Alyaan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- al-YAAN
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,087 for boys
Alyaan is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 2,087th for boys in the UK (12 babies).
Where does Alyaan come from?
Root uncertain
Is Alyaan a girl's or a boy's name?
Alyaan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alyaan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,087th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 25,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the UK were named Alyaan, making it the 2,087th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,052nd. Its busiest year was 2022, with 31 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Alyaan than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Alyaan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 18 boys in the UK were given Alyaan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,326, up from #2,087 for this spelling alone.
- Alyaan 12
- Alyan 6
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,011th in England and Wales.
Alyaan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,087 |
| 2024 | 17 | #1,585 |
| 2023 | 20 | #1,399 |
| 2022 | 31 | #1,048 |
| 2021 | 16 | #1,619 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,052 |
| 2019 | 13 | #1,858 |
| 2018 | 16 | #1,638 |
| 2017 | 16 | #1,649 |
| 2016 | 25 | #1,195 |
| 2015 | 15 | #1,693 |
| 2014 | 12 | #1,929 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 7 | #2,554 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
How popular is Alyaan in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2016, with 22 boys. It first appears in the records in 2001.
Half of all the boys named Alyaan in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Alyaan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 17 | #5,336 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 22 | #4,469 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
Names like Alyaan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zayaan, Musa, Zayan, Azaan, Muhammad, Arham, Ayyub, Zayyan, Abdullah, Zayd, Rayyan, Ahmed
Other spellings of Alyaan
Names related to Alyaan
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Alyaan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alyaan, updated 20 October 2026.