Ayah

“Sign, miracle; a verse of the Quran” — Arabic origin

Girl's name · #870 in the US (2025) · Trending

Ayah is climbing: on the charts since 1986, it reached #870 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet, with about 310 girls given the name last year. Roughly 4,800 have carried it all-time. Together with its spelling variant Aya (#644), Ayah would rank around #410 with about 760 births last year — the newborns split about 59/41 between Aya and Ayah.

Around the world: about 1 in 750 girls in England & Wales (2025) · about 1 in 1,900 girls in Belgium (2025) · about 1 in 1,900 girls in Canada (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 18 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Ayahs

Ayah Bdeir — Entrepreneur, inventor, and interactive artist (born 1982)
Ayah Moaataz — Egyptian chess player
Ayah Marar — Jordanian musician
Ayah Al-Majali — association football player

In stories & tradition

Ayah to Zubbediya — Kismet

Similar names: Nayla · Aylah · Rayah · Safa · Ayat · Sariyah

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