# Aya (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/aya/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Japanese |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Aja |
| US babies named this | 7,987 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 7,987 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,813, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese あや (Aya).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 222 | 1,111 |
| 2012 | 253 | 1,001 |
| 2013 | 236 | 1,048 |
| 2014 | 272 | 982 |
| 2015 | 309 | 893 |
| 2016 | 327 | 861 |
| 2017 | 350 | 785 |
| 2018 | 368 | 749 |
| 2019 | 384 | 738 |
| 2020 | 345 | 789 |
| 2021 | 351 | 803 |
| 2022 | 388 | 746 |
| 2023 | 415 | 695 |
| 2024 | 469 | 630 |
| 2025 | 449 | 644 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 88 | 486 |
| 2012 | 99 | 454 |
| 2013 | 98 | 432 |
| 2014 | 101 | 432 |
| 2015 | 112 | 405 |
| 2016 | 131 | 362 |
| 2017 | 131 | 358 |
| 2018 | 150 | 317 |
| 2019 | 135 | 336 |
| 2020 | 139 | 330 |
| 2021 | 192 | 250 |
| 2022 | 173 | 263 |
| 2023 | 209 | 223 |
| 2024 | 206 | 232 |
| 2025 | 212 | 221 |

## People named Aya

- Aya Cash, American actress
- Aya Tarek, Egyptian street artist
- Aya Sumika, American actress

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.