Spellings
Aya or Ayah?
In the US in 2025, 59% of babies in this name family were spelled Aya and 41% Ayah. Same name, slightly different impression: here are the figures for each spelling.
Ten years ago
Aya already led in 2015, with 68% of the family's births; it has 59% in 2025. All spellings together, the family went from 457 to 758 births (+66%).
| Spelling | 2015 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aya | 309 | 449 | +45% |
| Ayah | 148 | 309 | ×2 |
How they sound
All of these spellings are said the same way: /ˈaɪə/ (EYE-uh). So the choice is about how it looks: it is the spelling people will read on a birth card, a name tag or an email address, and the one your child will sometimes spell out.
In France
In France in 2025: Aya 835 births (#49 among girls) and Ayah 50 births (#760 among girls).
Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France), 2025 data. How we calculate these figures.
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