How Many People Are Named Ayanna?
An estimated 15,730 people in the United States have the first name Ayanna. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 24 years old, and Ayanna peaked in popularity in 2003 with 847 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Ayanna as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Ayanna paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
15,730
About 1 in 21,790 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Uncommon
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
24
years old
Peak Year
2003
847 births
Total Registered
16,163
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Ayanna
Ayanna is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 16,163 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Ayanna as a female name
Ranked #1,174 in 2024
203 female births in 2024
Peak: 2003 (847 births)
Ayanna: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Ayanna span from the 1970s to the 2020s, covering 6 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 6,246 babies were registered. Ayanna has declined significantly from its peak in the 2000s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Ayanna by Decade
How has Ayanna tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Ayanna by State
Birth registrations for Ayanna span all 39 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in New York, California, Florida. The lowest are in Hawaii, Nebraska, Kentucky. On average, about 359 Ayannas were registered per state.
Ayanna + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Ayanna as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Ayanna
Other first names starting with A with a similar number of bearers.
Ayanna: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Ayanna?
We estimate approximately 15,730 people named Ayanna are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 21,790 Americans share this first name.
Is Ayanna a common name?
Ayanna is classified as "Uncommon" and is more popular than 98.3% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 16,163 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Ayanna most popular?
Ayanna reached peak popularity in 2003, when 847 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Ayanna is approximately 24 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Ayanna a female name?
Ayanna is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Ayanna Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Ayanna Smith, Ayanna Johnson, Ayanna Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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