Ayanah

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Ayanah: Recorded since 2009, it reached #1,785 in 2021, and it stood at #3,015 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
14times a registrar ranked it
16years from first to last
#1785highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2009–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2009	#5556
2012	#4838
2013	#3536
2014	#3160
2015	#2328
2016	#3609
2017	#2925
2018	#3518
2019	#3541
2020	#2163
2021	#1785
2022	#2325
2023	#5687
2024	#3015

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 14 of the 16 years from 2009 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2009–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2009
First recorded at #5556 among girls in England and Wales in 2009 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2009–2024
Highest recorded position: #1785 among girls in England and Wales, in 2021 (recorded 2009–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3015 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Ayanah 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 Ayanah in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	3	1 of 10	3
2010s	54	8 of 10	7
2020sbusiest	50	5 of 10	10

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 10 births a year.

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

Ayanah 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 2009 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1785 in England and Wales in 2021.

Ayanah'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	#3015	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#5687	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2325	11	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1785	16	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2163	12	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3541	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3518	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2925	8	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3609	6	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2328	11	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3536	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4838	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	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 2009 and 2024, ranked in 14 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,785, first reached in 2021.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 16 births, registered in England and Wales in 2021.

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 →
13 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 →
#3,015position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
16births registered in its largest year, 2021Under 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.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Ayana · #402, 29y
Ayanna · #876, 29y
Ayansh · #785, 12y

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.

Aaliyah-Rose · #1785, 14y
Eknoor · #1785, 11y
Neeva · #1785, 16y
Skyler-Rose · #1785, 11y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Neeva · #1785, 16y
Yoana · #1785, 17y
Aaliyan · #1786, 12y
Arno · #1786, 20y

Ayanah 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 Ayanah without appearing here.

Ayanah moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5687 and #5687 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3015 and #5891.
Donna Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5687 and #5687 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3015 and #5891.
Evan Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5687 and #4709 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3015 and #5891.
Geraldine Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5687 and #4709 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3015 and #5891.

Moved ahead of Ayanah

Rory Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1785 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #2325 and #1452.
Fiadh Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2328 and #2705 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #3609 and #2757.
Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2163 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1785 and #1286.
Noah Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1785 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #2325 and #2058.

Moved the opposite way to Ayanah

Abigail Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ayanah went from #5556 to #3015 while Abigail went from #36 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ayanah went from #5556 to #3015 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ayanah went from #5556 to #3015 while Aisling went from #1287 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ayanah went from #5556 to #3015 while Alex went from #495 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Ayanah

Ada Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ayanah went from #5556 to #3015 and Ada from #547 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ayanah went from #5556 to #3015 and Alma from #1105 to #234.
Amelia Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ayanah went from #5556 to #3015 and Amelia from #9 to #2.
Aria Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ayanah went from #5556 to #3015 and Aria from #1248 to #35.

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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 2009 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1785 in England and Wales in 2021. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ayanah

Ayanah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ayanah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Ayanah appears in

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What the record shows

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Ayanah at a glance

Ayanah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Ayanah appears in

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Ayanah and the names beside it

Ayanah moved ahead of

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