Ayana Girl
How popular is Ayana?
#1,160 girl name in 2025
200 baby girls were named Ayana in the US in 2025, making it the 1160th most popular girl name.
Ayana popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,160 for girls (▼ 55 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 200 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-22% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,038 in 2015, #1,246 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2006 (405 girls) |
| Highest rank | #654 in 2001 |
| First recorded | 1970 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Ayana counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Ayana family of names ranked #672 for girls in 2025 (#601 the year before), with 400 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ayana | 200 | 50% |
| Ayanna | 161 | 40% |
| Ayannah | 7 | 2% |
| Ayanah | 20 | 5% |
| Aiana | 7 | 2% |
| Aianna | 5 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Ayana is most popular
Babies named Ayana per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Florida: 0.2 per 1,000 (99 girls)
- New York: 0.2 per 1,000 (86 girls)
- New Jersey: 0.2 per 1,000 (39 girls)
- Illinois: 0.2 per 1,000 (49 girls)
- Michigan: 0.2 per 1,000 (36 girls)
Ayana by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1,016 | #766 |
| 1980s | 907 | #1,129 |
| 1990s | 2,511 | #722 |
| 2000s | 3,678 | #654 |
| 2010s | 2,671 | #783 |
| 2020s | 1,308 | #1,016 |
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Questions
- Is Ayana a boy or girl name?
- Ayana is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Ayana were girls.
- How popular is the name Ayana?
- 200 baby girls were named Ayana in the US in 2025, making it the 1160th most popular girl name.
- When was Ayana most popular?
- Ayana peaked in 2006, when 405 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #654 in 2001.
- How many people are named Ayana?
- 12,096 babies have been named Ayana in the US since 1880. We estimate about 11,926 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 22.
- Where is Ayana most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Ayana was most common in Florida, at 0.2 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.