792 (12)
2012#4,296 (34)#812 (47)———#1,350 (18)
2011#5,543 (24)#894 (40)———#1,426 (16)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #929.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1976.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,800 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 5,800uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 600common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 2,400uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 890common

Next year

On its recent trend, Ayra is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,200 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 4,600 to 1 in 5,800.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Ayra by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #732WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #797ILMichigan: #965MINew York: #403NYMassachusetts: #873MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #508NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #959OHPennsylvania: #871PANew Jersey: #667NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #731CAUtah: 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: #758VAMaryland: #651MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #1,040AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,281NCSouth 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: #854GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #799TXFlorida: #1,170FL
Ayra (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#95107
Quebec2025#7745

Ayra (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
AyraCanadaGirls#170168
AyraEngland & WalesGirls#115422
AyraIrelandGirls#26616
AyraNorthern IrelandGirls#3973
AyraScotlandGirls#21717
AyraUSGirls#939276