Girls' name · since 1997
Aaya
58 babies named Aaya in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #33,182 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 58
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
58 girls have been named Aaya since 1997, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Aaya recorded 58 times among girls since 1997, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2021.
- #33,182 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 58 born since 1997
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aaya ranks #33,182 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 58 born since 1997, peaking in the 2000s.
- #33,182 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 58
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Aaya's 58 recorded births place it above 53.85% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Aaya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Aaya's SSA record in two at 2006 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2005, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2004 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Aaya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2021
- Peak year (2004)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Aaya by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (32 births, 55% of the file).
2000s was Aaya's strongest decade.
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Aaya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
32 births
- 2010s 12
2010s
12 births
- 2020s 8
2020s
8 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 32 births (55% of all-time use).
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- Aaya's decade-level peak was the 2000s (32 total births); usage has since declined to 8 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Aaya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2004)
Similar record span (~24 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1997–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Aaya draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.