Boyan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- boh-YAHN
- Origin
- Slavic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,021 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Boyan is a boys' name of Slavic origin, meaning “fighter, warrior”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Boyan mean?
Slavic: Bulgarian name from boy 'battle'
“fighter, warrior”
Boyan is also the legendary bard invoked in the medieval East Slavic epic The Tale of Igor's Campaign.
Is Boyan a girl's or a boy's name?
Boyan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Boyan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,021st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 44% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Boyan, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 8 boys.
Half of all the boys named Boyan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Boyan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 8 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
How popular is Boyan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,710th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Boyan, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 2012.
Half of all the boys named Boyan in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Boyan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
Names like Boyan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finn, Lochlan, Ronan, Kayden, Brody, Rowan, Orhan, Cassian, Callan, Cillian, Bodhi, Finley
Names related to Boyan
More Slavic names
Mila, Milan, Vera, Mira, Nadia, Milana, Rayna, Zora, Milena, Raina, Damir, Lev, Siyana, Vlad, Lilyana, Yuri
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, “Boyan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/boyan, updated 20 October 2026.