Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1985. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ayaka through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 442
- 0 boys · 442 girls
- Most popular year
- 2013
- 20 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −85%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 20 in 2013. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 705 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.
Ayaka’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Ayaka is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 彩伽. In Japanese usage, Ayaka is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 彩佳. In Japanese usage, Ayaka is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 彩加.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 11
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
- 綾華original script · Japanese
- 綺花original script · Japanese
- 彩伽original script · Japanese
- 彩花original script · Japanese
- 綾香original script · Japanese
- 彩香original script · Japanese
- 彩加original script · Japanese
- 彩夏original script · Japanese
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People named Ayaka
- Ayaka YamashitaJapanese association football playerborn 1995
- Ayaka TakahashiJapanese badminton playerborn 1990
- Ayaka MiyoshiJapanese actress, modelborn 1996
- Ayaka ŌhashiJapanese voice actress and singerborn 1994
- AyakaJapanese singerborn 1987
- Ayaka SasakiJapanese singerborn 1996
- Ayaka KikuchiJapanese speed skaterborn 1987
- Ayaka NishiwakiJapanese singerborn 1989
- Ayaka KomatsuJapanese actress, singer and modelborn 1986
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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