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Ayaka

Girl · Japanese

Ayaka is a girls' name of Japanese origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Ayaka mean?

Japanese

A female given name from Japanese.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is Ayaka a girl's or a boy's name?

Ayaka is a girls' name.

How popular is Ayaka in the UK?

No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 4 girls.

1997Busiest: 4 in 20082010
Ayaka in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20103#5,938
20094#4,795
20084#4,742
20070–
20060–
20050–
20043#4,789
20030–
20023#4,284
20010–
20000–
19990–
19983#4,026
19973#3,991

How popular is Ayaka in the US?

No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2013, with 20 girls. It first appears in the records in 1985.

Half of all the girls named Ayaka in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.

1985Busiest: 20 in 20132021
Ayaka in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20216#13,459
20205#15,083
201913#8,134
20189#10,540
20170–
201612#8,872
201512#8,926
20148#11,925
201320#6,252
201211#9,706
201111#9,719
201011#9,786
200917#7,338
200814#8,525
200714#8,516
200611#9,897
200515#7,495
200417#6,763
200317#6,571
200219#5,892
200118#6,062
200014#7,152
199914#6,830
199815#6,355
199714#6,478
199613#6,718
199513#6,636
199410#8,116
19939#8,712
199214#6,307
199116#5,653
199013#6,459
198912#6,525
198810#7,106
19876#9,820
19860–
19859#6,952

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