Thirty years of Ayra
Ayra in numbers
Ayra is still climbing: from 6 girls in 2002 (its first published year) to 422 in 2025, its highest count so far. Its biggest three-year rise came between 2022 and 2025, from 177 to 422.
† Shapes, averages and turning points are Baby Data calculations from the ONS counts.
Milestones
First year in each bandChange
- On last year+13%373 to 422
- 5 years+210%136 to 422
- 10 years+592%61 to 422
- 20 years+10,450%4 to 422
- Since 2002 (first published)×706 to 422
- Total, 1996 to 20252,233girls
† All changes and totals are Baby Data calculations from ONS counts. A total adds only the published years.
Across the three nations, 2025
Each from its own statistics office, never added togetherRank 115 · ONS · 373 in 2024
Rank 217 · NRS · 17 in 2024
Rank 397 · NISRA
England and Wales (ONS) count births in the calendar year; Scotland (NRS) and Northern Ireland (NISRA) count births registered in the year. Each comes from its own statistics office and they are never added together.
Year by year, 1996 to 2025 Show all 30 yearsHide the table
| Year | Rank | Babies | Change† | 1 in X† |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 115 | 422 | +13% | 1 in 675 |
| 2024 | =134 | 373 | +64% | 1 in 777 |
| 2023 | 212 | 227 | +28% | 1 in 1,269 |
| 2022 | =260 | 177 | +6% | 1 in 1,666 |
| 2021 | =283 | 167 | +23% | 1 in 1,825 |
| 2020 | 335 | 136 | -7% | 1 in 2,202 |
| 2019 | =320 | 147 | +47% | 1 in 2,117 |
| 2018 | =437 | 100 | +14% | 1 in 3,195 |
| 2017 | =493 | 88 | +24% | 1 in 3,762 |
| 2016 | =594 | 71 | +16% | 1 in 4,778 |
| 2015 | =666 | 61 | +30% | 1 in 5,569 |
| 2014 | =814 | 47 | +4% | 1 in 7,201 |
| 2013 * | =839 | 45 | -4% | 1 in 7,588 |
| 2012 | =812 | 47 | +18% | 1 in 7,560 |
| 2011 | =894 | 40 | +122% | 1 in 8,823 |
| 2010 | =1,584 | 18 | +50% | 1 in 19,566 |
| 2009 | =2,019 | 12 | +20% | 1 in 28,675 |
| 2008 | =2,292 | 10 | +100% | 1 in 34,574 |
| 2007 | =3,667 | 5 | -62% | 1 in 67,100 |
| 2006 | =1,748 | 13 | +225% | 1 in 25,167 |
| 2005 | =3,970 | 4 | -50% | 1 in 78,804 |
| 2004 | =2,278 | 8 | -11% | 1 in 38,922 |
| 2003 | =1,996 | 9 | +50% | 1 in 33,670 |
| 2002 | =2,540 | 6 | 1 in 48,341 | |
| 2001 | n/a | under 3 | ||
| 2000 | n/a | under 3 | ||
| 1999 | n/a | under 3 | ||
| 1998 | n/a | under 3 | ||
| 1997 | n/a | under 3 | ||
| 1996 | n/a | under 3 |
* ONS’s girls’ 2013 file repeats the May total as April, so the 2013 births total is about 1,360 too high and 1 in X for 2013 is slightly too high. Rank follows ONS: names with the same count share a rank (shown with =). “Under 3” means the name was given to fewer than 3 babies that year, so ONS did not publish it.
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Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0; National Records of Scotland; NISRA. Exact spellings are counted separately and names given to fewer than 3 babies are not published. Figures marked † are Baby Data calculations. How we calculate