Ayana

What Ayana means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Ayana yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1970, with 6 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Ayana?

US: Falling: down from #1038 in 2015. England & Wales: Steady: #461 in 2015, #490 now.

Biggest US share so far: 2001, when 385 girls got the name (#654 that year). First in the US records in 1970.

How common

• About 1 in 8,036 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 3,127 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 4,473 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in FL (0.27 per 1,000 girls), NY (0.26 per 1,000 girls), AZ (0.25 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Ayana is #1160 in the US and #490 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Ayana were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Aiyana184 US · 13 E&W
• Ayanna161 US · 17 E&W
• Iyanna99 US
• Aiyanna79 US · 3 E&W
• Iyana59 US · 10 E&W
• Ayani43 US
• Ayanah20 US · 13 E&W
• Eyana15 US · 9 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Ayana

Girls

• Hailey#104“hay + clearing”^*
• Madison#40Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1970, with 5 babies
• Maggie#294Diminutive of Margaret, meaning “pearl”^*
• Abigail#41“my Father's joy”^*
• Mackenzie#228“son, descendant + of Coinneach”^*
• Faith#254Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #90 in 2015, #254 in 2025

For a brother

• Riley#207“rye + clearing, meadow”^*
• Caleb#58possibly “dog”^*
• Cole#182“coal, coal-black”^*
• Andres#200Spanish form of Andrew, meaning “manly”^*
• Kaleb#295“dog”^*
• Hayden#161“hay + valley”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Ayana’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.