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 1999 and has been recorded in 25 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2008 with 332 babies (rank #115 that year). In 2024 it was given to 95 girls (rank #208). The name has been declining over the last five years.

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.

4,425
Total babies (all years)
25
Years in the data
332
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
199917#649
200033#455
200156#333
2002112#215
2003141#199
2004172#183
2005253#135
2006244#138
2007302#121
2008332#115
2009315#119
2010310#124
2011281#127
2012272#131
2013241#143
2014196#156
2015173#166
2016171#158
2017169#161
2018136#184
2019129#181
2020101#214
202289#230
202384#228
202495#208