Dayan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- dy-AHN
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,021 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,847 for boys
Dayan is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “judge”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 3,847th for boys in the US (28 babies).
What does Dayan mean?
Hebrew: Hebrew word and surname
“judge”
In Hebrew a dayan is a judge of a rabbinical court; Israeli general Moshe Dayan bore it as a surname.
Is Dayan a girl's or a boy's name?
Dayan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 5 girls and 28 boys in the US.
How popular is Dayan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,021st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 100% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Dayan, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 11 boys.
Half of all the boys named Dayan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 18 boys in the UK were given Dayan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,326, up from #3,021 for this spelling alone.
- Dayyan 11
- Dayan 7
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Dayan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,515 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
How popular is Dayan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,847th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 28 about 1 in 61,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 63% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 28 boys in the US were named Dayan, making it the 3,847th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,536th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 41 boys. It first appears in the records in 1968. 5 girls were also named Dayan in 2025 (14,937th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Dayan in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 35% of the babies named Dayan in the US in 2004, and 15% in 2025.
Dayan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #3,847 |
| 2024 | 41 | #3,000 |
| 2023 | 27 | #3,999 |
| 2022 | 20 | #4,846 |
| 2021 | 23 | #4,358 |
| 2020 | 21 | #4,536 |
| 2019 | 17 | #5,336 |
| 2018 | 21 | #4,606 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 20 | #4,775 |
| 2015 | 18 | #5,056 |
| 2014 | 16 | #5,481 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 21 | #4,530 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 25 | #4,041 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,777 |
| 2005 | 17 | #4,819 |
| 2004 | 22 | #4,000 |
| 2003 | 13 | #5,551 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 7 | #3,961 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
Names like Dayan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ivaan, Rayan, Aarav, Ayaan, Ayan, Avi, Vihaan, Arjan, Bodhi, River, Musa, Avyaan
Other spellings of Dayan
Names related to Dayan
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
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, “Dayan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dayan, updated 20 October 2026.