Ayda

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Ayda: Recorded since 1999, it reached #82 in 2020, and it stood at #148 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
46times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#82highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1999–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1999	#2770
2009	#1837
2010	#1180
2011	#1043
2012	#679
2013	#750
2014	#597
2015	#620
2016	#396
2017	#362
2018	#239
2019	#188
2020	#147
2021	#194
2022	#203
2023	#216
2024	#252

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 17 of the 26 years from 1999 to 2024.

In 2024: #103 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #157 among girls in Scotland, #169 among girls in Northern Ireland, #252 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1999–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1999
First recorded at #2770 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 recorded2010–2024
Highest recorded position: #82 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2020 (recorded 2010–2024).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #148 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Ayda appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 17 years beginning in 1999, and has registered 2,312 births with the name.

Ayda across 3 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.

Ayda'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	#2770 (1999)	#147 (2020)	#252 (2024)	17 of 26	2,312 (1999–2024)	344 (2020)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#742 (2009)	#84 (2022)	#148 (2025)	17 of 17	438 (2009–2025)	65 (2022)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#430 (2010)	#82 (2020)	#169 (2024)	11 of 15	158 (2010–2024)	26 (2020)

Ayda 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 Ayda in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	5	1 of 10	5
2000s	14	1 of 10	14
2010s	1,024	10 of 10	102
2020sbusiest	1,269	5 of 10	254

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 254 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2019 and 2020, when recorded births rose by 82, from 262 to 344.

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

Ayda 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 4 regions, from 1999 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #82 in Northern Ireland in 2020.

Ayda'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	#252	192	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#216	219	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#203	247	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#194	267	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#147	344	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#188	262	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#239	210	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#362	129	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#396	114	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#620	67	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#597	69	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#750	52	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#679	61	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1043	33	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1180	27	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1837	14	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2770	5	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#169	11	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#102	20	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#114	19	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#89	25	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#82	26	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#113	19	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#130	18	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#206	9	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#358	4	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#365	4	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#430	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#148	31	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#103	47	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#95	53	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#84	65	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#113	48	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#107	47	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#117	47	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#162	32	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#430	9	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#359	12	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#378	12	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#661	5	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#660	5	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#474	9	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#612	6	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#593	6	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#742	4	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#157	27	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1999 and 2025, ranked in 18 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #82, first reached in 2020.

It held a top-100 place in 4 years, 4 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 344 births, registered in England and Wales in 2020.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 9 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2009, and 25 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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Ayden · #288, 30y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 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.

Jax · #87, 23y
Maeva · #70, 22y
Charlize · #99, 21y
Rachelle · #100, 23y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Skyla · #82, 28y
Wyatt · #82, 29y
Khloe · #83, 29y
Marnie · #81, 30y

Ayda was ranked #82 in Northern Ireland · 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.

Ayda 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 Ayda without appearing here.

Ayda moved ahead of

Evan Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2770 and #2770 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #1043 and #5785.
Kristy Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2770 and #752 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #1837 and #5556.
Brittany Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2770 and #101 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1180 and #4688.
Debra Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2770 and #2189 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1180 and #4688.

Moved ahead of Ayda

Aria Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2770 and #3225 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #1837 and #1248.
Ivy Compare
In 2011 they stood at #612 and #937 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2012 that had become #474 and #371.
Harper Compare
In 2011 they stood at #742 and #893 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2012 that had become #474 and #398.
Éala Compare
In 2022 they stood at #84 and #91 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2023 that had become #95 and #53.

Moved the opposite way to Ayda

Abigail Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ayda went from #2770 to #252 while Abigail went from #20 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ayda went from #2770 to #252 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ayda went from #2770 to #252 while Aisling went from #410 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ayda went from #2770 to #252 while Alex went from #204 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Ayda

Ada Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ayda went from #2770 to #252 and Ada from #2189 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ayda went from #2770 to #252 and Alma from #3225 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ayda went from #2770 to #252 and Alyssa from #483 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ayda went from #2770 to #252 and Amalie from #2770 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 4 regions, from 1999 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #82 in Northern Ireland in 2020. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ayda

Ayda at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ayda across 3 official records

Ayda by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Ayda appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Ayda at a glance

Ayda across 3 official records

Ayda by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Ayda appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Ayda

Ayda and the names beside it

Ayda moved ahead of

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