Aiyana

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 318 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
318
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#2138
13 babies

How Aiyana has moved

US popularity rank, 2015–2021. Lower is more popular.
#713#892#1070201520172021#967

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YearUS rank
2015#833
2016#794
2017#846
2018#989
2021#967

Aiyana by the numbers

In 2025, 13 babies in England and Wales were named Aiyana. In the US, 318 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.

Its American peak was 542 babies in 2010, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Aiyana

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Aiyana. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Aryananoble or honorable; a form of Ariana206 in the US (2017)
  • Aliyanaexalted; a modern spelling of Aliyah182 in the US (2017)
  • Alyanaexalted; a modern spelling of Aliyah83 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Ariyanavery holy; a modern spelling of Ariana, form of Ariadne85 in the US (2017)
  • Ailanabright, fair; feminine form of alan20 in the US (2017)
  • Aidanamy father is a judge; a form of Aidan9 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Aiyana

Names that are said the same way as Aiyana, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Anaiyahgod has answered; a form of Anayah or Hannah24 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Aaniyahgift of god; a form of Anya or Aniyah43 in the US (2017)
  • Aayanaa form of Ayana, swift or quick moving3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Aniyah1,107 in the US (2017)
  • Aniya385 in the US (2017)
  • Aiyanna169 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Aiyana

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