Ayrton is an English surname from the village of Airton in Yorkshire, meaning "farm on the river Aire", and it became a first name almost entirely through the Brazilian racing driver Ayrton Senna, three times Formula One world champion. In the United States Ayrton stood at number 4600 in 2000, peaked at number 2638 in 2012 and sits at number 2996 in 2025.