Ayaan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- eye-AHN
- UK rank, 2025
- #123 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #465 for boys
Ayaan is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 123rd for boys in the UK (469 babies) and 465th for boys in the US (664 babies).
Where does Ayaan come from?
Used in Muslim, Hindu and Somali families with different meanings
More on Wiktionary.
Is Ayaan a girl's or a boy's name?
Ayaan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 469 boys in the UK and 22 girls and 664 boys in the US.
How popular is Ayaan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 123rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 469 about 1 in 640 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 2.2% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 469 boys in the UK were named Ayaan, making it the 123rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 144th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 602 boys.
2025 had more boys named Ayaan than any year since 2016.
Half of all the boys named Ayaan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 47% of the babies named Ayaan in the UK in 2001, and under 1% in 2021.
Among boys in 2025, it was 118th in England and Wales, 198th in Scotland and 314th in Northern Ireland.
Ayaan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 469 | #123 |
| 2024 | 450 | #135 |
| 2023 | 365 | #164 |
| 2022 | 375 | #157 |
| 2021 | 409 | #155 |
| 2020 | 442 | #144 |
| 2019 | 434 | #151 |
| 2018 | 466 | #142 |
| 2017 | 468 | #139 |
| 2016 | 528 | #130 |
| 2015 | 523 | #134 |
| 2014 | 602 | #115 |
| 2013 | 536 | #129 |
| 2012 | 569 | #127 |
| 2011 | 570 | #128 |
| 2010 | 435 | #151 |
| 2009 | 394 | #158 |
| 2008 | 307 | #187 |
| 2007 | 228 | #224 |
| 2006 | 141 | #285 |
| 2005 | 61 | #511 |
| 2004 | 74 | #415 |
| 2003 | 18 | #1,081 |
| 2002 | 12 | #1,312 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,547 |
How popular is Ayaan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 465th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 664 about 1 in 2,600 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 664 boys in the US were named Ayaan, making it the 465th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 460th. It first appears in the records in 2000. 22 girls were also named Ayaan in 2025 (5,553rd for girls).
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Ayaan of any year since it first appeared, in 2000.
Half of all the boys named Ayaan in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 677 boys in the US were given Ayaan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #460, up from #465 for this spelling alone.
- Ayaan 664
- Ayyan 8
- Ayann 5
Ayaan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 664 | #465 |
| 2024 | 590 | #519 |
| 2023 | 586 | #512 |
| 2022 | 528 | #562 |
| 2021 | 570 | #514 |
| 2020 | 645 | #460 |
| 2019 | 553 | #516 |
| 2018 | 530 | #532 |
| 2017 | 503 | #551 |
| 2016 | 424 | #630 |
| 2015 | 416 | #637 |
| 2014 | 485 | #574 |
| 2013 | 388 | #638 |
| 2012 | 355 | #665 |
| 2011 | 322 | #710 |
| 2010 | 296 | #759 |
| 2009 | 265 | #827 |
| 2008 | 226 | #912 |
| 2007 | 182 | #1,031 |
| 2006 | 122 | #1,339 |
| 2005 | 53 | #2,233 |
| 2004 | 122 | #1,233 |
| 2003 | 25 | #3,523 |
| 2002 | 18 | #4,316 |
| 2001 | 17 | #4,470 |
| 2000 | 18 | #4,198 |
Names like Ayaan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa, Yahya, Rayyan, Zayan, Arham, Zayaan, Abdullah, Zakariya, Ibrahim, Zayd, Muhammad, Hamza
Other spellings of Ayaan
Ayyan, Aayaan
Names related to Ayaan
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, “Ayaan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ayaan, updated 20 October 2026.