Iyan
Boy · EE-un · Scottish
Iyan is a boys' name of Scottish origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
Where does Iyan come from?
Scottish: probably a spelling of Ian, the Scottish form of John
- Say it
- EE-un
Is Iyan a girl's or a boy's name?
Iyan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Iyan in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2021, with 5 boys.
Iyan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
How popular is Iyan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Iyan, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 2013, with 19 boys. It first appears in the records in 1993.
2025 had fewer boys named Iyan than any year since 2006.
Half of all the boys named Iyan in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 4,109 boys in the US were given Iyan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #91, up from #8,239 for this spelling alone.
Iyan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 19 | #5,063 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 19 | #4,947 |
| 2018 | 19 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 15 | #5,785 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2013 | 19 | #4,801 |
| 2012 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2011 | 17 | #5,196 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,807 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 16 | #4,567 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
Names like Iyan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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