Girls' name · since 1999
Ayani
Since 1999, U.S. Social Security records show 496 babies named Ayani, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #11,910 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,561 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 496
- born since 1999
- 2020s
- peak decade
496 babies have been named Ayani since 1999, making it today's #3561 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ayani has been recorded 496 times among girls since 1999, currently ranked #3561 nationally and more common than 79% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2025.
- #11,910 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,561 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 496 born since 1999
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ayani ranks #11,910 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,561 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 496 born since 1999, peaking in the 2020s.
- #11,910 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,561 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 496
- born since 1999
- 2020s
- peak decade
Ayani's 496 recorded births place it above 83.51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Ayani compares
496 Top 45% higher than 55% 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
Ayani's all-time total is 32% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ayani | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 496 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 43 | 21 | 19,840 |
Ayani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ayani splits its recorded history at 2012: 60% of all births land in the more recent half, 40% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1999 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 43 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ayani popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 43
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Ayani by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (175 births, 35% of the file).
2020s was Ayani's strongest decade.
175 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Ayani births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
157 births
- 2010s
2010s
158 births
- 2020s
2020s
175 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 175 births (35% of all-time use).
Ayani by state
Where Ayani concentrates geographically, total births since 1999
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 15 | 3.0% |
| #2 | Florida | | 15 | 3.0% |
| #3 | Texas | | 5 | 1.0% |
15 of 496 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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- California records the most Ayanis (15 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Ayani: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1999–2025 (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 Ayani 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.