# Ayrton (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ayrton/  
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 | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 862 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 862 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 825, 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 23 | 4,239 |
| 2012 | 46 | 2,638 |
| 2013 | 33 | 3,273 |
| 2014 | 38 | 2,989 |
| 2015 | 46 | 2,650 |
| 2016 | 40 | 2,943 |
| 2017 | 32 | 3,447 |
| 2018 | 29 | 3,716 |
| 2019 | 18 | 5,175 |
| 2020 | 21 | 4,553 |
| 2021 | 25 | 4,125 |
| 2022 | 24 | 4,319 |
| 2023 | 30 | 3,723 |
| 2024 | 32 | 3,530 |
| 2025 | 41 | 2,996 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 40 | 767 |
| 2012 | 39 | 805 |
| 2013 | 41 | 771 |
| 2014 | 43 | 744 |
| 2015 | 31 | 950 |
| 2016 | 29 | 994 |
| 2017 | 32 | 943 |
| 2018 | 35 | 870 |
| 2019 | 32 | 908 |
| 2020 | 30 | 944 |
| 2021 | 31 | 963 |
| 2022 | 31 | 967 |
| 2023 | 19 | 1,363 |
| 2024 | 38 | 847 |
| 2025 | 29 | 1,035 |

## People named Ayrton

- Ayrton Senna, Brazilian racing driver (1960–1994)
- Ayrton Preciado, Ecuadorian association football player
- Ayrton Lucas, Brazilian association football player
- Ayrton Statie, Dutch-Curaçaoan footballer

## 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.