Given name
Ayami
“resembling an iris”
Ayami is a variant of Ayame. One Japanese interpretation is “resembling an iris.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ayami is a variant of Ayame. One Japanese interpretation is “resembling an iris.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Ayami is a variant of Ayame. An origin associated with Ayame is Japanese.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2012. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ayami through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 28
- 0 boys · 28 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #15,253 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 15,253 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ayami’s family of names
Ayami has a related form in Ayame. In Japanese usage, Ayami is a Roman-alphabet rendering of あやみ. In Japanese usage, Ayami is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 史実.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Ayami
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.