Name meaning & stats
Aya
Aya means “sword” (Japanese origin). 7,987 US babies since 1940, peak 2024.
What it means
“sword”
JapaneseWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 2024
7,987 US babies were named Aya between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Aya (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 58% of the family
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2024)