Ayane
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ah-YAH-neh
- Origin
- Japanese
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Ayane is a girls' name of Japanese origin. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Ayane mean?
Japanese: Japanese name; meaning depends on the kanji used
A Japanese given name whose meaning depends on the characters chosen, often aya, colour or design, plus ne, sound.
Is Ayane a girl's or a boy's name?
Ayane is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ayane in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #11,928among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 230,000 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, 7 girls in the US were named Ayane, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 24 girls. It first appears in the records in 2001.
Half of all the girls named Ayane in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ayane in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 18 | #6,660 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,610 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,744 |
| 2012 | 19 | #6,573 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 17 | #7,214 |
| 2009 | 20 | #6,541 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,069 |
| 2007 | 24 | #5,706 |
| 2006 | 21 | #6,123 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 17 | #6,763 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
Names like Ayane
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah Brynlee Alaya Amaya Amira Kaliyah Zaniyah Teagan Hadassah Aliya Kennedy Sariyah
Names related to Ayane
More Japanese names
Kobe Kaizen Raiden Ren Akari Kenzo Ronin Kyomi Akira Yuna Emi Kiyomi Kairi Miya Kenji Reo
Sources
Figures from 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, “Ayane: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ayane, updated 20 October 2026.