Ayaz
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- a-YAZ
- Origin
- Turkish
- UK rank, 2025
- #601 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,604 for boys
Ayaz is a boys' name of Turkish origin, meaning “frost, clear cold night”. In 2025 it ranked 601st for boys in the UK (70 babies) and 2,604th for boys in the US (50 babies).
What does Ayaz mean?
Turkish
“frost, clear cold night”
Ayaz, the devoted companion of Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni, became a symbol of loyalty in Persian poetry.
Is Ayaz a girl's or a boy's name?
Ayaz is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 70 boys in the UK and 50 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ayaz in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #601among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 70about 1 in 4,300 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 49% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 70 boys in the UK were named Ayaz, making it the 601st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 805th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 71 boys.
Half of all the boys named Ayaz in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 556th in England and Wales.
Ayaz in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 70 | #601 |
| 2024 | 71 | #597 |
| 2023 | 48 | #770 |
| 2022 | 52 | #722 |
| 2021 | 63 | #649 |
| 2020 | 43 | #805 |
| 2019 | 51 | #728 |
| 2018 | 33 | #980 |
| 2017 | 32 | #1,023 |
| 2016 | 37 | #923 |
| 2015 | 48 | #747 |
| 2014 | 38 | #874 |
| 2013 | 29 | #1,040 |
| 2012 | 26 | #1,128 |
| 2011 | 23 | #1,203 |
| 2010 | 19 | #1,385 |
| 2009 | 20 | #1,290 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,090 |
| 2004 | 9 | #1,831 |
| 2003 | 11 | #1,498 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,106 |
| 2001 | 7 | #1,833 |
| 2000 | 6 | #1,977 |
| 1999 | 9 | #1,451 |
| 1998 | 9 | #1,446 |
| 1997 | 9 | #1,412 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,094 |
How popular is Ayaz in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,604among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 50about 1 in 34,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 109% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 50 boys in the US were named Ayaz, making it the 2,604th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,694th. It first appears in the records in 1984.
2025 had the most boys named Ayaz of any year since it first appeared, in 1984.
Half of all the boys named Ayaz in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ayaz in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 50 | #2,604 |
| 2024 | 33 | #3,453 |
| 2023 | 38 | #3,175 |
| 2022 | 41 | #3,001 |
| 2021 | 29 | #3,736 |
| 2020 | 20 | #4,694 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 23 | #4,350 |
| 2017 | 20 | #4,742 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
Names like Ayaz
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa Zayaan Muhammad Azaan Zayan Arham Ayyub Abdullah Zayd Ahmed Umar Hamza
Names related to Ayaz
More Turkish names
Ayla Aylin Alara Ayda Orhan Ayzel Kaya Aydin Aslan Eren Evren Ela Aylah Aleyna Deniz Demir
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, “Ayaz: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ayaz, updated 20 October 2026.