Ayia — girls' name
21 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.
48% of everyone ever named Ayia was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Ayia in 2014 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ayia
The Social Security Administration has registered 21 babies named Ayia between 2003 and 2023, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ayia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ayia performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Ayia shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ayia 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 21 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.
Ayia at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ayia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–2003
- Peak year (2014)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
21 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2014 with 6 births in a single year.
Ayia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 10 births that decade — 48% of Ayia's all-time total
Ayia decade highlights
- Peak decade 10 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Ayia's strongest decade
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2003–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.