Aiya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- EYE-ya
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,264 for girls
Aiya is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 4,264th for girls in the US (33 babies).
Where does Aiya come from?
Root uncertain
Is Aiya a girl's or a boy's name?
Aiya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 33 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aiya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,776th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 48% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Aiya, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,526th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 24 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Aiya than any year since 2012.
Half of all the girls named Aiya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Aiya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 12 | #2,323 |
| 2023 | 14 | #2,070 |
| 2022 | 24 | #1,406 |
| 2021 | 24 | #1,393 |
| 2020 | 21 | #1,526 |
| 2019 | 20 | #1,599 |
| 2018 | 21 | #1,577 |
| 2017 | 24 | #1,455 |
| 2016 | 21 | #1,605 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,599 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,582 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 11 | #2,298 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 1 | #5,182 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Aiya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,264th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 33 about 1 in 49,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 33 girls in the US were named Aiya, making it the 4,264th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,356th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 53 girls. It first appears in the records in 1995.
Half of all the girls named Aiya in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 49 girls in the US were given Aiya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,594, up from #4,264 for this spelling alone.
- Aiya 33
- Aiyah 16
Aiya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33 | #4,264 |
| 2024 | 47 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 53 | #3,091 |
| 2022 | 31 | #4,470 |
| 2021 | 35 | #4,087 |
| 2020 | 31 | #4,356 |
| 2019 | 44 | #3,498 |
| 2018 | 36 | #4,000 |
| 2017 | 30 | #4,574 |
| 2016 | 31 | #4,530 |
| 2015 | 40 | #3,766 |
| 2014 | 24 | #5,454 |
| 2013 | 20 | #6,252 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,452 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,432 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 18 | #7,063 |
| 2008 | 19 | #6,796 |
| 2007 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2006 | 18 | #6,838 |
| 2005 | 17 | #6,815 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
Names like Aiya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Ayah, Hafsa, Zainab, Aaliyah, Ayra, Hiba, Abeeha, Rahma, Amira, Aiza, Safaa
Other spellings of Aiya
Names related to Aiya
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, “Aiya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aiya, updated 20 October 2026.