Aya

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Aya: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Aya: Recorded since 1989, its highest recorded position is #154, and it stood at #206 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
88times a registrar ranked it
37years from first to last
#154highest recorded position
14groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1168
1997	#1543
1998	#1165
1999	#1393
2000	#969
2001	#779
2002	#689
2003	#742
2004	#687
2005	#562
2006	#601
2007	#549
2008	#595
2009	#474
2010	#512
2011	#486
2012	#454
2013	#432
2014	#432
2015	#405
2016	#362
2017	#358
2018	#317
2019	#336
2020	#330
2021	#250
2022	#263
2023	#223
2024	#232

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 35 of the 37 years from 1989 to 2025.

In 2025: #206 among girls in Norway, #483 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1989–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1989
First recorded at #517 among girls in Norway in 1989 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1989–2025
Highest recorded position: #154 among girls in Norway, in 2024 (recorded 1989–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #206 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls

Aya appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 35 years beginning in 1989, and has registered 588 births with the name.

Aya across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Aya's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Girls	#517 (1989)	#154 (2024)	#206 (2025)	35 of 37	588 (1989–2025)	31 (2024)
England and Wales · Girls	#1168 (1996)	#223 (2023)	#232 (2024)	29 of 29	2,601 (1996–2024)	209 (2023)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#512 (2002)	#320 (2024)	#483 (2025)	21 of 24	128 (2002–2025)	12 (2024)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#432 (2017)	#391 (2023)	#391 (2023)	2 of 7	6 (2017–2023)	3 (2017)

Aya by decade in Norway · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Aya in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1980s	7	1 of 10	7
1990s	53	8 of 10	7
2000s	167	10 of 10	17
2010sbusiest	230	10 of 10	23
2020s	131	6 of 10	22

Across Norway · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 23 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Aya appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1989 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #154 in Norway in 2024.

Aya's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#232	206	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#223	209	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#263	173	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#250	192	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#330	139	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#336	135	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#317	150	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#358	131	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#362	131	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#405	112	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#432	101	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#432	98	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#454	99	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#486	88	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#512	79	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#474	86	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#595	63	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#549	67	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#601	56	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#562	59	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#687	42	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#742	37	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#689	38	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#779	31	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#969	22	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1393	13	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1165	17	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1543	11	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1168	16	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#391	3	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#432	3	High	Verified
2025	Norway	female	#206	21	High	Verified
2024	Norway	female	#154	31	High	Verified
2023	Norway	female	#211	21	High	Verified
2022	Norway	female	#182	24	High	Verified
2021	Norway	female	#222	18	High	Verified
2020	Norway	female	#262	16	High	Verified
2019	Norway	female	#225	21	High	Verified
2018	Norway	female	#175	30	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#178	30	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#268	19	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#239	22	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#231	24	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#263	20	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#255	21	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#268	20	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#249	23	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#252	21	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#271	19	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#260	19	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#263	18	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#251	20	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#237	21	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#337	11	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#225	21	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#435	7	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#367	10	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#391	9	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#392	9	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#490	6	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#369	10	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#612	4	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#562	5	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#537	6	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#633	4	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#517	7	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#483	7	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#320	12	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#404	9	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#502	7	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#586	6	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#444	8	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#362	11	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#512	7	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#524	7	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#750	4	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#660	5	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#876	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#612	6	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#937	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#758	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#641	5	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#665	5	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#624	5	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#464	7	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#655	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#512	4	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#431	7	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1989 and 2025, ranked in 35 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #154, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 209 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 35 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Axl · #415, 23y
Axton · #1162, 11y
Ayaan · #104, 27y
Ayaana · #729, 20y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Maximilian · #149, 38y
Rayan · #145, 30y
Ayesha · #165, 33y
Liana · #166, 34y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Eimhear · #154, 26y
Lochlainn · #154, 25y
Shaunna · #154, 18y
Lennon · #153, 31y

Aya was ranked #154 in Norway · Girls in 2024. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Aya and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Aya without appearing here.

Aya moved ahead of

Kristy Compare
In 2000 they stood at #969 and #876 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #779 and #1439.
Deirdre Compare
In 2018 they stood at #876 and #876 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2019 that had become #362 and #871.
Carmel Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1393 and #1160 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #969 and #1475.
Janet Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1393 and #1261 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #969 and #1475.

Moved ahead of Aya

Violet Compare
In 2013 they stood at #612 and #768 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2014 that had become #876 and #458.
Aurora Compare
In 2009 they stood at #641 and #893 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2010 that had become #758 and #475.
Florence Compare
In 2007 they stood at #464 and #635 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2008 that had become #665 and #430.
Mila Compare
In 2010 they stood at #512 and #616 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #486 and #261.

Moved the opposite way to Aya

Camilla Compare
Between 1989 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Aya went from #517 to #206 while Camilla went from #3 to #279.
Hanne Compare
Between 1989 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Aya went from #517 to #206 while Hanne went from #15 to #318.
Heidi Compare
Between 1989 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Aya went from #517 to #206 while Heidi went from #29 to #437.
Hilde Compare
Between 1989 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Aya went from #517 to #206 while Hilde went from #32 to #506.

Moved the same way as Aya

Amanda Compare
Between 1989 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Aya went from #517 to #206 and Amanda from #165 to #52.
Annie Compare
Between 1989 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Aya went from #517 to #206 and Annie from #439 to #214.
Åse Compare
Between 1989 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Aya went from #517 to #206 and Åse from #185 to #93.
Ella Compare
Between 1989 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Aya went from #517 to #206 and Ella from #478 to #4.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1989 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #154 in Norway in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Aya

Aya at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Aya across 4 official records

Aya by decade in Norway · Girls

Aya appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

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Aya and the names beside it

Aya moved ahead of

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Aya at a glance

Aya across 4 official records

Aya by decade in Norway · Girls

Aya appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Aya

Aya and the names beside it

Aya moved ahead of

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