Ayah — #964 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Ayah

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,497 babies named Ayah between 1986 and 2024, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ayah currently holds the #964 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 270 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ayah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,534 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Ayah shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 484 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Ayah in 24 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ayah 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 4,497 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.