Ayanna

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Ayanna: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #876 in 2014, and it stood at #898 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
31times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#876highest recorded position
6groupings 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	#2350
1997	#2738
1998	#1571
1999	#3225
2000	#2167
2001	#2023
2002	#4137
2003	#2436
2004	#2112
2005	#2084
2006	#1280
2007	#1296
2008	#1447
2009	#1909
2010	#1653
2011	#1903
2012	#1297
2013	#1707
2014	#1966
2015	#1711
2016	#1525
2017	#1219
2018	#1314
2019	#1497
2020	#1352
2021	#1161
2022	#1326
2023	#1469
2024	#1353

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 every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #898 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1353 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2350 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2014–2024
Highest recorded position: #876 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2014 (recorded 2014–2024).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1353 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Ayanna appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 462 births with the name.

Ayanna across 2 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.

Ayanna'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
England and Wales · Girls	#2350 (1996)	#1161 (2021)	#1353 (2024)	29 of 29	462 (1996–2024)	29 (2021)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#876 (2014)	#876 (2014)	#898 (2024)	2 of 11	6 (2014–2024)	3 (2014)

Ayanna 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 Ayanna in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	26	4 of 10	7
2000s	117	10 of 10	12
2010s	198	10 of 10	20
2020sbusiest	121	5 of 10	24

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 24 births a year.

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

Ayanna 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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #876 in Republic of Ireland in 2014.

Ayanna'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	#1353	24	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1469	21	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1326	24	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1161	29	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1352	23	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1497	20	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1314	25	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1219	28	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1525	21	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1711	17	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1966	14	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1707	17	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1297	25	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1903	14	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1653	17	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1909	13	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1447	19	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1296	21	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1280	20	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2084	10	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2112	9	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2436	7	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2023	8	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2167	7	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1571	11	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2738	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2350	6	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#898	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#876	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #876, first reached in 2014.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 29 births, registered in England and Wales in 2021.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2014, and 18 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.

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Ayanah · #1785, 14y
Ayansh · #785, 12y
Ayat · #193, 26y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Jumana · #876, 27y
Reema · #874, 29y
Alejandra · #873, 25y
Kyara · #873, 24y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Ellie-ann · #876, 20y
Jumana · #876, 27y
Khaya · #876, 16y
Ksenia · #876, 23y

Ayanna was ranked #876 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2014. 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.

Ayanna 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 Ayanna without appearing here.

Ayanna moved ahead of

Maren Compare
In 2005 they stood at #4137 and #4137 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #1280 and #5061.
Malin Compare
In 2007 they stood at #4137 and #4137 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #1447 and #3860.
Jordan Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1909 and #1837 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1653 and #4012.
Brittany Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2084 and #1500 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #1280 and #3548.

Moved ahead of Ayanna

Audrey Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2350 and #2683 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #2738 and #1666.
Ada Compare
In 1998 they stood at #1571 and #3142 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #3225 and #2189.
Mila Compare
In 1998 they stood at #1571 and #2701 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #3225 and #2189.
Blake Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1966 and #2203 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #1711 and #1240.

Moved the opposite way to Ayanna

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ayanna went from #2350 to #1353 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ayanna went from #2350 to #1353 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ayanna went from #2350 to #1353 while Aisling went from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ayanna went from #2350 to #1353 while Alex went from #161 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Ayanna

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ayanna went from #2350 to #1353 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ayanna went from #2350 to #1353 and Alma from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ayanna went from #2350 to #1353 and Alyssa from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ayanna went from #2350 to #1353 and Amalie from #2096 to #1128.

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.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #876 in Republic of Ireland in 2014. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ayanna

Ayanna at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ayanna across 2 official records

Ayanna by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Ayanna across 2 official records

Ayanna by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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