Ai
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Japanese
Ai is a girls' name of Japanese origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Ai mean?
Japanese
A female given name from Japanese.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Ai a girl's or a boy's name?
Ai is a girls' name.
How popular is Ai in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1991, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 1974.
Half of all the girls named Ai in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ai in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 14 | #7,438 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 18 | #5,244 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 19 | #4,998 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,297 |
| 1989 | 12 | #6,525 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,609 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,210 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,467 |
| 1981 | 10 | #6,321 |
| 1980 | 11 | #5,911 |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
Names like Ai
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Yumi Yuri Dakota Koi Tru Kori Kaori Yuna Kiyomi Sayuri Miyori Mayumi
Names related to Ai
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Ai: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ai, updated 20 October 2026.