Ayah

Meaning and origin of Ayah

Popularity of Ayah in France since 1986

• It peaked in 2016.
• Over recent years, Ayah has been falling (−7.7% a year).
• In schools of 200 children born in those years, you would find one Ayah every 3.1 schools, all spellings combined.

Ayah in English-speaking countries

Ayah ranks 163^rd in England and Wales, against 780^th in France.

• England and WalesONS · 2023-25

  163^rd girls’ name938 babies in 3 years1 girl in 819+14.7% a year

• Ontario (Canada)ServiceOntario · 2022-24

  375^th girls’ name96 babies in 3 years1 girl in 1,609+4.8% a year

• ScotlandNRS · 2023-25

  529^th girls’ name15 babies in 3 years1 girl in 3,625

• United StatesSSA · 2023-25

  939^th girls’ name835 babies in 3 years1 girl in 5,787+6.5% a year

• British Columbia (Canada)BC Vital Statistics · 2021-23

  783^rd girls’ name6 babies in 3 years1 girl in 6,617

• IrelandCSO · 2023-25

  815^th girls’ name9 babies in 3 years1 girl in 7,206

Rarely or never given (below the publication threshold): Northern Ireland and New Zealand.

Official figures from each country, over their latest three published years. Counted as written: other spellings are counted apart.

Same sound, other spellings

• Aya2,620
• Haya105
• Ayaa15
• Aïya10
• Hayaa5

Births 2023–2025. At school they sound the same: this total tells you whether your child is likely to share the name.

Names similar to Ayah

• Amal
• Aysha
• Almas
• Alaa
• Amna
• Ayat
• Adja
• Arwa
• Asel
• Asmaa
• Tesnime
• Nesrine

See also

• →French names of Arabic origin