girls:
425 births since 1999
#5291 (7th percentile)
overall:
425 births since 1999
#7314 (5th percentile)
The name Ayani is the #7,314 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 425 recorded births since 1999. This represents the 5.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 5.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,291 (7.4% percentile) for all time with 425 births since 1999.
Ayani first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1999 (first recorded for girls in 1999).
For girls, Ayani reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 3.2% percentile (ranked #917) with 20 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 20 births per million (ranked 3.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Ayani is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #917 (3.2% percentile) with 20 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ayani".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Ayani. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 34.2% confident that Ayani is pronounced as ai-AH-nee, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is uh-YAH-nee, at 28.9% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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The raw pronunciations shown (like AY0 AA1 N IY0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.
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