Ayala — #3186 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Ayala

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,124 babies named Ayala between 1974 and 2024, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ayala currently holds the #3186 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 74 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ayala performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 395 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Ayala shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 288 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Ayala in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ayala 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 1,124 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.