Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Ayanna

Gender

Female

Origin

African
beautiful flower

Pronunciation

a-yanna, aya(n)-na

Popularity in the USA

  • Girls: peak in 2003 (rank #362, 846 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1367, 161 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearGirls
2025161
2024203
2023208
2022201
2021209
2020204
2019185
2018228
2017230
2016244

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2021 (rank #1162, 29 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1719, 17 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
202517
202424
202321
202224
202129
202023
201920
201825
201728
201621

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 2018 (rank #818, 56 births); most recent 2023 (rank #974, 38 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
202338
202233
202134
202028
201932
201856
201747
201630
201531
201432

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2024 (rank #869, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
2025–
20243
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Girls: peak in 2009 (rank #554, 6 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence