Ayana
#1,452 most common girls' name of all time · #2,505 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1970–2025
Rank among girls
#1,452
Rank overall
#2,505 of 105,966
First appeared
1970
Years on the list
56 of 146
All-time
12,096
Since 2016
2,258
Peak year
2006 #701
Best rank
#655 2001
Girls
Boys
peak 405/yr
Ayana first appears in 1970. 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 | 200 | — | 200 | #1,161 |
| 2024 | 221 | — | 221 | #1,108 |
| 2023 | 249 | — | 249 | #1,017 |
| 2022 | 235 | — | 235 | #1,072 |
| 2021 | 221 | — | 221 | #1,118 |
| 2020 | 182 | — | 182 | #1,252 |
| 2019 | 202 | — | 202 | #1,177 |
| 2018 | 245 | — | 245 | #1,049 |
| 2017 | 225 | — | 225 | #1,121 |
| 2016 | 278 | — | 278 | #969 |
| 2015 | 256 | — | 256 | #1,039 |
| 2014 | 251 | — | 251 | #1,033 |
| 2013 | 261 | — | 261 | #965 |
| 2012 | 304 | — | 304 | #879 |
| 2011 | 298 | — | 298 | #879 |
| 2010 | 351 | — | 351 | #784 |
| 2009 | 360 | — | 360 | #788 |
| 2008 | 350 | — | 350 | #818 |
| 2007 | 359 | — | 359 | #800 |
| 2006 | 405 | — | 405 | #701 |
| 2005 | 383 | — | 383 | #714 |
| 2004 | 364 | — | 364 | #730 |
| 2003 | 369 | — | 369 | #708 |
| 2002 | 367 | — | 367 | #683 |
| 2001 | 385 | — | 385 | #655 |
| 2000 | 336 | — | 336 | #697 |
| 1999 | 298 | — | 298 | #753 |
| 1998 | 305 | — | 305 | #724 |
| 1997 | 251 | — | 251 | #826 |
| 1996 | 247 | — | 247 | #821 |
| 1995 | 278 | — | 278 | #738 |
| 1994 | 276 | — | 276 | #755 |
| 1993 | 265 | — | 265 | #780 |
| 1992 | 211 | — | 211 | #927 |
| 1991 | 208 | — | 208 | #927 |
| 1990 | 172 | — | 172 | #1,045 |
| 1989 | 146 | 5 | 151 | #1,135 |
| 1988 | 79 | — | 79 | #1,657 |
| 1987 | 74 | — | 74 | #1,660 |
| 1986 | 68 | — | 68 | #1,731 |
| 1985 | 60 | — | 60 | #1,877 |
| 1984 | 69 | — | 69 | #1,612 |
| 1983 | 91 | — | 91 | #1,327 |
| 1982 | 92 | — | 92 | #1,355 |
| 1981 | 110 | — | 110 | #1,199 |
| 1980 | 118 | — | 118 | #1,151 |
| 1979 | 107 | — | 107 | #1,222 |
| 1978 | 116 | — | 116 | #1,125 |
| 1977 | 139 | — | 139 | #986 |
| 1976 | 187 | — | 187 | #771 |
| 1975 | 147 | — | 147 | #898 |
| 1974 | 102 | — | 102 | #1,142 |
| 1973 | 89 | — | 89 | #1,210 |
| 1972 | 91 | — | 91 | #1,191 |
| 1971 | 32 | — | 32 | #2,426 |
| 1970 | 6 | — | 6 | #7,842 |