How Many People Are Named Ayako?
people named Ayako are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,513,123 people in the US has this name
Based on 543 babies named Ayako in Social Security records from 1908 to 2019, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
30 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From Japanese 彩 (aya) meaning "colour", 綾 (aya) meaning "design" or 絢 (aya) meaning "brilliant fabric design, kimono design" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other combinations of kanji characters are also possible.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Ayako in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ayako alive today is about 40 years old, and 69% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 30 and 44 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ayako first appears in the records in 1908 and was given most often in 1918, to 30 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2019.
Babies given the name each year, 1908 to 2019
🏆 Rank History
Ayako has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,414, in 1918.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,414 (1918) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,914 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ayako alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ayako were born in California than in any other state: about 8 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ayako was given 186.2 times as often in Hawaii and 15.5 times in California.
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