Girls' name · since 1993
Gayane
Gayane has 68 recorded births since 1993 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1995 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #31,443 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,639 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 68
- born since 1993
- 1990s
- peak decade
68 babies have been named Gayane since 1993, making it today's #15639 girls' name.
Gayane has 68 recorded births among girls since 1993, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15639 as of the latest data, more common than 10% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1993 to 2025.
- #31,443 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,639 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 68 born since 1993
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gayane ranks #31,443 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,639 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 68 born since 1993, peaking in the 1990s.
- #31,443 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,639 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 68
- born since 1993
- 1990s
- peak decade
Gayane's 68 recorded births place it above 56.37% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Gayane compares
68 19th percentile among 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
Gayane's all-time total is 82% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Gayane | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 68 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 21 | 19,840 |
Gayane's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Gayane splits its recorded history at 2010: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2025 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1995 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Gayane popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2025
- Peak year (1995)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Gayane by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (24 births, 35% of the file).
1990s was Gayane's strongest decade.
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Gayane births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
24 births
- 2000s
2000s
12 births
- 2010s
2010s
21 births
- 2020s
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 24 births (35% of all-time use).
Gayane by state
Where Gayane concentrates geographically, total births since 1993
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 52 | 76.5% |
52 of 68 births nationwide.
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What to do with Gayane's data
- Gayane's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (24 total births) through the 2020s (11) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Gayanes (52 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Gayane: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1995)
Similar record span (~32 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, 1993–2025 (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 Gayane 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.