Raiyaan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ray-AN
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
Raiyaan is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “well-watered, lush”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies).
What does Raiyaan mean?
Arabic: spelling of Raiyan, itself a spelling of Rayyan
“well-watered, lush”
Al-Rayyan is the gate of Paradise through which, according to hadith, those who fast will enter.
Meaning borrowed from Raiyan.
Is Raiyaan a girl's or a boy's name?
Raiyaan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Raiyaan 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 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Raiyaan, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd. Its busiest year was 2020, with 8 boys.
Half of all the boys named Raiyaan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 424 boys in the UK were given Raiyaan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #154, up from #3,747 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Raiyaan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
Names like Raiyaan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Zayaan, Zayan, Rayyan, Musa, Abdullah, Ahmed, Zayd, Mustafa, Azaan, Raheem, Rafi
Other spellings of Raiyaan
Names related to Raiyaan
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Raiyaan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/raiyaan, updated 20 October 2026.