Aya
Rank in 2025
#644
recorded as girls
Babies in 2025
449
girls 449
Peak year
2024
469 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
7,987
since 1972
Born an Aya? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Aya was most popular in 2024, when 469 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.29 per 1,000). In 2025, 449 babies were named Aya, ranking #644 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 26%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 449 | 644 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 469 | 630 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 415 | 695 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 388 | 745 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 351 | 803 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 345 | 789 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 384 | 738 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 368 | 749 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 350 | 785 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 327 | 861 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 309 | 892 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 272 | 979 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 236 | 1046 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 253 | 999 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 222 | 1111 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 235 | 1054 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 214 | 1174 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 209 | 1216 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 206 | 1215 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 176 | 1327 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 179 | 1259 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 176 | 1239 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 161 | 1291 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 177 | 1161 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 171 | 1193 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 110 | 1602 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 93 | 1732 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 86 | 1801 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 87 | 1749 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 56 | 2340 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 58 | 2282 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 49 | 2541 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 46 | 2639 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 43 | 2777 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 33 | 3301 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 36 | 3078 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 20 | 4522 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 22 | 4015 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 27 | 3331 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 20 | 4028 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 17 | 4455 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 22 | 3613 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 12 | 5457 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 13 | 5209 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 17 | 4344 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 13 | 5245 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 10 | 6189 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 12 | 5214 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 15 | 4425 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 7 | 7296 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 9 | 5776 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 5 | 8423 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 7 | 6558 | <5 | — |
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Where Aya is most popular
- Michigan2.8×
- Virginia2.1×
- Massachusetts2.1×
- Washington1.7×
- New York1.7×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.