Girls' name · since 1995
Ayanah
Ayanah has 514 recorded births since 1995 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,635 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,024 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 514
- born since 1995
- 2000s
- peak decade
514 babies have been named Ayanah since 1995, making it today's #6024 girls' name.
Ayanah has 514 recorded births among girls since 1995, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6024 as of the latest data, more common than 65% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1995 to 2025.
- #11,635 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,024 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 514 born since 1995
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ayanah ranks #11,635 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,024 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 514 born since 1995, peaking in the 2000s.
- #11,635 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,024 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 514
- born since 1995
- 2000s
- peak decade
Ayanah's 514 recorded births place it above 83.9% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Ayanah compares
514 Top 44% higher than 56% of 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
Ayanah's all-time total is 37% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ayanah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 514 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 33 | 21 | 19,840 |
Ayanah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ayanah's full recorded timeline at 2010, 45% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 55% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2017, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2007 peak of 33 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ayanah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 33
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Ayanah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (225 births, 44% of the file).
2000s was Ayanah's strongest decade.
225 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Ayanah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 58
1990s
58 births
- 2000s
2000s
225 births
- 2010s
2010s
159 births
- 2020s 72
2020s
72 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 225 births (44% of all-time use).
How Ayanah compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Ayanah's total volume
Ayanah by state
Where Ayanah concentrates geographically, total births since 1995
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 14 | 2.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 10 | 1.9% |
| #3 | Florida | | 5 | 1.0% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 1.0% |
14 of 514 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Ayanah's data
- Ayanah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (225 total births); usage has since declined to 72 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Ayanahs (14 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Ayanah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~30 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, 1995–2025 (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 Ayanah 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.