Ayen
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AH-yen
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Ayen is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
Where does Ayen come from?
Uncertain; used among the Dinka of South Sudan
Is Ayen a girl's or a boy's name?
Ayen is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ayen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 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, 6 girls in the US were named Ayen, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 10 girls. It first appears in the records in 2004.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the girls named Ayen in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ayen in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
Names like Ayen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Teagan Braelynn Brynlee Sevyn Rynlee Oaklynn Lakelynn Ayleen Lennon Reign Briar Aylin
Names related to Ayen
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, “Ayen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ayen, updated 20 October 2026.