Ayanah
Girl · eye-AH-na
Ayanah is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 2,206th for girls in the UK (13 babies) and 5,916th for girls in the US (20 babies).
Where does Ayanah come from?
Spelling of Ayana; used in several cultures
- Say it
- eye-AH-na
Meaning borrowed from Ayana. More on Wiktionary.
Is Ayanah a girl's or a boy's name?
Ayanah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the UK and 20 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ayanah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,206among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 21,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the UK were named Ayanah, making it the 2,206th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,268th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 16 girls.
Half of all the girls named Ayanah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 125 girls in the UK were given Ayanah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #382, up from #2,206 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,137th in England and Wales.
Ayanah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #2,206 |
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,450 |
| 2021 | 16 | #1,882 |
| 2020 | 12 | #2,268 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 8 | #3,102 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 12 | #2,328 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
How popular is Ayanah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,916among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 80,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 20 girls in the US were named Ayanah, making it the 5,916th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 33 girls. It first appears in the records in 1995.
2025 had more girls named Ayanah than any year since 2012.
Half of all the girls named Ayanah in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 469 girls in the US were given Ayanah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #623, up from #5,916 for this spelling alone.
Ayanah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #5,916 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,599 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,610 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,459 |
| 2012 | 22 | #5,892 |
| 2011 | 17 | #7,115 |
| 2010 | 27 | #5,106 |
| 2009 | 21 | #6,314 |
| 2008 | 29 | #5,011 |
| 2007 | 33 | #4,474 |
| 2006 | 23 | #5,708 |
| 2005 | 19 | #6,240 |
| 2004 | 23 | #5,373 |
| 2003 | 24 | #5,087 |
| 2002 | 19 | #5,892 |
| 2001 | 22 | #5,169 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 16 | #6,185 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
Names like Ayanah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah Ayah Nusaybah Aaminah Safa Zainab Sumayyah Ruqayyah Amira Azeemah Abeeha Aasiyah