Aylan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AY-lan
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,771 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,056 for boys
Aylan is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 1,771st for boys in the UK (15 babies) and 2,056th for boys in the US (72 babies).
Where does Aylan come from?
Used in Turkish and Kurdish families; root uncertain
Is Aylan a girl's or a boy's name?
Aylan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the UK and 72 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aylan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,771st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 20,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady much the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the UK were named Aylan, making it the 1,771st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,359th.
2025 had the most boys named Aylan of any year since it first appeared, in 1999.
Half of all the boys named Aylan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,703rd in England and Wales.
Aylan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #1,771 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,515 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,359 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 13 | #1,902 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,461 |
| 2016 | 8 | #2,690 |
| 2015 | 14 | #1,779 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 1 | #6,198 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 1 | #3,925 |
How popular is Aylan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,056th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 72 about 1 in 24,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 72 boys in the US were named Aylan, making it the 2,056th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,545th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 96 boys. It first appears in the records in 2008.
2025 had more boys named Aylan than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Aylan in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 107 boys in the US were given Aylan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,421, up from #2,056 for this spelling alone.
- Aylan 72
- Eylan 29
- Aylon 6
Aylan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 72 | #2,056 |
| 2024 | 45 | #2,835 |
| 2023 | 51 | #2,574 |
| 2022 | 55 | #2,492 |
| 2021 | 45 | #2,774 |
| 2020 | 50 | #2,545 |
| 2019 | 62 | #2,227 |
| 2018 | 46 | #2,673 |
| 2017 | 74 | #1,935 |
| 2016 | 96 | #1,655 |
| 2015 | 65 | #2,132 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
Names like Aylan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ronan, Lochlan, Rowan, Zayan, Zayaan, Musa, Arham, Ayman, Ayaan, Azaan, Callan, Orhan
Other spellings of Aylan
Names related to Aylan
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, “Aylan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aylan, updated 20 October 2026.