Ayda
Ayda is a female Turkish given name. In Turkish, it means "in the moon".
- Arabic
- Persian
- Turkish
Meaning & Origin of Ayda
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ayda is a female Turkish given name. In Turkish, it means "in the moon".
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
- Persian
- Turkish
The Story of Ayda
Ayda first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1968, with 8 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2022: 102 births, good for #1,940 nationwide. About 40% of every Ayda on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Ayda ranks #2,398 for baby girls with 75 births, holding steady (-5%). All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Ayda
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Ayda. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Aida
- Ajda
Names that sound like Ayda
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About the name Ayda
Ayda is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1968 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Ayda's peak popularity came in 2022 when it ranked #1,940. Use the chart and map above to compare Ayda'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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