Ai is a girl's name of Japanese origin meaning “the heap of ruins.” In England & Wales it was given to 3 girls in 2014.
Ai belongs to the Japanese tradition. Its meaning — “the heap of ruins” — is the sense carried by its Japanese roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Ai first appears in Social Security records in 1974. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #5005 in 1991, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 392 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Ai means “the heap of ruins” in its Japanese roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Ai is a girl name. In England & Wales, 3 babies received the name in 2014.
Ai comes from the Japanese tradition.
Ai first appears in US records in 1974. Its best-ever ranking was #5005 in 1991, and 0 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to hello@namepetal.com — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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