Ayaana

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Ayaana: Recorded since 2003, it reached #729 in 2018, and it stood at #2,771 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
20times a registrar ranked it
22years from first to last
#729highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2003–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2003	#4373
2006	#5061
2007	#2895
2008	#3005
2009	#2759
2010	#2392
2011	#1665
2012	#1130
2013	#882
2014	#1040
2015	#965
2016	#897
2017	#733
2018	#729
2019	#1063
2020	#1065
2021	#1311
2022	#1245
2023	#1863
2024	#2771

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 England and Wales in 20 of the 22 years from 2003 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2003–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2003
First recorded at #4373 among girls in England and Wales in 2003 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2003–2024
Highest recorded position: #729 among girls in England and Wales, in 2018 (recorded 2003–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2771 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Ayaana 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 Ayaana in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	28	5 of 10	6
2010sbusiest	352	10 of 10	35
2020s	105	5 of 10	21

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 35 births a year.

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

Ayaana 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 2003 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #729 in England and Wales in 2018.

Ayaana'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	#2771	9	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1863	15	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1245	26	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1311	24	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1065	31	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1063	32	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#729	54	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#733	55	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#897	41	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#965	37	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1040	34	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#882	42	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1130	30	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1665	17	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2392	10	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2759	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3005	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2895	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	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 2003 and 2024, ranked in 20 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #729, first reached in 2018.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 55 births, registered in England and Wales in 2017.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

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 →
19 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#2,771position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
55births registered in its largest year, 201750 to 99 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.

Aya · #154, 35y
Ayaan · #104, 27y
Ayaat · #682, 19y
Ayaaz · #1363, 17y

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.

Ariyan · #729, 22y
Anniyah · #731, 19y
Obie · #731, 21y
Chace · #734, 24y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Ariyan · #729, 22y
Christiano · #730, 15y
Delvin · #730, 13y
Efraim · #730, 16y

Ayaana was ranked #729 in England and Wales · Girls in 2018. 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.

Ayaana 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 Ayaana without appearing here.

Ayaana moved ahead of

Kai Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2759 and #2326 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #2392 and #5707.
Debra Compare
In 2007 they stood at #5061 and #4157 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #3005 and #5545.
Freddie Compare
In 2007 they stood at #5061 and #3548 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #3005 and #5545.
Maren Compare
In 2007 they stood at #5061 and #5061 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #3005 and #5545.

Moved ahead of Ayaana

Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1863 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2771 and #1743.
Arlo Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1245 and #1849 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1863 and #1469.
Rory Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1245 and #1452 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1863 and #1469.
Ezra Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1065 and #1164 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1311 and #983.

Moved the opposite way to Ayaana

Kristin Compare
Between 2003 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Ayaana went from #4373 to #1863 while Kristin went from #1722 to #5687.
Tracey Compare
Between 2003 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Ayaana went from #4373 to #1863 while Tracey went from #2191 to #5687.
Carol Compare
Between 2003 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Ayaana went from #4373 to #1311 while Carol went from #1722 to #3519.
Evan Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ayaana went from #5061 to #2771 while Evan went from #3548 to #5891.

Moved the same way as Ayaana

Eabha Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ayaana went from #5061 to #2771 and Eabha from #5061 to #1262.
Francis Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ayaana went from #5061 to #2771 and Francis from #5061 to #2574.
Teddy Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ayaana went from #882 to #2771 and Teddy from #2460 to #5891.

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 2003 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #729 in England and Wales in 2018. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ayaana

Ayaana at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ayaana by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Ayaana at a glance

Ayaana by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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