Ayoub
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Ayoub is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 936th for boys in the UK (36 babies) and 2,230th for boys in the US (63 babies).
What does Ayoub mean?
Hebrew: North African spelling of Ayyub, the Arabic form of Job
The prophet Ayyub (Job) is honoured in the Quran and the Bible for his patience in suffering.
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Is Ayoub a girl's or a boy's name?
Ayoub is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 36 boys in the UK and 63 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ayoub in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #936among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 36about 1 in 8,300 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 36 boys in the UK were named Ayoub, making it the 936th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,007th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 43 boys.
Half of all the boys named Ayoub in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 873rd in England and Wales.
Ayoub in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | #936 |
| 2024 | 43 | #838 |
| 2023 | 25 | #1,214 |
| 2022 | 34 | #971 |
| 2021 | 38 | #896 |
| 2020 | 31 | #1,007 |
| 2019 | 41 | #829 |
| 2018 | 41 | #850 |
| 2017 | 33 | #1,010 |
| 2016 | 28 | #1,109 |
| 2015 | 42 | #825 |
| 2014 | 38 | #874 |
| 2013 | 32 | #979 |
| 2012 | 28 | #1,070 |
| 2011 | 29 | #1,031 |
| 2010 | 32 | #969 |
| 2009 | 20 | #1,290 |
| 2008 | 23 | #1,171 |
| 2007 | 23 | #1,139 |
| 2006 | 23 | #1,065 |
| 2005 | 18 | #1,216 |
| 2004 | 24 | #954 |
| 2003 | 10 | #1,608 |
| 2002 | 20 | #951 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,547 |
| 2000 | 12 | #1,235 |
| 1999 | 8 | #1,582 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 11 | #1,241 |
| 1996 | 7 | #1,652 |
How popular is Ayoub in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,230among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 63about 1 in 27,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 63 boys in the US were named Ayoub, making it the 2,230th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,727th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 63 boys. It first appears in the records in 1988.
Half of all the boys named Ayoub in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ayoub in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 63 | #2,230 |
| 2024 | 63 | #2,261 |
| 2023 | 57 | #2,386 |
| 2022 | 50 | #2,647 |
| 2021 | 51 | #2,551 |
| 2020 | 45 | #2,727 |
| 2019 | 55 | #2,420 |
| 2018 | 39 | #2,992 |
| 2017 | 59 | #2,239 |
| 2016 | 38 | #3,058 |
| 2015 | 39 | #2,965 |
| 2014 | 55 | #2,343 |
| 2013 | 39 | #2,893 |
| 2012 | 41 | #2,867 |
| 2011 | 27 | #3,790 |
| 2010 | 40 | #2,913 |
| 2009 | 33 | #3,330 |
| 2008 | 35 | #3,219 |
| 2007 | 30 | #3,509 |
| 2006 | 25 | #3,886 |
| 2005 | 21 | #4,193 |
| 2004 | 24 | #3,731 |
| 2003 | 29 | #3,181 |
| 2002 | 19 | #4,182 |
| 2001 | 15 | #4,884 |
| 2000 | 17 | #4,383 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 17 | #4,015 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
Names like Ayoub
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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