Given name & surname
Aoi
Aoi is a feminine given name from Japanese. It is used in English and French.
Original Japanese明生
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1994. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Aoi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 244
- 36 boys · 208 girls
- Most popular year
- 2016
- 21 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #10,184 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −57%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 10,184 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 395 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Aoi’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Aoi is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 亜生衣. In Japanese usage, Aoi is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 亜緒衣. In Japanese usage, Aoi is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 亜麻依.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 18
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Aoi
- Aoi MiyazakiJapanese actressborn 1985
- Aoi YūkiJapanese voice actress (born 1992)
- Aoi KogaJapanese voice actressborn 1993
- Aoi ItoJapanese tennis player (born 2004)
- Aoi NakamuraJapanese actorborn 1991
- Aoi TadaJapanese voice actressborn 1981
- Aoi TeshimaJapanese singer and voice actressborn 1987
- Aoi MorikawaJapanese actressborn 1995
- Aoi NanaseJapanese manga artistborn 1972
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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