Aya — #631 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Aya

The Social Security Administration has registered 7,534 babies named Aya between 1972 and 2024, spanning 53 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Aya currently holds the #631 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 467 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Aya performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 2,956 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Aya shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,069 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Aya in 33 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Aya 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 7,534 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.