Nahyan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- NAH-yan
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #6,442 for boys
Nahyan is a boys' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Nahyan mean?
Arabic
Al Nahyan is the ruling family of Abu Dhabi, the capital emirate of the UAE.
Is Nahyan a girl's or a boy's name?
Nahyan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nahyan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,747th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Nahyan, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,359th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 17 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Nahyan than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Nahyan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Nahyan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,515 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2022 | 17 | #1,561 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,359 |
| 2019 | 13 | #1,858 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 8 | #2,656 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,287 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
How popular is Nahyan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,442nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 130,000 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, 13 boys in the US were named Nahyan, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 2014.
Half of all the boys named Nahyan in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nahyan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,784 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
Names like Nahyan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zayaan, Zayan, Rayyan, Arham, Muhammad, Azaan, Musa, Zayyan, Zayd, Yahya, Umar, Zayn
Names related to Nahyan
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo, Safa
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, “Nahyan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nahyan, updated 20 October 2026.