# Ayat (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ayat/  
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 | 1,792 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 23 / 1,769 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,544, 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 | 26 | 5,232 |
| 2012 | 59 | 2,906 |
| 2013 | 51 | 3,176 |
| 2014 | 51 | 3,190 |
| 2015 | 55 | 3,065 |
| 2016 | 68 | 2,599 |
| 2017 | 76 | 2,386 |
| 2018 | 94 | 2,061 |
| 2019 | 90 | 2,090 |
| 2020 | 128 | 1,624 |
| 2021 | 115 | 1,770 |
| 2022 | 127 | 1,660 |
| 2023 | 130 | 1,604 |
| 2024 | 123 | 1,667 |
| 2025 | 200 | 1,162 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 5 | 12,466 |
| 2021 | 7 | 9,828 |
| 2022 | 6 | 11,012 |
| 2023 | 5 | 12,444 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 28 | 1,168 |
| 2012 | 67 | 624 |
| 2013 | 59 | 676 |
| 2014 | 105 | 411 |
| 2015 | 72 | 585 |
| 2016 | 107 | 415 |
| 2017 | 131 | 358 |
| 2018 | 145 | 330 |
| 2019 | 177 | 275 |
| 2020 | 249 | 198 |
| 2021 | 266 | 195 |
| 2022 | 264 | 193 |
| 2023 | 192 | 236 |
| 2024 | 238 | 205 |
| 2025 | 317 | 158 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 4 | 3,987 |
| 2017 | 7 | 2,734 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2020 | 4 | 3,848 |

## 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.