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“Variant of Ayana — path (Sanskrit) or beautiful flower (Amharic) — several unrelated or…” — Multiple (Sanskrit/Hindi, Amharic, Hebrew, Kikongo, Turkic, Japanese) origin
Girl's name · #1368 in the US (2025) · 2000s
Ayanna's best rank, #362, came in 2003; it has settled back to #1368 today. Roughly 16,000 girls have been named Ayanna since 1971. Together with its spelling variants Ayana (#1161), Aiyana (#1225), and Aiyanna (#2299), Ayanna would rank around #482 with about 620 births last year — the newborns split about 32/29/26/13 across Ayana, Aiyana, Ayanna, and Aiyanna.
Around the world: about 1 in 5,800 girls in Belgium (2025) · about 1 in 6,400 girls in France (2025) · about 1 in 12,000 girls in Canada (2024).
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 17 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Among 37 notable people named Ayanna:
Sports figures appear 2.29× more often than among typical names — e.g. Ayanna Hutchinson, athletics competitor.
Similar names: Aiyana · Lizbeth · Hailee · Tianna · Mazikeen · Elana
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