Girls' name · since 2003
Ayia
26 babies named Ayia in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #42,563 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,040 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 26
- born since 2003
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Ayia is the #16040 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 26 recorded since 2003.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ayia has been recorded 26 times among girls since 2003, currently ranked #16040 nationally and more common than 7% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2003 to 2025.
- #42,563 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #16,040 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 26 born since 2003
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ayia ranks #42,563 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,040 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 26 born since 2003, peaking in the 2000s.
- #42,563 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,040 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 26
- born since 2003
- 2000s
- peak decade
Ayia's 26 recorded births place it above 40.56% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Ayia compares
26 10th 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
Ayia's all-time total is 93% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ayia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 26 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 6 | 21 | 19,840 |
Ayia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ayia's full recorded timeline at 2014, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2003, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2014 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ayia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2025
- Peak year (2014)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Ayia by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (10 births, 38% of the file).
2000s was Ayia's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Ayia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
10 births
- 2010s
2010s
6 births
- 2020s
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 10 births (38% of all-time use).
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What to do with Ayia's data
- Ayia's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (10 total births) through the 2020s (10) -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Ayia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2014)
Similar record span (~22 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, 2003–2025 (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 Ayia 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.