Aayat
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- aa-YAAT
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #531 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,130 for girls
Aayat is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “signs; verses of the Qur'an”. In 2025 it ranked 531st for girls in the UK (82 babies) and 3,130th for girls in the US (51 babies).
What does Aayat mean?
Arabic
“signs; verses of the Qur'an”
Plural of ayah, the Arabic word for a verse of the Qur'an, literally a sign.
Is Aayat a girl's or a boy's name?
Aayat is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 82 girls in the UK and 51 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aayat in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 531st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 82 about 1 in 3,400 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 82 girls in the UK were named Aayat, making it the 531st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 451st. Its busiest year was 2022, with 110 girls.
Half of all the girls named Aayat in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 520th in England and Wales and 539th in Scotland.
Aayat in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 82 | #531 |
| 2024 | 84 | #520 |
| 2023 | 73 | #570 |
| 2022 | 110 | #429 |
| 2021 | 104 | #458 |
| 2020 | 102 | #451 |
| 2019 | 70 | #621 |
| 2018 | 64 | #683 |
| 2017 | 70 | #654 |
| 2016 | 38 | #1,014 |
| 2015 | 33 | #1,132 |
| 2014 | 53 | #792 |
| 2013 | 29 | #1,261 |
| 2012 | 40 | #978 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
How popular is Aayat in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,130th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 51 about 1 in 32,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 51 girls in the US were named Aayat, making it the 3,130th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,712th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 67 girls. It first appears in the records in 2012.
Half of all the girls named Aayat in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aayat in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 51 | #3,130 |
| 2024 | 54 | #3,013 |
| 2023 | 42 | #3,638 |
| 2022 | 67 | #2,604 |
| 2021 | 45 | #3,434 |
| 2020 | 61 | #2,712 |
| 2019 | 34 | #4,161 |
| 2018 | 43 | #3,558 |
| 2017 | 42 | #3,626 |
| 2016 | 21 | #5,983 |
| 2015 | 16 | #7,263 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 23 | #5,707 |
Names like Aayat
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ayat, Rehmat, Aadhya, Ayah, Abeeha, Safa, Arya, Haniya, Ayra, Raya, Prisha, Nusaybah
Names related to Aayat
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Aayat: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aayat, updated 20 October 2026.