Aya

“Japanese: design, weave; Arabic: sign, miracle (āyah)” — Japanese; also Arabic origin

Girl's name · #644 in the US (2025) · 2020s

Aya reached its best rank, #630, in 2024 and ranked #644 in 2025. About 8,000 girls have carried it since 1972. Together with its spelling variant Ayah (#870), Aya would rank around #410 with about 760 births last year — the newborns split about 59/41 between Aya and Ayah.

Around the world: #24 in Denmark (2025) · #49 in France (2025) · #50 in Belgium (2025) · #83 in Spain (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 29 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Ayas

Aya Miyama — Japanese association football player
Aya Nakamura — Malian-French singer (born 1995)
Aya Sameshima — Japanese association football player
Aya Shimokozuru — Japanese association football player
Aya Ueto — Japanese actress, singer, model, tarento, and occasional radio personality

In stories & tradition

Aya — goddess
Aya Brea — Parasite Eve · Parasite Eve II
Aya Shameimaru — Touhou Kaeidzuka ~ Phantasmagoria of Flower View · Perfect Memento in Strict Sense

What Ayas become

Among 501 notable people named Aya:

Entertainers appear 3.46× more often than among typical names — e.g. Aya Nakamura, Malian-French singer (born 1995).

Similar names: Haya · Leyla · Ayah · Naya · Sariyah · Miya

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