Girls' name · since 1976
Ayra
2,274 babies named Ayra in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #4,323 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #940 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,274
- born since 1976
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Ayra is the #940 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 2,274 recorded since 1976.
Ayra has 2,274 recorded births among girls since 1976, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #940 as of the latest data, more common than 95% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 2025.
- #4,323 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #940 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,274 born since 1976
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ayra ranks #4,323 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #940 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,274 born since 1976, peaking in the 2020s.
- #4,323 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #940 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,274
- born since 1976
- 2020s
- peak decade
Ayra's 2,274 recorded births place it above 94.01% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
25 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Ayra compares
2,274 Top 21% higher than 79% of 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
Ayra's all-time total is 6x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ayra | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,274 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 285 | 21 | 19,840 |
Ayra's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ayra splits its recorded history at 2012: 92% of all births land in the more recent half, 8% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1976 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 285 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ayra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 285
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Ayra by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (1,474 births, 65% of the file).
2020s was Ayra's strongest decade.
1,474 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Ayra births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1990s 13
1990s
13 births
- 2000s 129
2000s
129 births
- 2010s
2010s
653 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,474 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 1,474 births (65% of all-time use).
How Ayra compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Ayra's total volume
Ayra by state
Where Ayra concentrates geographically, total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 319 | 14.0% |
| #2 | California | | 291 | 12.8% |
| #3 | New York | | 199 | 8.8% |
| #4 | New Jersey | | 111 | 4.9% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 109 | 4.8% |
| #6 | Florida | | 72 | 3.2% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 72 | 3.2% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 68 | 3.0% |
319 of 2,274 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 25 reporting states.
Ayra appears in 25 states. Explore state details →
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- Texas records the most Ayras (319 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Ayra
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Ayra: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~49 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, 1976–2025 (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 Ayra 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.