Ayo Popularity by Year

Follow Ayo across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.

Ayo birth-count history

The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.

Year	Category	Births	Rank	Change from previous recorded year
2024	Boys	9	#8,312	Up 1,451 places
2023	Boys	7	#9,763	Up 2,567 places
2022	Boys	5	#12,330	Down 5,632 places
2021	Boys	12	#6,698	Up 1,369 places
2021	Girls	5	#15,251	Down 1,798 places
2020	Boys	9	#8,067	Up 87 places
2020	Girls	6	#13,453	Down 1,024 places
2018	Boys	9	#8,154	Up 4,092 places
2017	Boys	5	#12,246	Down 2,582 places
2016	Boys	7	#9,664	Up 980 places
2015	Boys	6	#10,644	Up 1,464 places
2014	Boys	5	#12,108	Down 1,338 places
2012	Boys	6	#10,770	Down 906 places
2009	Boys	7	#9,864	Down 76 places
2009	Girls	8	#12,429	Up 1,693 places
2007	Boys	7	#9,788	Down 2,543 places
2003	Boys	9	#7,245	Up 865 places
1998	Girls	5	#14,122	Down 604 places
1997	Boys	6	#8,110	Down 318 places
1996	Girls	5	#13,518	Down 4,503 places
1995	Boys	6	#7,792	Down 1,273 places
1991	Boys	7	#6,519	Down 281 places
1983	Boys	5	#6,238	Down 713 places
1983	Girls	6	#9,015	Down 2,127 places
1982	Girls	9	#6,888	Up 3,322 places
1980	Boys	6	#5,525	Down 683 places
1979	Boys	7	#4,842	Up 930 places
1979	Girls	5	#10,210	Down 3,262 places
1978	Boys	5	#5,772	Up 73 places
1978	Girls	8	#6,948	Up 348 places
1977	Boys	5	#5,845	Down 744 places
1976	Girls	7	#7,296	Down 1,216 places
1973	Boys	5	#5,101	—
1973	Girls	8	#6,080	Up 478 places
1972	Girls	7	#6,558	—