girls:
1.4k births since 1987
#4291 (25th percentile)
boys:
23 births since 2017
#4563 (0th percentile)
overall:
1.5k births since 1987
#6277 (19th percentile)
The name Ayat is the #6,277 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,468 recorded births since 1987. This represents the 18.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 18.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,291 (24.9% percentile) for all time with 1,445 births since 1987. For boys, it ranks #4,563 (0.4% percentile) for all time with 23 births since 2017.
Ayat first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1987 (1987 for girls and 2017 for boys). Birth data for Ayat is available in 36 out of the 37 years between 1987 and 2023 (36 years for girls and 4 years for boys). 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.
The name Ayat has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 98.4% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Ayat reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 13.2% percentile (ranked #822) with 74 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 74 births per million (ranked 13.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2007, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Ayat is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #822 (13.2% percentile) with 74 births per million.
For boys, Ayat reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #928) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for boys has remained relatively stable. Currently, Ayat ranks #911 for boys (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 73.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ayat".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Ayat. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 28.6% confident that Ayat is pronounced as AH-yuht, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is uh-YAHT, at 22.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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