How Many People Are Named Ayo?
people named Ayo are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,505,660 people in the US has this name
Based on 234 babies named Ayo in Social Security records from 1972 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
17 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "joy" in Yoruba, or a short form of names containing that element.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Ayo, 33.6% were girls and 66.4% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ayo alive today is about 25 years old, and 60% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 45 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ayo first appears in the records in 1972 and was given most often in 2021, to 17 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.
Babies given the name each year, 1972 to 2024
🏆 Rank History
Ayo has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #4,883, in 1979. Among girls, its best rank was #6,132, in 1973.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #4,883 (1979) | #6,132 (1973) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #9,505 in the 2020s | #9,569 in the 1970s |
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