Unisex name · since 2017
Ayin
Since 2017, U.S. Social Security records show 10 babies named Ayin, peaking in 2017. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #34,474 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 10
- born since 2017
- 2010s
- peak decade
10 boys have been named Ayin since 2017, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Ayin has 10 recorded births among boys since 2017, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2017 to 2019.
- #34,474 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 10 born since 2017
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ayin ranks #34,474 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 10 born since 2017, peaking in the 2010s.
- #34,474 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 10
- born since 2017
- 2010s
- peak decade
Ayin's 10 recorded births place it above 21.08% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ayin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ayin's full recorded timeline at 2019, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2017, with just 5 recorded births.
Ayin popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2019
- Peak year (2017)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 3 years of records
Ayin popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 2014 (Ayin as girls' name)
Ayin by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (10 births, 100% of the file).
2010s was Ayin's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Ayin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 10 births (100% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Ayin: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2017)
Similar record span (~2 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, 2017–2019 (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 Ayin 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.