Ayanna Girl
How popular is Ayanna?
#1,367 girl name in 2025
161 baby girls were named Ayanna in the US in 2025, making it the 1367th most popular girl name.
Ayanna popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,367 for girls (▼ 187 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 161 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-34% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,075 in 2015, #1,156 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2003 (847 girls) |
| Highest rank | #362 in 2003 |
| First recorded | 1971 |
| 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 |
Ayanna 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 Ayanna is most popular
Babies named Ayanna per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Massachusetts: 0.3 per 1,000 (32 girls)
- Virginia: 0.2 per 1,000 (42 girls)
- North Carolina: 0.2 per 1,000 (49 girls)
- Florida: 0.2 per 1,000 (88 girls)
- Arizona: 0.2 per 1,000 (26 girls)
Ayanna by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1,547 | #506 |
| 1980s | 866 | #1,114 |
| 1990s | 3,423 | #420 |
| 2000s | 6,246 | #362 |
| 2010s | 3,058 | #611 |
| 2020s | 1,186 | #1,156 |
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Questions
- Is Ayanna a boy or girl name?
- Ayanna is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Ayanna were girls.
- How popular is the name Ayanna?
- 161 baby girls were named Ayanna in the US in 2025, making it the 1367th most popular girl name.
- When was Ayanna most popular?
- Ayanna peaked in 2003, when 847 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #362 in 2003.
- How many people are named Ayanna?
- 16,326 babies have been named Ayanna in the US since 1880. We estimate about 16,086 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 23.
- Where is Ayanna most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Ayanna was most common in Massachusetts, at 0.3 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.