Alyan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- al-YAAN
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Alyan is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “high, lofty”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Alyan mean?
Arabic: from Arabic Alyan
“high, lofty”
Is Alyan a girl's or a boy's name?
Alyan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alyan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,329th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Alyan, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,359th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 21 boys.
Half of all the boys named Alyan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 18 boys in the UK were given Alyan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,326, up from #3,329 for this spelling alone.
- Alyaan 12
- Alyan 6
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Alyan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,149 |
| 2023 | 11 | #2,155 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,257 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,359 |
| 2019 | 17 | #1,543 |
| 2018 | 16 | #1,638 |
| 2017 | 21 | #1,331 |
| 2016 | 21 | #1,347 |
| 2015 | 21 | #1,324 |
| 2014 | 15 | #1,650 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
How popular is Alyan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,239th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Alyan, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 22 boys. It first appears in the records in 2004.
Half of all the boys named Alyan in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Alyan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 16 | #5,629 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 2018 | 16 | #5,536 |
| 2017 | 19 | #4,931 |
| 2016 | 21 | #4,623 |
| 2015 | 15 | #5,742 |
| 2014 | 22 | #4,389 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
Names like Alyan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zayan, Zayaan, Arham, Azaan, Rayyan, Zayn, Ayaan, Muhammad, Musa, Yahya, Zayd, Ayman
Other spellings of Alyan
Names related to Alyan
Alan, Allan, Aliyan, Alwyn, Elyan, Aliyaan, Aylan, Waylan, Alain, Allyn
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo, Safa
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, “Alyan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alyan, updated 20 October 2026.