Ayah
An āyah is a "verse" in the Quran, one of the statements of varying length that make up the chapters (surah) of the Quran and are marked by a number. In a purely linguistic context the word means "evidence", "sign" or "miracle", and thus may refer to things other than Quranic verses, such as religious obligations or cosmic phenomena.
- Arabic
Meaning & Origin of Ayah
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
An āyah is a "verse" in the Quran, one of the statements of varying length that make up the chapters (surah) of the Quran and are marked by a number. In a purely linguistic context the word means "evidence", "sign" or "miracle", and thus may refer to things other than Quranic verses, such as religious obligations or cosmic phenomena.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
The Story of Ayah
Ayah first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1986, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2026: 277 births, good for #940 nationwide. About 35% of every Ayah on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Ayah ranks #940 for baby girls with 277 births, rising sharply (+26% over the past five years). All told, over 5K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Ayah
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Names that sound like Ayah
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About the name Ayah
Ayah is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1986 and has accumulated 5K births in the dataset. Ayah's peak popularity came in 2026 when it ranked #940. Use the chart and map above to compare Ayah's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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