Girls' name · since 1946
Ayn
Ayn has 146 recorded births since 1946 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1962 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #23,019 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 146
- born since 1946
- 1960s
- peak decade
146 girls have been named Ayn since 1946, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ayn has been recorded 146 times among girls since 1946, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1960s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1946 to 2020.
- #23,019 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 146 born since 1946
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ayn ranks #23,019 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 146 born since 1946, peaking in the 1960s.
- #23,019 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 146
- born since 1946
- 1960s
- peak decade
Ayn's 146 recorded births place it above 68.08% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ayn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ayn's SSA record in two at 1972 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1949, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1962 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ayn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1946–2020
- Peak year (1962)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 75 years of records
Ayn by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (47 births, 32% of the file).
1960s was Ayn's strongest decade.
47 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Ayn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 11
1940s
11 births
- 1950s 10
1950s
10 births
- 1960s
1960s
47 births
- 1970s
1970s
29 births
- 1980s 18
1980s
18 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s 15
2010s
15 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 47 births (32% of all-time use).
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- Ayn's decade-level peak was the 1960s (47 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ayn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1962)
Similar record span (~74 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, 1946–2020 (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 Ayn 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.