Ayani
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ah-YAH-nee
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #3,516 for girls
Ayani is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,516th for girls in the US (43 babies).
Where does Ayani come from?
Modern: probably a variant of Ayana or Ayanna
Is Ayani a girl's or a boy's name?
Ayani is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 43 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ayani in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,516among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 43about 1 in 37,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 114% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 43 girls in the US were named Ayani, making it the 3,516th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,321st. It first appears in the records in 1999.
2025 had the most girls named Ayani of any year since it first appeared, in 1999.
Half of all the girls named Ayani in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 56 girls in the US were given Ayani or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,426, up from #3,516 for this spelling alone.
- Ayani 43
- Ayanni 13
Ayani in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43 | #3,516 |
| 2024 | 27 | #4,890 |
| 2023 | 35 | #4,112 |
| 2022 | 26 | #5,025 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,960 |
| 2020 | 18 | #6,321 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 19 | #6,244 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,599 |
| 2015 | 17 | #6,974 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 18 | #6,725 |
| 2012 | 19 | #6,573 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 18 | #6,901 |
| 2009 | 21 | #6,314 |
| 2008 | 25 | #5,571 |
| 2007 | 16 | #7,729 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 17 | #6,571 |
| 2002 | 19 | #5,892 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
Names like Ayani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Avani Saanvi Anvi Armani Aashvi Avaya Navi Dhriti Anvika Aarvi Aarohi Adhara
Other spellings of Ayani
Names related to Ayani
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
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, “Ayani: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ayani, updated 20 October 2026.