Ayana — #1109 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Ayana

The Social Security Administration has registered 11,888 babies named Ayana between 1970 and 2024, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ayana currently holds the #1109 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 405 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ayana performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 3,677 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Ayana shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 1,409 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Ayana in 35 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ayana 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 11,888 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.