Boys' name · since 2017

Ayaaz

56 babies named Ayaaz in U.S. Social Security records since 2017, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#21,329 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#8,810 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
56
born since 2017
2020s
peak decade

Yes -- Ayaaz is the #8810 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 56 recorded since 2017.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ayaaz has been recorded 56 times among boys since 2017, currently ranked #8810 nationally and more common than 37% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2017 to 2025.

  • #21,329 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • #8,810 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
  • 56 born since 2017
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ayaaz ranks #21,329 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,810 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 56 born since 2017, peaking in the 2020s.

#21,329 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#8,810 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
56
born since 2017
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%36.7%
Ayaaz vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Ayaaz's 56 recorded births place it above 52.83% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

1 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.

How Ayaaz compares

56 18th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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

Ayaaz's all-time total is 85% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Ayaaz Median boys name (Takari) #1 boys name (Liam)
All-time total births 56 369 358,536
Peak-year births 13 34 22,252

Ayaaz's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Ayaaz's full recorded timeline at 2022, 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 2019, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2023 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Ayaaz popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2023)
13
Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
468101214 2017201920212022202320242025 9

Ayaaz by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (45 births, 80% of the file).

2020s was Ayaaz's strongest decade.

45 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 80% of all-time use.

Ayaaz births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 45 births (80% of all-time use).

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

Ayaaz by state

Where Ayaaz concentrates geographically, total births since 2017

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Ayaaz
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
5 8.9%
New York share of Ayaaz's total US births 8.9%

5 of 56 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Ayaaz?
Ayaaz has been given to 56 babies in the U.S. since 2017, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #21,329 of 45,481 among boys' names (total births, highest first). Among boys in 2025, it is #8,810 of 13,930. 13 babies were born in 2023, its single highest year.
Where does Ayaaz sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ayaaz ranks #21,329 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,810 of 13,930 among boys' 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 Ayaaz most popular?
Ayaaz was most popular in the 2020s decade with 45 total births. The single peak year was 2023.
Where is Ayaaz most popular?
The top states for the name Ayaaz are New York (5 births).
How long has the name Ayaaz been used?
Ayaaz has been recorded in Social Security data since 2017, spanning 9 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Ayaaz?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Ayaan, Ayan, Ayansh, Ayaansh, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

What to do with Ayaaz's data

  • New York records the most Ayaazs (5 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.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Ayaaz: 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, 2017–2025 (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 Ayaaz 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.