Ayah
#2,534 most common girls' name of all time · #4,316 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1986–2025
Rank among girls
#2,534
Rank overall
#4,316 of 105,966
First appeared
1986
Years on the list
40 of 146
All-time
4,814
Since 2016
2,303
Peak year
2025 #870
Best rank
#870 2025
Girls
Boys
peak 309/yr
Ayah first appears in 1986. 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 | 309 | — | 309 | #870 |
| 2024 | 271 | — | 271 | #964 |
| 2023 | 255 | — | 255 | #999 |
| 2022 | 245 | — | 245 | #1,046 |
| 2021 | 243 | — | 243 | #1,040 |
| 2020 | 221 | 5 | 226 | #1,109 |
| 2019 | 233 | — | 233 | #1,079 |
| 2018 | 177 | — | 177 | #1,289 |
| 2017 | 176 | — | 176 | #1,328 |
| 2016 | 168 | — | 168 | #1,392 |
| 2015 | 148 | — | 148 | #1,523 |
| 2014 | 120 | — | 120 | #1,739 |
| 2013 | 136 | — | 136 | #1,584 |
| 2012 | 129 | — | 129 | #1,661 |
| 2011 | 112 | — | 112 | #1,813 |
| 2010 | 135 | — | 135 | #1,607 |
| 2009 | 131 | — | 131 | #1,702 |
| 2008 | 118 | — | 118 | #1,832 |
| 2007 | 127 | — | 127 | #1,722 |
| 2006 | 123 | — | 123 | #1,706 |
| 2005 | 135 | — | 135 | #1,532 |
| 2004 | 123 | — | 123 | #1,598 |
| 2003 | 121 | — | 121 | #1,602 |
| 2002 | 127 | — | 127 | #1,499 |
| 2001 | 133 | — | 133 | #1,426 |
| 2000 | 99 | — | 99 | #1,771 |
| 1999 | 88 | — | 88 | #1,826 |
| 1998 | 69 | — | 69 | #2,122 |
| 1997 | 61 | — | 61 | #2,256 |
| 1996 | 54 | — | 54 | #2,421 |
| 1995 | 48 | — | 48 | #2,620 |
| 1994 | 32 | — | 32 | #3,528 |
| 1993 | 43 | — | 43 | #2,823 |
| 1992 | 32 | — | 32 | #3,495 |
| 1991 | 22 | — | 22 | #4,640 |
| 1990 | 19 | — | 19 | #5,053 |
| 1989 | 7 | — | 7 | #10,635 |
| 1988 | 8 | — | 8 | #9,151 |
| 1987 | 6 | — | 6 | #11,125 |
| 1986 | 5 | — | 5 | #12,509 |