girls:
16k births since 1971
#1190 (79th percentile)
overall:
16k births since 1971
#2057 (73rd percentile)
The name Ayanna is the #2,057 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 15,954 recorded births since 1971. This represents the 73.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 73.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,190 (79.2% percentile) for all time with 15,954 births since 1971.
Ayanna first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1971 (first recorded for girls in 1971).
For girls, Ayanna reached its peak popularity in 2003, achieving the 62.6% percentile (ranked #340) with 422 births per million. The name was most common in 2003, with 422 births per million (ranked 62.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2003, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Ayanna ranks #747 for girls (21.1% percentile) with 117 births per million, which is 27.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ayanna".
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Our model has identified 13 different pronunciations for the name Ayanna. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 18.6% confident that Ayanna is pronounced as ai-A-nuh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is uh-YA-nuh, at 13.6% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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