Girls' name · since 2006
Ayak
Since 2006, U.S. Social Security records show 69 babies named Ayak, peaking in 2017. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #31,209 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,186 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 69
- born since 2006
- 2010s
- peak decade
69 babies have been named Ayak since 2006, making it today's #14186 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Ayak recorded 69 times among girls since 2006, holding rank #14186 nationally today, ahead of 18% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2006 to 2025.
- #31,209 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #14,186 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 69 born since 2006
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ayak ranks #31,209 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #14,186 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 69 born since 2006, peaking in the 2010s.
- #31,209 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,186 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 69
- born since 2006
- 2010s
- peak decade
Ayak's 69 recorded births place it above 56.61% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Ayak compares
69 19th 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
Ayak's all-time total is 82% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ayak | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 69 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 7 | 21 | 19,840 |
Ayak's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ayak's full recorded timeline at 2017, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2010, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2017 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ayak popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2025
- Peak year (2017)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Ayak by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (40 births, 58% of the file).
2010s was Ayak's strongest decade.
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Ayak births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 12
2000s
12 births
- 2010s
2010s
40 births
- 2020s
2020s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 40 births (58% of all-time use).
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- Ayak's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (40 total births) through the 2020s (17) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ayak: 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 (~19 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, 2006–2025 (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 Ayak 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.