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Ayana

“Path (Sanskrit) or beautiful flower (Amharic) — several unrelated origins” — Multiple (Sanskrit/Hindi, Amharic, Hebrew, Kikongo, Turkic, Japanese) origin

Girl's name · #1160 in the US (2025) · 2000s

Ayana has appeared in US records since 1970 — best rank #654 (2001) · 12,091 babies named Ayana all-time · 1 in 8,300 girls born in 2025.

Around the world: about 1 in 710 girls in Switzerland (2024) · about 1 in 1,900 girls in France (2025) · about 1 in 2,300 girls in Belgium (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 17 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Ayanas

Ayana Taketatsu — Japanese voice actress
Ayana Onozuka — Japanese freestyle skier
Ayana Elizabeth Johnson — American marine biologist and policy expert
Ayana Gempei — Japanese freestyle wrestler
Ayana Tsubaki — Japanese transsexual TV personality and model

In stories & tradition

Ayana — Woke

What Ayanas become

Among 93 notable people named Ayana:

Entertainers appear 3.05× more often than among typical names — e.g. Ayana Taketatsu, Japanese voice actress.

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