Girls' name · since 1998
Ayanni
188 babies named Ayanni in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #20,444 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,135 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 188
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
Ayanni currently ranks #8135 among girls' names in America, with 188 babies recorded since 1998.
Social Security Administration records show Ayanni recorded 188 times among girls since 1998, holding rank #8135 nationally today, ahead of 53% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2025.
- #20,444 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,135 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 188 born since 1998
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ayanni ranks #20,444 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,135 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 188 born since 1998, peaking in the 2000s.
- #20,444 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,135 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 188
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
Ayanni's 188 recorded births place it above 71.68% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Ayanni compares
188 36th percentile among 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
Ayanni's all-time total is 50% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ayanni | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 188 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 21 | 19,840 |
Ayanni's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ayanni's full recorded timeline at 2012, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2011, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2003 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ayanni popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025
- Peak year (2003)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Ayanni by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (74 births, 39% of the file).
2000s was Ayanni's strongest decade.
74 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Ayanni births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
74 births
- 2010s
2010s
65 births
- 2020s
2020s
43 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 74 births (39% of all-time use).
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- Ayanni's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (74 total births) through the 2020s (43) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ayanni: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2003)
Similar record span (~27 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, 1998–2025 (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 Ayanni 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.