Ayda

What Ayda means

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

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1968, with 8 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Ayda?

US: Rising: up from #3092 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #620 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2022, when 102 girls got the name (#1942 that year). First in the US records in 1968.

How common

• About 1 in 21,720 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,535 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 852 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 VA (0.21 per 1,000 girls), CA (0.04 per 1,000 girls), TX (0.04 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Ayda is #2410 in the US and #275 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 Ayda were girls.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Ada1,401 US · 1,014 E&W
• Ida209 US · 126 E&W
• Aida154 US · 84 E&W
• Adah110 US · 10 E&W
• Eda22 US · 18 E&W
• Addy30 US
• Adi17 US · 7 E&W
• Aidy12 US · 5 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 Ayda

Girls

• Amora#247Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #247 vs #733 in 2025
• Lola#275Editor’s note Down from #224 in 2015 to #275 in 2025 in the US
• Leila#259Editor’s note Steady in the US: #247 in 2015 and #259 in 2025
• Camila#19Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #19 vs #1,051 in 2025
• Mia#6Editor’s note Steady in the US: #6 in 2015 and #6 in 2025. About 1 in 150 US girls in the 2025 records
• Harmony#276From the word “harmony”^*

For a brother

• Ares#290Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #722 in 2015, #290 in 2025
• Julian#25“Roman personal name”^*
• Zayden#213Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 2000, with 11 babies
• Beckham#168“homestead”^*
• Jude#155possibly “praised”^*
• Maximus#275Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1997, with 5 babies

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 Ayda’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.