Ayana
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Ayana
With diverse roots and meanings, Ayana is a cross-cultural possibility with Arabic, African, and Kazakh origin. Both Ayana and Ayanna enjoyed a spike of popularity in the 1990s, but have faded since then, though 246 girls were given the name in the US in a recent year, placing it just outside the Top 1000. It appeared in the Kazakhstani top 15 multiple times in the 2010s and recently ranked in the UK Top 500.
Ayana is also given to boys.
Pronounced ah-YAH-nuh.
As of October 2026, Ayana ranked #1161 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #654 in 2001.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,032 | 251 | 140.5 |
| 2015 | #1,040 | 256 | 143.4 |
| 2016 | #968 | 278 | 156.9 |
| 2017 | #1,121 | 225 | 130.3 |
| 2018 | #1,049 | 245 | 144 |
| 2019 | #1,174 | 202 | 120.4 |
| 2020 | #1,248 | 182 | 112.6 |
| 2021 | #1,116 | 221 | 134.7 |
| 2022 | #1,073 | 234 | 142.7 |
| 2023 | #1,016 | 249 | 155.2 |
| 2024 | #1,107 | 220 | 135.8 |
| 2025 | #1,161 | 200 | 124.4 |
World rankings
Ayana for girls
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- Ayana TaketatsuGirl
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- AyanaGirl
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- Ayana TsubakiGirl
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- Ayana V. JacksonGirl
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- Paloma Ayana Stoecker aka DelilahGirl
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Ayana in pop culture
- "AyanaGirl
" short story by Stephen King and its main character, a blind girl with healing powers
- AyanaGirl
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