Aya

Aya

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 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2016 with 131 babies (rank #362 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. 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 — a playful read on the name's character.

9Destiny numberThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
9Soul urgeThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.

1,266

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

131

Peak in a single year

Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1996	16	#1,176
1997	11	#1,554
1998	17	#1,172
1999	13	#1,402
2000	22	#977
2001	31	#781
2002	38	#691
2003	37	#743
2004	42	#691
2005	59	#562
2006	56	#602
2007	67	#549
2008	63	#595
2009	86	#475
2010	79	#512
2011	88	#486
2012	99	#455
2013	98	#432
2014	101	#432
2015	112	#405
2016	131	#362

Year

Babies

Rank

1996

#1,176

1997

#1,554

1998

#1,172

1999

#1,402

2000

#977

2001

#781

2002

#691

2003

#743

2004

#691

2005

#562

2006

#602

2007

#549

2008

#595

2009

#475

2010

#512

2011

#486

2012

#455

2013

#432

2014

101

#432

2015

112

#405

2016

131

#362

Meaning

Numerology of Aya

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Famous people named Aya

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