Ayanna — #1174 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Ayanna

The Social Security Administration has registered 16,163 babies named Ayanna between 1971 and 2024, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ayanna currently holds the #1174 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 847 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ayanna performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 6,246 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Ayanna shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 1,535 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Ayanna in 39 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ayanna 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 16,163 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.