Ayako
Last seen for girls in 2019 at #15,539
- Peak · girls
- 1918 · 30 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 543since 1908
Ayako over time
Rank among girls' names. Ayako has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 |
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 |
| 1992 | #7,067 | 12 |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | #11,409 | 6 |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 |
| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 |
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| 1937 | #3,434 | 7 |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 |
| 1932 | #2,644 | 11 |
| 1931 | #3,226 | 8 |
| 1930 | #3,345 | 8 |
| 1929 | #2,437 | 13 |
| 1928 | #2,194 | 16 |
| 1927 | #1,935 | 20 |
| 1926 | #2,165 | 17 |
| 1925 | #1,795 | 23 |
| 1924 | #1,770 | 24 |
| 1923 | #1,782 | 23 |
| 1922 | #1,785 | 23 |
| 1921 | #1,867 | 22 |
| 1920 | #1,626 | 26 |
| 1919 | #1,649 | 24 |
| 1918 | #1,411 | 30 |
| 1917 | #1,708 | 21 |
| 1916 | #1,949 | 17 |
| 1915 | #1,800 | 18 |
| 1914 | #1,896 | 13 |
| 1913 | #2,164 | 9 |
| 1912 | #2,360 | 7 |
| 1911 | #1,792 | 8 |
| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 |
| 1909 | #2,208 | 5 |
| 1908 | #2,101 | 5 |
| 1907 | — | |
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| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Ayako! It came in at #2,101, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1933–1936, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Ayako
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2019
- Debuted 1908
- Peaked 1918 at #1,411 (30 births)
- Births halved by 1929, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 38,588 girls born in 1918 were named Ayako (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 335,673 girls born in 2019 (0.00%)
- 38.1% of all girls named Ayako (207) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 10 | #2,101 (1908) | #2,155 |
| 1910s | 152 | #1,411 (1918) | #1,913 |
| 1920s | 207 | #1,626 (1920) | #1,936 |
| 1930s | 49 | #2,644 (1932) | #3,607 |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 0 | — | — |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 18 | #7,296 (1976) | #8,018 |
| 1980s | 39 | #7,398 (1984) | #9,190 |
| 1990s | 40 | #7,067 (1992) | #9,824 |
| 2000s | 16 | #13,844 (2003) | #15,497 |
| 2010s | 12 | #13,448 (2010) | #14,494 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Ayako in 1918
Top girls' names in 1918
More about 1918
girls
1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 38,588 of them was named Ayako, which outranked 74.7% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,380Shirlee31
- #1,380Valda31
- #1,380Virgia31
- #1,411Ayako30
- #1,411Aldine30
- #1,411Allison30
- #1,411Armella30
- #1,451Amber29
- #1,451Arie29
- #1,451Arletha29
Tied with 39 names at #1,411; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 547Jesse#1,507 → #960
- ↑ 494Liberty#1,079 → #585
- ↑ 389Marilynn#1,337 → #948
- ↑ 312Margueritte#1,281 → #969
- ↑ 306Syble#807 → #501
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.