Ayana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- eye-AH-na
- UK rank, 2025
- #511 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,160 for girls
Ayana is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 511th for girls in the UK (85 babies) and 1,160th for girls in the US (200 babies).
Where does Ayana come from?
Used in several cultures
More on Wiktionary.
Is Ayana a girl's or a boy's name?
Ayana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 85 girls in the UK and 200 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ayana in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #511among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 85about 1 in 3,300 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 85 girls in the UK were named Ayana, making it the 511th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 478th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 108 girls.
Half of all the girls named Ayana in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 125 girls in the UK were given Ayana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #382, up from #511 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 490th in England and Wales and 632nd in Scotland.
Ayana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 85 | #511 |
| 2024 | 82 | #533 |
| 2023 | 64 | #637 |
| 2022 | 86 | #508 |
| 2021 | 68 | #617 |
| 2020 | 92 | #478 |
| 2019 | 108 | #436 |
| 2018 | 81 | #569 |
| 2017 | 89 | #526 |
| 2016 | 86 | #540 |
| 2015 | 99 | #482 |
| 2014 | 88 | #536 |
| 2013 | 96 | #484 |
| 2012 | 63 | #705 |
| 2011 | 72 | #617 |
| 2010 | 52 | #761 |
| 2009 | 38 | #947 |
| 2008 | 28 | #1,141 |
| 2007 | 11 | #2,198 |
| 2006 | 15 | #1,681 |
| 2005 | 12 | #1,912 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 8 | #2,320 |
| 2002 | 8 | #2,231 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,587 |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
How popular is Ayana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,160among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 200about 1 in 8,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 200 girls in the US were named Ayana, making it the 1,160th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,246th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 405 girls. It first appears in the records in 1970.
2025 had fewer girls named Ayana than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Ayana in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 469 girls in the US were given Ayana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #623, up from #1,160 for this spelling alone.
Ayana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 200 | #1,160 |
| 2024 | 221 | #1,105 |
| 2023 | 249 | #1,016 |
| 2022 | 235 | #1,069 |
| 2021 | 221 | #1,116 |
| 2020 | 182 | #1,246 |
| 2019 | 202 | #1,175 |
| 2018 | 245 | #1,048 |
| 2017 | 225 | #1,120 |
| 2016 | 278 | #967 |
| 2015 | 256 | #1,038 |
| 2014 | 251 | #1,032 |
| 2013 | 261 | #964 |
| 2012 | 304 | #876 |
| 2011 | 298 | #875 |
| 2010 | 351 | #783 |
| 2009 | 360 | #784 |
| 2008 | 350 | #818 |
| 2007 | 359 | #800 |
| 2006 | 405 | #700 |
| 2005 | 383 | #713 |
| 2004 | 364 | #730 |
| 2003 | 369 | #707 |
| 2002 | 367 | #683 |
| 2001 | 385 | #654 |
| 2000 | 336 | #697 |
| 1999 | 298 | #749 |
| 1998 | 305 | #722 |
| 1997 | 251 | #824 |
| 1996 | 247 | #820 |
| 1995 | 278 | #737 |
| 1994 | 276 | #750 |
| 1993 | 265 | #778 |
| 1992 | 211 | #919 |
| 1991 | 208 | #921 |
| 1990 | 172 | #1,040 |
| 1989 | 146 | #1,129 |
| 1988 | 79 | #1,635 |
| 1987 | 74 | #1,646 |
| 1986 | 68 | #1,716 |
| 1985 | 60 | #1,855 |
| 1984 | 69 | #1,604 |
| 1983 | 91 | #1,319 |
| 1982 | 92 | #1,345 |
| 1981 | 110 | #1,193 |
| 1980 | 118 | #1,150 |
| 1979 | 107 | #1,210 |
| 1978 | 116 | #1,117 |
| 1977 | 139 | #983 |
| 1976 | 187 | #766 |
| 1975 | 147 | #896 |
| 1974 | 102 | #1,133 |
| 1973 | 89 | #1,200 |
| 1972 | 91 | #1,181 |
| 1971 | 32 | #2,375 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
Names like Ayana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aisha Amira Khadija Anaya Amaya Amara Aaliyah Safa Ayla Amina Maya Hana
Other spellings of Ayana
Names related to Ayana
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, “Ayana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ayana, updated 20 October 2026.