Aya
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 212 babies a year in England and Wales.
How Aya has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #892 |
| 2016 | #859 |
| 2017 | #783 |
| 2018 | #749 |
| 2019 | #734 |
| 2020 | #786 |
| 2021 | #803 |
| 2022 | #749 |
| 2023 | #697 |
| 2024 | #630 |
| 2025 | #644 |
Aya by the numbers
In 2025, 212 babies in England and Wales were named Aya. In the US, 344 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 England and Wales than in the US.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
What we can tell you about Aya
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 Aya. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Aya
Names that are said the same way as Aya, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Ayahsign, verse of the Quran338 in England and Wales (2025)