Aiyah
Girl · EYE-ya
Aiyah is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).
Where does Aiyah come from?
Spelling of Aiya; root uncertain
- Say it
- EYE-ya
Meaning borrowed from Aiya.
Is Aiyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Aiyah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 16 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aiyah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 54% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Aiyah, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 10 girls.
Half of all the girls named Aiyah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Aiyah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,590 |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
How popular is Aiyah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,837among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 100,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the US were named Aiyah, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 18 girls. It first appears in the records in 1998.
Half of all the girls named Aiyah in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 49 girls in the US were given Aiyah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,594, up from #6,837 for this spelling alone.
- Aiya 33
- Aiyah 16
Aiyah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,837 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 18 | #6,404 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,276 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,694 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,405 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
Names like Aiyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ayah Safa Aaliyah Zainab Nusaybah Hafsa Abeeha Ruqayyah Sumayyah Hiba Aafiyah Rahma