Ayana is a distinctive choice, ranked #490 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Ayana in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#490
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About the Name Ayana
Ayana is gradually declining in popularity, having dropped 47 places over five years. Its high point was #402 in 2019, and it now sits at #510. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1997.
Ayana is fairly common in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Ayana in their class.
â Famous People Named Ayana
Ayana Zholdas â Aiana Joldas is a Kazakh freestyle skier.
Ayana Russell â Ayana Christiana Russell is a Trinidad and Tobago footballer who plays as a defender.
Ayana Elizabeth Johnson â Ayana Elizabeth Johnson is a marine biologist, policy expert, and conservation strategist.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Ayana
Unlikely. With around 81 UK babies named Ayana per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Ayana in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Ayana has been fairly steady, ranked #490 in 2025 against #463 in 2020. Its best recorded position was #402 in 2019.
Ayana is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Ayana include: Ayana Zholdas, Ayana Russell and Ayana Elizabeth Johnson. Short summaries for each appear below.
Ayana does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice â your child is unlikely to encounter American Ayanas in the wild.
81
UK babies named Ayana (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↓ 27 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
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In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Ayana
Almost certainly the only Ayana in the class
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UK Popularity (1997–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Ayana
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Yuri Nakamura, known professionally as Ayana Tsubaki (æ¤ŋ åŊŠåĨ, Tsubaki Ayana; formerly written as æ¤ŋå§Ģ åŊŠč), is a Japanese TV personality, fashion model and professional mahjong player.
"Ayana" is a short story by Stephen King that was originally published in the Fall 2007 issue of The Paris Review, and later included in King's collection Just After Sunset in November of 2008.