Noyan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- noh-YAHN
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #6,442 for boys
Noyan is a boys' name, meaning “commander, lord”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Noyan mean?
Mongolian title, used as a name in Turkey
“commander, lord”
In the Mongol Empire a noyan was a military commander or nobleman serving the khan.
Is Noyan a girl's or a boy's name?
Noyan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Noyan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,329th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Noyan, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd. Its busiest year was 2022, with 14 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Noyan than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Noyan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2019 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Noyan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 12 | #2,009 |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 14 | #1,789 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,100 |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
How popular is Noyan 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 Noyan, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. It first appears in the records in 2016.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Noyan of any year since it first appeared, in 2016.
Half of all the boys named Noyan in the US since 1880 were born between 2019 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Noyan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
Names like Noyan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finn, Brody, Rowan, Ronan, Conan, Lochlan, Kayden, Callan, Nolan, Eden, Rian, Cassian
Names related to Noyan
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, “Noyan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/noyan, updated 20 October 2026.