Aya

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: Arabic

Meaning

Aya is a unisex name with multiple meanings in many different languages. In Old German, Aya means "sword". Aya is a common female Japanese given name meaning "design", "colorful" or "beautiful".

From Wikipedia

Aya first appears in the data in 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2024 with 185 babies (rank #147 that year). In 2024 it was given to 185 girls (rank #147). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Aya

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Aya yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

3,470
Total babies (all years)
34
Years in the data
185
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
199112#1,317
199215#1,148
199311#1,405
19949#1,538
199513#1,307
199620#967
199739#591
199831#702
199926#801
200049#493
200163#408
200290#311
2003100#295
2004104#282
2005113#259
2006145#213
2007123#260
2008150#213
2009147#220
2010137#231
2011131#244
2012162#200
2013136#236
2014150#216
2015107#306
2016129#241
2017177#164
2018168#170
2019140#204
2020156#175
2021146#204
2022147#192
2023139#197
2024185#147