Bayan
Girl · ba-YAHN · Arabic
Bayan is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “clarity, eloquence”. In 2025 it ranked 1,570th for girls in the UK (20 babies) and 2,099th for girls in the US (89 babies).
What does Bayan mean?
Arabic
“clarity, eloquence”
The Quran says God taught humankind al-bayan, clear and eloquent speech.
- Say it
- ba-YAHN
Is Bayan a girl's or a boy's name?
Bayan is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 girls in the UK and 89 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bayan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,570among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 14,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 20 girls in the UK were named Bayan, making it the 1,570th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,864th.
2025 had the most girls named Bayan of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Bayan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,512th in England and Wales.
Bayan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #1,570 |
| 2024 | 13 | #2,175 |
| 2023 | 17 | #1,798 |
| 2022 | 14 | #2,052 |
| 2021 | 16 | #1,882 |
| 2020 | 16 | #1,864 |
| 2019 | 17 | #1,793 |
| 2018 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2017 | 13 | #2,210 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 13 | #2,186 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 1 | #7,383 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,657 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 1 | #5,110 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Bayan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,099among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 89about 1 in 18,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 89 girls in the US were named Bayan, making it the 2,099th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,416th. It first appears in the records in 1988.
2025 had the most girls named Bayan of any year since it first appeared, in 1988.
Half of all the girls named Bayan in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 94 girls in the US were given Bayan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,772, up from #2,099 for this spelling alone.
- Bayan 89
- Bayaan 5
Bayan in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 89 | #2,099 |
| 2024 | 78 | #2,347 |
| 2023 | 51 | #3,181 |
| 2022 | 64 | #2,689 |
| 2021 | 45 | #3,434 |
| 2020 | 72 | #2,416 |
| 2019 | 52 | #3,084 |
| 2018 | 45 | #3,437 |
| 2017 | 44 | #3,478 |
| 2016 | 42 | #3,656 |
| 2015 | 36 | #4,068 |
| 2014 | 35 | #4,176 |
| 2013 | 28 | #4,885 |
| 2012 | 23 | #5,707 |
| 2011 | 33 | #4,352 |
| 2010 | 19 | #6,638 |
| 2009 | 23 | #5,889 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 29 | #4,942 |
| 2006 | 33 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 17 | #6,815 |
| 2004 | 26 | #4,945 |
| 2003 | 17 | #6,571 |
| 2002 | 22 | #5,250 |
| 2001 | 20 | #5,565 |
| 2000 | 25 | #4,644 |
| 1999 | 20 | #5,213 |
| 1998 | 23 | #4,633 |
| 1997 | 21 | #4,815 |
| 1996 | 18 | #5,275 |
| 1995 | 16 | #5,672 |
| 1994 | 15 | #5,978 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,504 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,423 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,495 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
Names like Bayan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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