Girls' name · peaked in 2003
Ayanna name popularity since 1925
16,326 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Ayanna. Half of them were born in 2003 or earlier, so the typical Ayanna is about 23 years old in 2026. Ayanna peaked in 2003 as the #362 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 16,326
- Named Ayanna, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,368 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 100.0% girls
- 16,326 girls · 0 boys
- Most popular in
- Maryland
- 2.53× its national share
Peak year is the year Ayanna made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Ayanna births per year, 1925–2025
2003 was the biggest year for Ayanna both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1989 and 1994, Ayanna became 3.2× more common, from 1 in 18,400 baby girls to 1 in 5,720.
- Steepest fall: Between 2010 and 2015, its share of baby girls fell by 49%, from 1 in 3,680 to 1 in 7,290.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Ayanna's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Ayanna.
Decade by decade
Babies named Ayanna in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 1,547 | #863 |
| 1980s | 866 | #1,460 |
| 1990s | 3,423 | #673 |
| 2000s | 6,246 | #488 |
| 2010s | 3,058 | #1,076 |
| 2020–25 | 1,186 | #1,368 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
56.9% of babies named Ayanna from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:
Where Ayanna is most popular
The index compares Ayanna's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Ayanna.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Maryland | 2.53× | 550 |
| Georgia | 2.26× | 893 |
| Florida | 2.08× | 1,073 |
| Virginia | 1.79× | 574 |
| North Carolina | 1.59× | 644 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Ayanna and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Ayanna (this page) | 16,326 | 2003 |
| Ayana | 12,091 | 2001 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Ayanna's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Ayanna.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Ayanna (2003).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data