Girls' name · since 2002

Ayaat

290 babies named Ayaat in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#16,195 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#6,257 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
290
born since 2002
2010s
peak decade

Yes -- Ayaat is the #6257 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 290 recorded since 2002.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ayaat has been recorded 290 times among girls since 2002, currently ranked #6257 nationally and more common than 64% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2025.

  • #16,195 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #6,257 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 290 born since 2002
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ayaat ranks #16,195 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,257 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 290 born since 2002, peaking in the 2010s.

#16,195 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#6,257 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
290
born since 2002
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%63.8%
Ayaat vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Above the archive median
All-time archive position

Ayaat's 290 recorded births place it above 77.56% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

2 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New York.

How Ayaat compares

290 44th percentile among 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

Ayaat's all-time total is 23% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Ayaat Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 290 376 567,345
Peak-year births 24 21 19,840

Ayaat's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Ayaat's full recorded timeline at 2015, 70% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 30% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2002, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2017 peak of 24 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Ayaat popularity over time - girls

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2017)
24
Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
0510152025 20022008201120142017202020232025 19

Ayaat popularity over time - boys

8 total births recorded since 2021 (Ayaat as boys' name)

Unisex variant - 8 births
8 2021 8

Ayaat by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (151 births, 52% of the file).

2010s was Ayaat's strongest decade.

151 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.

Ayaat births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 151 births (52% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Ayaat by state

Where Ayaat concentrates geographically, total births since 2002

Geographically diffuse
Top 2 states by recorded births for the name Ayaat
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
28 9.7%
#2 Texas
5 1.7%
New York share of Ayaat's total US births 9.7%
Even split

28 of 290 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Ayaat?
290 babies have been named Ayaat since 2002. All-time, it sits at #16,195 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #6,257 of 17,297 among girls. The peak year was 2017 with 24 births.
Where does Ayaat sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ayaat ranks #16,195 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,257 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Ayaat most popular?
Ayaat was most popular in the 2010s decade with 151 total births. The single peak year was 2017.
Where is Ayaat most popular?
The top states for the name Ayaat are New York (28 births), Texas (5 births).
How long has the name Ayaat been used?
Ayaat has been recorded in Social Security data since 2002, spanning 24 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Ayaat?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Ayanna, Ayana, Aya, Ayah, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Ayaat's data

  • Ayaat's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (151 total births) through the 2020s (113) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
  • New York records the most Ayaats (28 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Ayaat

Nearby Names Like Ayaat

Names with a similar sound, spelling, or feel to Ayaat

Names with a similar popularity rank to Ayaat

Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Ayaat: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2002–2025 (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 Ayaat 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.