Girls' name · since 1987
Ayat
Since 1987, U.S. Social Security records show 1,769 babies named Ayat, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #5,118 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,162 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,769
- born since 1987
- 2020s
- peak decade
1,769 babies have been named Ayat since 1987, making it today's #1162 girls' name.
Ayat has 1,769 recorded births among girls since 1987, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1162 as of the latest data, more common than 93% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1987 to 2025.
- #5,118 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,162 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,769 born since 1987
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ayat ranks #5,118 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,162 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,769 born since 1987, peaking in the 2020s.
- #5,118 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,162 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,769
- born since 1987
- 2020s
- peak decade
Ayat's 1,769 recorded births place it above 92.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
15 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Ayat compares
1,769 Top 24% higher than 76% 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
Ayat's all-time total is 5x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ayat | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,769 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 200 | 21 | 19,840 |
Ayat's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ayat's full recorded timeline at 2007, 84% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 16% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1987, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 200 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ayat popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 200
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Ayat popularity over time - boys
23 total births recorded since 2017 (Ayat as boys' name)
Ayat by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (823 births, 47% of the file).
2020s was Ayat's strongest decade.
823 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Ayat births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 14
1980s
14 births
- 1990s 111
1990s
111 births
- 2000s 230
2000s
230 births
- 2010s
2010s
591 births
- 2020s
2020s
823 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 823 births (47% of all-time use).
How Ayat 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 Ayat's total volume
Ayat by state
Where Ayat concentrates geographically, total births since 1987
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 317 | 17.9% |
| #2 | California | | 195 | 11.0% |
| #3 | Texas | | 127 | 7.2% |
| #4 | Virginia | | 98 | 5.5% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 72 | 4.1% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 56 | 3.2% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 45 | 2.5% |
| #8 | Maryland | | 28 | 1.6% |
317 of 1,769 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 15 reporting states.
Ayat appears in 15 states. Explore state details →
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- New York records the most Ayats (317 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York 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 Ayat: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~38 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, 1987–2025 (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 Ayat 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.