Name meaning & stats
Ayah
Ayah means “sword” (Japanese origin). 4,814 US babies since 1940, peak 2025.
What it means
“sword”
JapaneseSpelling of Aya
In US birth records
Peak year: 2025
4,814 US babies were named Ayah between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Ayah (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
1 in 3 Ayas spell it Ayah
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2025)