How rare is the name Ayana?

9,522 people in the United States have the first name Ayana, about 1 in 31,719. It ranks #2,546 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

AYANA

#2,546

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,522
About
1 in 31,719
This common or more
80.1%
Who bears it

Of the 9,522 people named Ayana, 61.7% reported their origin as Black, 15.3% as Hispanic or Latino and 9% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Ayana peaked in 2006, when 405 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19702025
Peak year
2006
Births that year
405
In 2025*
200 ▼51%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 12,096 babies have been given the name since 1970. 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.

Ayana by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #1,338. The largest share of babies named Ayana, 45.3%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1970s#1,9411,016
1980s#2,306912
1990s#1,4632,511
2000s#1,3383,678
2010s#1,8212,671
2020s#2,1091,308
Generation X 1965–809.4%
Millennials 1981–9620.3%
Generation Z 1997–1245.3%
2013 and later25%

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 Ayana is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ayana has been most common in Florida (2.4×), Georgia (2×), and Maryland (2×), and least common in Minnesota (0.2×).

9,844 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 Ayana

#2,544 Santana · 9,527#2,545 Dionne · 9,523#2,547 Art · 9,521#2,548 Ever · 9,512

Spelled almost the same

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

#2,093 Ayanna · 12,867#4,154 Ayan · 4,622#19,129 Ayiana · 558#23,000 Ayano · 429#25,865 Ayanah · 364#27,176 Ayane · 338#30,089 Ayani · 291#31,031 Ayona · 278

Also a last name

As a last name, Ayana ranks #67,683 of 156,621, with 314 people. See Ayana as a last name

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