Aayah

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Aayah: Recorded since 2004, it reached #992 in 2020, and it stood at #1,160 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
19times a registrar ranked it
21years from first to last
#992highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2004–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2004	#3197
2006	#5061
2007	#4294
2009	#3936
2010	#3533
2011	#3185
2012	#2717
2013	#2176
2014	#2464
2015	#1961
2016	#2120
2017	#1457
2018	#1111
2019	#1218
2020	#992
2021	#1402
2022	#1326
2023	#1325
2024	#1160

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

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What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 19 of the 21 years from 2004 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2004–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2004
First recorded at #3197 among girls in England and Wales in 2004 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2004–2024
Highest recorded position: #992 among girls in England and Wales, in 2020 (recorded 2004–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1160 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Aayah by decade in England and Wales · 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 Aayah in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	17	4 of 10	4
2010s	151	10 of 10	15
2020sbusiest	133	5 of 10	27

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 27 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Aayah appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2004 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #992 in England and Wales in 2020.

Aayah'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	#1160	29	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1325	24	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1326	24	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1402	22	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#992	34	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1218	27	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1111	31	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1457	22	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2120	13	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1961	14	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2464	10	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2176	12	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2717	9	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3185	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3936	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#4294	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3197	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2004 and 2024, ranked in 19 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #992, first reached in 2020.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 34 births, registered in England and Wales in 2020.

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

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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
16 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#1,160position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
34births registered in its largest year, 202025 to 49 births →

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.

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Aayan · #328, 21y
Aayansh · #1076, 11y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Alyaan · #993, 18y
Mia-Grace · #990, 20y
Jayden-James · #996, 18y
Kaydan · #996, 23y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Alyaan · #993, 18y
Mia-Grace · #990, 20y
Jayden-James · #996, 18y
Kaydan · #996, 23y

Aayah was ranked #992 in England and Wales · Girls in 2020. 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.

Aayah 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 Aayah without appearing here.

Aayah moved ahead of

Ellinor Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3185 and #3185 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2717 and #5876.
Lorraine Compare
In 2014 they stood at #2464 and #2464 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #1961 and #4736.
Evan Compare
In 2010 they stood at #4294 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #3185 and #5785.
Denise Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2717 and #1720 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #2176 and #4739.

Moved ahead of Aayah

Harper Compare
In 2005 they stood at #3197 and #3725 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #5061 and #2137.
Fiadh Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1111 and #1436 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1218 and #1063.
Blake Compare
In 2008 they stood at #4294 and #5201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #3936 and #3936.

Moved the opposite way to Aayah

Abigail Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Aayah went from #3197 to #1160 while Abigail went from #19 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Aayah went from #3197 to #1160 while Aimee went from #47 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Aayah went from #3197 to #1160 while Aisling went from #866 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Aayah went from #3197 to #1160 while Alex went from #199 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Aayah

Ada Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Aayah went from #3197 to #1160 and Ada from #1617 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Aayah went from #3197 to #1160 and Alma from #1535 to #234.
Amelia Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Aayah went from #3197 to #1160 and Amelia from #18 to #2.
Aria Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Aayah went from #3197 to #1160 and Aria from #1715 to #35.

What's not yet available

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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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2004 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #992 in England and Wales in 2020. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Aayah

Aayah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Aayah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Aayah at a glance

Aayah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Aayah

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Aayah moved ahead of

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