How rare is the name Aya?

7,553 people in the United States have the first name Aya, about 1 in 39,988. It ranks #2,973 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

AYA

#2,973

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,553
About
1 in 39,988
This common or more
81.3%
Who bears it

Of the 7,553 people named Aya, 59.2% reported their origin as White, 17% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 11.1% as two or more races. 99.4% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Aya peaked in 2024, when 469 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19722025
Peak year
2024
Births that year
469
In 2025*
449 ▼4%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 7,987 babies have been given the name since 1972. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Aya by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,373. The largest share of babies named Aya, 58.4%, were born in 2013 or later.

1970s#10,54765
1980s#6,728183
1990s#3,837587
2000s#2,2181,779
2010s#1,6962,956
2020s#1,3732,417
Generation X 1965–801%
Millennials 1981–966.1%
Generation Z 1997–1234.5%
2013 and later58.4%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Aya is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Aya has been most common in Michigan (2.8×), Virginia (2.3×), and Florida (1.8×), and least common in Indiana (0.29×).

6,334 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Aya

#2,971 Patricio · 7,562#2,972 Binh · 7,556#2,974 Aleksandra · 7,552#2,974 Kristofer · 7,552

Spelled almost the same

5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Aya, most common first.

#5,558 Ayah · 3,060#8,592 Aye · 1,683#16,212 Ayo · 700#30,816 Ay · 281#44,846 Ayu · 153

Also a last name

As a last name, Aya ranks #84,231 of 156,621, with 240 people. See Aya as a last name

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