Girls' name · since 1991
Ayja
16 babies named Ayja in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #48,436 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 16
- born since 1991
- 2000s
- peak decade
16 girls have been named Ayja since 1991, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ayja has been recorded 16 times among girls since 1991, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, 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 1991 to 2006.
- #48,436 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 16 born since 1991
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ayja ranks #48,436 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 16 born since 1991, peaking in the 2000s.
- #48,436 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 16
- born since 1991
- 2000s
- peak decade
Ayja's 16 recorded births place it above 31.73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ayja's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ayja splits its recorded history at 2005: 69% of all births land in the more recent half, 31% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1991 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2005 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ayja popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–2006
- Peak year (2005)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Ayja by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (11 births, 69% of the file).
2000s was Ayja's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Ayja births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 11 births (69% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ayja: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1991–2006 (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 Ayja 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.