Ayanda
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ah-YAN-da
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
Ayanda is a girls' name, meaning “they are increasing”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies).
What does Ayanda mean?
Zulu and Xhosa, from -anda 'to increase'
“they are increasing”
A southern African Nguni name, often given to a child who adds to a growing family.
Is Ayanda a girl's or a boy's name?
Ayanda is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ayanda 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 57% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Ayanda, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 8 girls.
2025 had more girls named Ayanda than any year since 2006.
Half of all the girls named Ayanda in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Ayanda in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 2 | #7,579 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 1 | #7,592 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,657 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 1 | #5,280 |
Names like Ayanda
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aisha, Anaya, Prisha, Akshara, Arisha, Anvika, Advika, Anika, Anya, Avira, Arya, Anisha
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ayanda: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ayanda, updated 20 October 2026.