Ayad
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- a-YAAD
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,087 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Ayad is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 2,087th for boys in the UK (12 babies) and 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
Where does Ayad come from?
Arabic name; exact root uncertain
Is Ayad a girl's or a boy's name?
Ayad is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the UK and 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ayad in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,087among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 25,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the UK were named Ayad, making it the 2,087th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 12 boys.
Half of all the boys named Ayad in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 15 boys in the UK were given Ayad or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,523, up from #2,087 for this spelling alone.
- Ayad 12
- Ayaad 3
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,011th in England and Wales.
Ayad in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,087 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 12 | #1,999 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 8 | #2,633 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 8 | #2,656 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 1 | #6,016 |
How popular is Ayad in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Ayad, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 2000.
Half of all the boys named Ayad in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ayad in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 15 | #5,785 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
Names like Ayad
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Musa Zayd Zayaan Ahmed Zayan Abdullah Azaan Ahad Arham Ayyub Hamza
Other spellings of Ayad
Ayaad
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, “Ayad: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ayad, updated 20 October 2026.