Ayat

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

Girl's name · #1162 in the US (2025) · Trending

Ayat is climbing: on the charts since 1987, it reached #1162 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet, with about 200 girls given the name last year. Roughly 1,800 have carried it all-time. Together with its spelling variant Aayat (#3130), Ayat would rank around #1003 with about 250 births last year — the newborns split about 80/20 between Ayat and Aayat.

Around the world: about 1 in 800 girls in England & Wales (2025) · about 1 in 1,800 girls in Scotland (2025) · about 1 in 2,100 girls in Ireland (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 10 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Ayats

Ayat Al-Qurmezi — Bahrani activist and poet
Ayat Khadoura — Palestinian journalist
Ayat Abou Shmeiss — Palestinian Poet

Similar names: Hayat · Zayna · Haya · Safa · Ayah · Hafsa

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