Ayala

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Ayala: Recorded since 1999, it reached #2,090 in 2018, and it stood at #3,695 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
23times a registrar ranked it
26years from first to last
#2090highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1999–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1999	#3225
2000	#3912
2002	#4137
2003	#3099
2005	#3970
2007	#4294
2008	#3860
2009	#5556
2010	#4688
2011	#3549
2012	#2521
2013	#2460
2014	#4003
2015	#4103
2016	#4763
2017	#3229
2018	#2090
2019	#2286
2020	#3117
2021	#2499
2022	#2888
2023	#3218
2024	#3695

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 23 of the 26 years from 1999 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1999–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1999
First recorded at #3225 among girls in England and Wales in 1999 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1999–2024
Highest recorded position: #2090 among girls in England and Wales, in 2018 (recorded 1999–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3695 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Ayala 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 Ayala in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	4	1 of 10	4
2000s	27	7 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	75	10 of 10	8
2020s	38	5 of 10	8

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 8 births a year.

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

Ayala 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 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2090 in England and Wales in 2018.

Ayala'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	#3695	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3218	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2888	8	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2499	10	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3117	7	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2286	11	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2090	13	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3229	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4103	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4003	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2460	10	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2521	10	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3549	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3860	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#4294	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3099	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	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 1999 and 2024, ranked in 23 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,090, first reached in 2018.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 13 births, registered in England and Wales in 2018.

Its record falls into 4 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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
18 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#3,695position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
13births registered in its largest year, 2018Under 25 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.

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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.

Basma · #2090, 25y
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Anirudh · #2087, 19y
Caylan · #2087, 21y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Basma · #2090, 25y
Elizabeth-Rose · #2090, 17y
Hansel · #2088, 16y
Zulqarnain · #2088, 15y

Ayala 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 Ayala without appearing here.

Ayala moved ahead of

Kristin Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4763 and #4763 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2090 and #5666.
Lene Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4688 and #4688 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2521 and #5876.
Lynette Compare
In 2011 they stood at #5556 and #4564 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2521 and #5876.
Vicki Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3970 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2521 and #5876.

Moved ahead of Ayala

Blake Compare
In 2008 they stood at #4294 and #5201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #5556 and #3936.
Fiadh Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4003 and #5691 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #4103 and #2705.
Harper Compare
In 2004 they stood at #3099 and #4373 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #3970 and #2682.
Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2286 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3117 and #1939.

Moved the opposite way to Ayala

Fiadh Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ayala went from #2460 to #3695 while Fiadh went from #5742 to #374.
Noah Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ayala went from #2460 to #3695 while Noah went from #5742 to #1743.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2090 in England and Wales in 2018. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ayala

Ayala at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ayala by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Ayala appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Ayala and the names beside it

Ayala moved ahead of

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Ayala at a glance

Ayala by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Ayala appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Ayala and the names beside it

Ayala moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Ayala

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