Ayanna
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- eye-AN-a
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,779 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,367 for girls
Ayanna is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 1,779th for girls in the UK (17 babies) and 1,367th for girls in the US (161 babies).
Where does Ayanna come from?
Used in several cultures
More on Wiktionary.
Is Ayanna a girl's or a boy's name?
Ayanna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls in the UK and 161 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ayanna in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,779among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 16,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the UK were named Ayanna, making it the 1,779th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,431st. Its busiest year was 2021, with 30 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Ayanna than any year since 2014.
Half of all the girls named Ayanna in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 20 girls in the UK were given Ayanna or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,359, up from #1,779 for this spelling alone.
- Ayanna 17
- Ayannah 3
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,719th in England and Wales.
Ayanna in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #1,779 |
| 2024 | 24 | #1,397 |
| 2023 | 22 | #1,497 |
| 2022 | 26 | #1,325 |
| 2021 | 30 | #1,201 |
| 2020 | 23 | #1,431 |
| 2019 | 22 | #1,485 |
| 2018 | 26 | #1,335 |
| 2017 | 28 | #1,284 |
| 2016 | 21 | #1,605 |
| 2015 | 18 | #1,739 |
| 2014 | 14 | #2,076 |
| 2013 | 17 | #1,798 |
| 2012 | 27 | #1,293 |
| 2011 | 15 | #1,917 |
| 2010 | 18 | #1,694 |
| 2009 | 15 | #1,848 |
| 2008 | 19 | #1,548 |
| 2007 | 22 | #1,327 |
| 2006 | 20 | #1,364 |
| 2005 | 10 | #2,206 |
| 2004 | 9 | #2,226 |
| 2003 | 8 | #2,320 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 8 | #2,150 |
| 2000 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 11 | #1,694 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
| 1996 | 6 | #2,469 |
How popular is Ayanna in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,367among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 161about 1 in 10,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 161 girls in the US were named Ayanna, making it the 1,367th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,156th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 847 girls. It first appears in the records in 1971.
2025 had fewer girls named Ayanna than any year since 1990.
Half of all the girls named Ayanna in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 168 girls in the US were given Ayanna or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,192, up from #1,367 for this spelling alone.
- Ayanna 161
- Ayannah 7
Ayanna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 161 | #1,367 |
| 2024 | 203 | #1,180 |
| 2023 | 208 | #1,162 |
| 2022 | 201 | #1,199 |
| 2021 | 209 | #1,169 |
| 2020 | 204 | #1,156 |
| 2019 | 185 | #1,255 |
| 2018 | 229 | #1,093 |
| 2017 | 231 | #1,096 |
| 2016 | 244 | #1,068 |
| 2015 | 245 | #1,075 |
| 2014 | 302 | #898 |
| 2013 | 325 | #824 |
| 2012 | 369 | #754 |
| 2011 | 445 | #642 |
| 2010 | 483 | #611 |
| 2009 | 469 | #636 |
| 2008 | 530 | #584 |
| 2007 | 589 | #531 |
| 2006 | 573 | #529 |
| 2005 | 626 | #488 |
| 2004 | 634 | #467 |
| 2003 | 847 | #362 |
| 2002 | 596 | #473 |
| 2001 | 726 | #401 |
| 2000 | 656 | #432 |
| 1999 | 656 | #420 |
| 1998 | 574 | #448 |
| 1997 | 515 | #485 |
| 1996 | 337 | #660 |
| 1995 | 316 | #673 |
| 1994 | 312 | #678 |
| 1993 | 224 | #862 |
| 1992 | 209 | #927 |
| 1991 | 168 | #1,074 |
| 1990 | 112 | #1,406 |
| 1989 | 100 | #1,458 |
| 1988 | 63 | #1,930 |
| 1987 | 59 | #1,917 |
| 1986 | 63 | #1,801 |
| 1985 | 85 | #1,457 |
| 1984 | 62 | #1,751 |
| 1983 | 89 | #1,346 |
| 1982 | 112 | #1,204 |
| 1981 | 124 | #1,114 |
| 1980 | 109 | #1,206 |
| 1979 | 129 | #1,069 |
| 1978 | 129 | #1,049 |
| 1977 | 176 | #844 |
| 1976 | 124 | #1,009 |
| 1975 | 155 | #863 |
| 1974 | 120 | #1,003 |
| 1973 | 177 | #761 |
| 1972 | 343 | #506 |
| 1971 | 194 | #753 |
Names like Ayanna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amira Kiara Aisha Amara Ayla Sienna Khadija Alayna Aaliyah Amaya Safa Amina
Other spellings of Ayanna
Names related to Ayanna
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, “Ayanna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ayanna, updated 20 October 2026.