Ayat
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ah-YAHT
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #174 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,160 for girls
Ayat is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “signs, miracles, verses”. In 2025 it ranked 174th for girls in the UK (330 babies) and 1,160th for girls in the US (200 babies).
What does Ayat mean?
Arabic: plural of aya
“signs, miracles, verses”
In Arabic ayat are the verses of the Quran, also understood as signs of God.
Is Ayat a girl's or a boy's name?
Ayat is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 330 girls in the UK and 200 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ayat in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #174among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 330about 1 in 840 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.6%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 330 girls in the UK were named Ayat, making it the 174th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 205th.
2025 had the most girls named Ayat of any year since it first appeared, in 1999.
Half of all the girls named Ayat in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 352 girls in the UK were given Ayat or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #180.
Among girls in 2025, it was 158th in England and Wales, 324th in Scotland and 397th in Northern Ireland.
Ayat in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 330 | #174 |
| 2024 | 243 | #214 |
| 2023 | 200 | #251 |
| 2022 | 274 | #203 |
| 2021 | 276 | #205 |
| 2020 | 264 | #205 |
| 2019 | 185 | #293 |
| 2018 | 152 | #338 |
| 2017 | 135 | #376 |
| 2016 | 112 | #438 |
| 2015 | 76 | #613 |
| 2014 | 107 | #452 |
| 2013 | 63 | #701 |
| 2012 | 72 | #637 |
| 2011 | 31 | #1,165 |
| 2010 | 23 | #1,418 |
| 2009 | 16 | #1,763 |
| 2008 | 11 | #2,286 |
| 2007 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 11 | #2,061 |
| 2004 | 10 | #2,064 |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,874 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,587 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
How popular is Ayat in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,160among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 200about 1 in 8,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 45% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 200 girls in the US were named Ayat, making it the 1,160th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,623rd. It first appears in the records in 1987.
2025 had the most girls named Ayat of any year since it first appeared, in 1987.
Half of all the girls named Ayat in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 219 girls in the US were given Ayat or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,001, up from #1,160 for this spelling alone.
- Ayat 200
- Ayaat 19
Ayat in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 200 | #1,160 |
| 2024 | 123 | #1,664 |
| 2023 | 130 | #1,603 |
| 2022 | 127 | #1,659 |
| 2021 | 115 | #1,768 |
| 2020 | 128 | #1,623 |
| 2019 | 90 | #2,090 |
| 2018 | 94 | #2,059 |
| 2017 | 76 | #2,384 |
| 2016 | 68 | #2,594 |
| 2015 | 55 | #3,059 |
| 2014 | 51 | #3,182 |
| 2013 | 51 | #3,165 |
| 2012 | 59 | #2,900 |
| 2011 | 26 | #5,205 |
| 2010 | 21 | #6,180 |
| 2009 | 25 | #5,535 |
| 2008 | 26 | #5,431 |
| 2007 | 25 | #5,523 |
| 2006 | 20 | #6,354 |
| 2005 | 21 | #5,795 |
| 2004 | 21 | #5,740 |
| 2003 | 17 | #6,571 |
| 2002 | 54 | #2,776 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,099 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,158 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 16 | #5,667 |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,423 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,495 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
Names like Ayat
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ayah Safa Zainab Aaliyah Amira Hafsa Ayra Raya Amal Khadija Inaya Amaya
Other spellings of Ayat
Ayaat Ayyat
Names related to Ayat
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza Kairo
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, “Ayat: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ayat, updated 20 October 2026.