Aya
#1,868 most common girls' name of all time · #3,201 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1972–2025
Rank among girls
#1,868
Rank overall
#3,201 of 105,966
First appeared
1972
Years on the list
53 of 146
All-time
7,987
Since 2016
3,846
Peak year
2024 #631
Best rank
#631 2024
Girls
Boys
peak 469/yr
Aya first appears in 1972. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 449 | — | 449 | #644 |
| 2024 | 469 | — | 469 | #631 |
| 2023 | 415 | — | 415 | #695 |
| 2022 | 388 | — | 388 | #747 |
| 2021 | 351 | — | 351 | #803 |
| 2020 | 345 | — | 345 | #790 |
| 2019 | 384 | — | 384 | #739 |
| 2018 | 368 | — | 368 | #749 |
| 2017 | 350 | — | 350 | #788 |
| 2016 | 327 | — | 327 | #862 |
| 2015 | 309 | — | 309 | #895 |
| 2014 | 272 | — | 272 | #983 |
| 2013 | 236 | — | 236 | #1,051 |
| 2012 | 253 | — | 253 | #1,003 |
| 2011 | 222 | — | 222 | #1,114 |
| 2010 | 235 | — | 235 | #1,057 |
| 2009 | 214 | — | 214 | #1,177 |
| 2008 | 209 | — | 209 | #1,217 |
| 2007 | 206 | — | 206 | #1,215 |
| 2006 | 176 | — | 176 | #1,330 |
| 2005 | 179 | — | 179 | #1,260 |
| 2004 | 176 | — | 176 | #1,241 |
| 2003 | 161 | — | 161 | #1,293 |
| 2002 | 177 | — | 177 | #1,162 |
| 2001 | 171 | — | 171 | #1,197 |
| 2000 | 110 | — | 110 | #1,611 |
| 1999 | 93 | — | 93 | #1,737 |
| 1998 | 86 | — | 86 | #1,813 |
| 1997 | 87 | — | 87 | #1,752 |
| 1996 | 56 | — | 56 | #2,362 |
| 1995 | 58 | — | 58 | #2,300 |
| 1994 | 49 | — | 49 | #2,575 |
| 1993 | 46 | — | 46 | #2,659 |
| 1992 | 43 | — | 43 | #2,809 |
| 1991 | 33 | — | 33 | #3,348 |
| 1990 | 36 | — | 36 | #3,139 |
| 1989 | 20 | — | 20 | #4,623 |
| 1988 | 22 | — | 22 | #4,131 |
| 1987 | 27 | — | 27 | #3,395 |
| 1986 | 20 | — | 20 | #4,141 |
| 1985 | 17 | — | 17 | #4,590 |
| 1984 | 22 | — | 22 | #3,700 |
| 1983 | 12 | — | 12 | #5,737 |
| 1982 | 13 | — | 13 | #5,457 |
| 1981 | 17 | — | 17 | #4,500 |
| 1980 | 13 | — | 13 | #5,475 |
| 1979 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,566 |
| 1978 | 12 | — | 12 | #5,488 |
| 1977 | 15 | — | 15 | #4,622 |
| 1976 | 7 | — | 7 | #7,902 |
| 1974 | 9 | — | 9 | #6,202 |
| 1973 | 5 | — | 5 | #9,390 |
| 1972 | 7 | — | 7 | #7,213 |