Given name
Ayame
“resembling an iris”
Ayame is used as a given name. One Japanese interpretation is “resembling an iris.”
Original Japanese綾目
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Japanese interpretation is “resembling an iris.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Japanese.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1918. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ayame through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 333
- 0 boys · 333 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 19 babies
- 2025
- 14
- #7,538 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +14%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 14 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,538 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 14.3% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 19 in 2006. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 267 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.
Ayame’s family of names
Ayame has a related form in Ayami. Ayame has a related form in Ayamea. Ayame has a related form in Ayameah.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 5
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Ayame
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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