Girls' name · since 2005
Avayah
Avayah has 2,223 recorded births since 2005 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #4,392 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,412 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,223
- born since 2005
- 2020s
- peak decade
Avayah currently ranks #1412 among girls' names in America, with 2,223 babies recorded since 2005.
Social Security Administration records show Avayah recorded 2,223 times among girls since 2005, holding rank #1412 nationally today, ahead of 92% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2005 to 2025.
- #4,392 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,412 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,223 born since 2005
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Avayah ranks #4,392 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,412 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,223 born since 2005, peaking in the 2020s.
- #4,392 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,412 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,223
- born since 2005
- 2020s
- peak decade
Avayah's 2,223 recorded births place it above 93.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
28 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Avayah compares
2,223 Top 21% higher than 79% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Avayah's all-time total is 6x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Avayah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,223 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 321 | 21 | 19,840 |
Avayah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Avayah splits its recorded history at 2015: 86% of all births land in the more recent half, 14% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2005 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2022 peak of 321 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Avayah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 321
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Avayah by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (1,569 births, 71% of the file).
2020s was Avayah's strongest decade.
1,569 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 71% of all-time use.
Avayah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 71
2000s
71 births
- 2010s 583
2010s
583 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,569 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 1,569 births (71% of all-time use).
How Avayah compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Avayah's total volume
Avayah by state
Where Avayah concentrates geographically, total births since 2005
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 433 | 19.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 223 | 10.0% |
| #3 | Florida | | 93 | 4.2% |
| #4 | New York | | 64 | 2.9% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 64 | 2.9% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 63 | 2.8% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 49 | 2.2% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 46 | 2.1% |
433 of 2,223 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 28 reporting states.
Avayah appears in 28 states. Explore state details →
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- California records the most Avayahs (433 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Avayah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~20 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, 2005–2025 (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 Avayah 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.