# Ayanna (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ayanna/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 16,326 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 16,326 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 479, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 | 445 | 642 |
| 2012 | 369 | 754 |
| 2013 | 325 | 824 |
| 2014 | 302 | 899 |
| 2015 | 245 | 1,076 |
| 2016 | 244 | 1,068 |
| 2017 | 231 | 1,096 |
| 2018 | 229 | 1,093 |
| 2019 | 185 | 1,255 |
| 2020 | 204 | 1,156 |
| 2021 | 209 | 1,171 |
| 2022 | 201 | 1,201 |
| 2023 | 208 | 1,162 |
| 2024 | 203 | 1,180 |
| 2025 | 161 | 1,368 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 14 | 1,903 |
| 2012 | 25 | 1,297 |
| 2013 | 17 | 1,707 |
| 2014 | 14 | 1,966 |
| 2015 | 17 | 1,711 |
| 2016 | 21 | 1,525 |
| 2017 | 28 | 1,219 |
| 2018 | 25 | 1,314 |
| 2019 | 20 | 1,497 |
| 2020 | 23 | 1,352 |
| 2021 | 29 | 1,161 |
| 2022 | 24 | 1,326 |
| 2023 | 21 | 1,469 |
| 2024 | 24 | 1,353 |
| 2025 | 17 | 1,719 |

## People named Ayanna

- Ayanna Howard, American roboticist

## 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.