Recorded 1994–2019 Unisex name Peak 2014 199 births

Aoi — unisex name

199 babies named Aoi in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s232000s812010s95
2010s
Peak decade

48% of everyone ever named Aoi was born in this single decade.

2014
Single peak year

14 babies were named Aoi in 2014 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Aoi

The Social Security Administration has registered 199 babies named Aoi between 1994 and 2019, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Aoi currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 14 babies received it in a single year. Aoi is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 36 additional births since 2010.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Aoi performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 95 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Aoi shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Aoi in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Aoi in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 199 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Aoi at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

199

Since 1994

26 years of records

Peak year

2014

14 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

1994

Recorded for 26 years

Last year on file: 2019

Aoi popularity over time — girls

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1994

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (2014)
14
Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
46810121416 201920162013201020072004200119971994 8

Aoi popularity over time — boys

36 total births recorded since 2010 (Aoi as boys' name)

Unisex variant — 36 births
4681012 20232022201620122010 6

Aoi by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
95 births that decade — 48% of Aoi's all-time total
1990s232000s812010s95

Aoi by state

Where Aoi concentrates geographically — total births since 1994

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Aoi
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
5 2.5%
California share of Aoi's total US births 2.5%

5 of 199 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Aoi?
199 babies have been named Aoi since 1994. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 2014 with 14 births.
When was Aoi most popular?
Aoi was most popular in the 2010s decade with 95 total births. The single peak year was 2014.
Where is Aoi most popular?
The top states for the name Aoi are California (5 births).
Is Aoi a unisex name?
Yes, Aoi is used for both boys and girls. As a girl's name it has 199 births, and as a boy's name it has 36 births.
How long has the name Aoi been used?
Aoi has been recorded in Social Security data since 1994, spanning 26 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Aoi?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Aoife, Aoibheann, Aoibhinn. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1994–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.