Ayana
Ayana is a name known in several unrelated languages around the world, including Amharic, Hebrew, Japanese, Kikongo, Oromo, and Turkic.
Meaning & Origin of Ayana
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ayana is a name known in several unrelated languages around the world, including Amharic, Hebrew, Japanese, Kikongo, Oromo, and Turkic.
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The Story of Ayana
Ayana first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1970, with 6 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2006, when 405 Ayanas were born — ranking #700 that year. As of 2026, Ayana ranks #1,030 for baby girls with 244 births, gradually rising (+10%). In total, more than 12K Ayanas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Notable people named Ayana
A small selection from Wikipedia. Tap "Read more" below to see the full list on Wikipedia.
- Ayana ( 彩菜 ) , Japanese singer-songwriter
- Ayana Aberu Mulisa (born 2000) Ethiopian long-distance runner
- Ayana Akli (born 2001), American tennis player
- Ayana Aoyagi ( 青柳 彩奈 ; born 2000) , Australian soccer player
- Ayana Evans , African-American performance artist and educator
- Ayana Gempei ( 源平 彩南 ; born 1996) , Japanese freestyle wrestler
- Ayana Gray (born 1993), American author of young adult fiction
- Ayana Holloway Arce , American physicist
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Names that sound like Ayana
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About the name Ayana
Ayana is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1970 and has accumulated 12K births in the dataset. Ayana's peak popularity came in 2006 when it ranked #654. Use the chart and map above to compare Ayana'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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