Raiyan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ray-AN
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #986 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,138 for boys
Raiyan is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “well-watered, lush”. In 2025 it ranked 986th for boys in the UK (34 babies) and 4,138th for boys in the US (25 babies).
What does Raiyan mean?
Arabic: spelling of Rayyan
“well-watered, lush”
Al-Rayyan is the gate of Paradise through which, according to hadith, those who fast will enter.
Is Raiyan a girl's or a boy's name?
Raiyan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 34 boys in the UK and 25 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Raiyan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 986th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 34 about 1 in 8,800 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 34 boys in the UK were named Raiyan, making it the 986th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,657th.
2025 had the most boys named Raiyan of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Raiyan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 424 boys in the UK were given Raiyan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #154, up from #986 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 914th in England and Wales.
Raiyan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #986 |
| 2024 | 14 | #1,825 |
| 2023 | 15 | #1,715 |
| 2022 | 24 | #1,229 |
| 2021 | 13 | #1,876 |
| 2020 | 15 | #1,657 |
| 2019 | 18 | #1,479 |
| 2018 | 15 | #1,715 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,174 |
| 2016 | 21 | #1,347 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,260 |
| 2014 | 13 | #1,834 |
| 2013 | 12 | #1,901 |
| 2012 | 14 | #1,765 |
| 2011 | 15 | #1,619 |
| 2010 | 17 | #1,508 |
| 2009 | 13 | #1,760 |
| 2008 | 13 | #1,696 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,139 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,193 |
| 2005 | 11 | #1,701 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,157 |
| 2003 | 9 | #1,723 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Raiyan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,138th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 25 about 1 in 68,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady much the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 25 boys in the US were named Raiyan, making it the 4,138th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,231st. It first appears in the records in 1999.
2025 had the most boys named Raiyan of any year since it first appeared, in 1999.
Half of all the boys named Raiyan in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 594 boys in the US were given Raiyan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #508, up from #4,138 for this spelling alone.
Raiyan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #4,138 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 17 | #5,231 |
| 2019 | 19 | #4,947 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,314 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2013 | 18 | #4,978 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 17 | #5,196 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 15 | #5,658 |
| 2006 | 17 | #5,068 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 22 | #3,833 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
Names like Raiyan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Rayyan, Muhammad, Zayan, Zayaan, Musa, Hamza, Zayd, Azaan, Abdullah, Ahmed, Umar, Arham
Other spellings of Raiyan
Names related to Raiyan
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo
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, “Raiyan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/raiyan, updated 20 October 2026.