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Aya

Girl's name · #644 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

Popularity over time

Aya reached its best rank, #630, in 2024 and ranked #644 in 2025. About 8,000 girls have carried it since 1972.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 29 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#24 in Denmark (2025) · #49 in France (2025) · #50 in Belgium (2025) · #83 in Spain (2024) · #89 in Netherlands (2025) · #155 in Switzerland (2025) · #169 in Sweden (2025) · #206 in Norway (2025) · #221 in England & Wales (2025) · #353 in Poland (2025) · #361 in Scotland (2025) · #409 in New Zealand (2025) and 3 more.

Famous Ayas

• Aya Miyama — Japanese association football player
• Aya Nakamura — Malian-French singer (born 1995)
• Aya Sameshima — Japanese association football player
• Aya Shimokozuru — Japanese association football player
• Aya Ueto — Japanese actress, singer, model, tarento, and occasional radio personality

In stories & tradition

• Aya — Akkadian mythology
• Aya Brea — Parasite Eve (video game)
• Aya Shameimaru — Touhou Kaeidzuka ~ Phantasmagoria of Flower View (video game)

What Ayas become

Among 501 notable people named Aya:

Entertainers appear 3.46× more often than among typical names — e.g. Aya Nakamura, Malian-French singer (born 1995).

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Ayah (#870), Aya would rank around #410 with about 760 births last year — the newborns split about 59/41 between Aya and Ayah.

Similar names: Haya · Leyla · Ayah · Naya · Sariyah · Kaya

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