Ayo**
#10,928 most common boys' name of all time · #27,757 across all names · 66% male / 34% female · used 1972–2024 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#10,928
Rank overall
#27,757 of 105,966
First appeared
1972
Years on the list
28 of 146
All-time
234
Since 2016
74
Peak year
2021 #6,810
Best rank
#5,203 1979
Girls
Boys
peak 17/yr
Ayo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,486 |
| 2023 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,980 |
| 2022 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,709 |
| 2021 | 5 | 12 | 17 | #6,810 |
| 2020 | 6 | 9 | 15 | #8,236 |
| 2018 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,345 |
| 2017 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,646 |
| 2016 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,919 |
| 2015 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,960 |
| 2014 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,504 |
| 2012 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,116 |
| 2009 | 8 | 7 | 15 | #10,147 |
| 2007 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,066 |
| 2003 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,430 |
| 1998 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1997 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,513 |
| 1996 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1995 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,180 |
| 1991 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,860 |
| 1983 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #6,828 |
| 1982 | 9 | — | 9 | — |
| 1980 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,973 |
| 1979 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #5,203 |
| 1978 | 8 | 5 | 13 | #6,367 |
| 1977 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,477 |
| 1976 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1973 | 8 | 5 | 13 | #5,683 |
| 1972 | 7 | — | 7 | — |