How Many People Are Named Aya?
people named Aya are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 43,154 people in the US has this name
Based on 7,987 babies named Aya in Social Security records from 1972 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
469 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From Japanese 彩 (aya) meaning "colour", 綾 (aya) meaning "design", or other kanji characters with the same pronunciation.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Aya in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Aya alive today is about 12 years old, and 94% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 18 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Aya first appears in the records in 1972 and was given most often in 2024, to 469 babies. In 2025, 449 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1972 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Aya has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #630, in 2024. In 2025 it ranked #644.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #644 |
| Best rank | #630 (2024) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #922 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Aya alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Aya were born in California than in any other state: about 1,116 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Aya was given 3.6 times as often in Michigan, 2.2 times in Massachusetts and 2.1 times in Virginia.
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