girls:
7.1k births since 1972
#1947 (66th percentile)
overall:
7.1k births since 1972
#3208 (59th percentile)
The name Aya is the #3,208 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 7,060 recorded births since 1972. This represents the 58.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 58.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,947 (65.9% percentile) for all time with 7,060 births since 1972.
Aya first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1972 (first recorded for girls in 1972). Birth data for Aya is available in 51 out of the 52 years between 1972 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Aya reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 40.1% percentile (ranked #568) with 236 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 236 births per million (ranked 40.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1983, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Aya is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #568 (40.1% percentile) with 236 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Aya".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Aya. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 51.2% confident that Aya is pronounced as AI-uh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AH-yuh, at 39.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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