Aya
206
Babies in 2024
+104%
10-year change
2023
Peak · 209
-1%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Aya
Aya is a rising UK girl's name. Registrations in 2024 (206) are up 104% on a decade earlier — one of the steeper climbs in the ONS data for England & Wales.
Aya reached its peak in 2023, when 209 girls were registered in England & Wales — ranked #223 for UK girls that year. Today's count is broadly in line with the peak.
Across 29 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 2,601 girls have been officially registered with the name Aya in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 1,679 girls were registered with the name, starting from 101 in 2014 and ending at 206 in 2024.