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Ayano

Gender
Girl
Origin
Japanese

Ayano is a girls' name of Japanese origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Ayano mean?

Japanese

A female given name from Japanese.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is Ayano a girl's or a boy's name?

Ayano is a girls' name.

How popular is Ayano in the US?

No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 11 girls. It first appears in the records in 1913.

Half of all the girls named Ayano in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.

1913Busiest: 11 in 20042015
Ayano in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20156#14,477
20145#16,507
20130–
20129#11,251
20115#16,756
20105#16,985
20096#15,236
20087#13,827
20079#11,626
20060–
20050–
200411#9,259
20030–
20025#15,426
20018#11,013
20005#15,024
19998#10,338
19989#9,254
19977#10,831
19960–
19955#13,380
19940–
19930–
19925#13,308
19910–
19906#11,403
19890–
19880–
19870–
19860–
19850–
19840–
19830–
19820–
19810–
19800–
19790–
19780–
19770–
19760–
19750–
19740–
19730–
19720–
19710–
19700–
19690–
19680–
19670–
19660–
19650–
19640–
19630–
19620–
19610–
19600–
19590–
19580–
19570–
19560–
19550–
19540–
19530–
19520–
19510–
19500–
19490–
19480–
19470–
19460–
19450–
19440–
19430–
19420–
19410–
19400–
19390–
19380–
19370–
19360–
19350–
19340–
19330–
19320–
19310–
19300–
19290–
19280–
19270–
19260–
19250–
19240–
19230–
19220–
19210–
19200–
19190–
19180–
19170–
19160–
19150–
19140–
19135#3,185

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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, “Ayano: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ayano, updated 20 October 2026.