Rayaan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ray-AN
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #567 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,230 for boys
Rayaan is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “well-watered, lush”. In 2025 it ranked 567th for boys in the UK (75 babies) and 2,230th for boys in the US (63 babies).
What does Rayaan mean?
Arabic: spelling of Rayyan
“well-watered, lush”
A spelling of Rayyan, the gate of Paradise that, according to hadith, is reserved for those who fast.
Is Rayaan a girl's or a boy's name?
Rayaan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls and 75 boys in the UK and 13 girls and 63 boys in the US.
How popular is Rayaan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #567among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 75about 1 in 4,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 75 boys in the UK were named Rayaan, making it the 567th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 481st. Its busiest year was 2024, with 111 boys. 5 girls were also named Rayaan in 2025 (4,276th for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Rayaan than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Rayaan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 424 boys in the UK were given Rayaan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #154, up from #567 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 21% of the babies named Rayaan in the UK in 2002, and 6% in 2025.
Among boys in 2025, it was 517th in England and Wales.
Rayaan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 75 | #567 |
| 2024 | 111 | #409 |
| 2023 | 87 | #510 |
| 2022 | 90 | #494 |
| 2021 | 76 | #571 |
| 2020 | 90 | #481 |
| 2019 | 69 | #601 |
| 2018 | 63 | #639 |
| 2017 | 70 | #608 |
| 2016 | 89 | #506 |
| 2015 | 64 | #621 |
| 2014 | 56 | #666 |
| 2013 | 59 | #640 |
| 2012 | 73 | #558 |
| 2011 | 66 | #578 |
| 2010 | 56 | #646 |
| 2009 | 63 | #583 |
| 2008 | 48 | #701 |
| 2007 | 50 | #648 |
| 2006 | 43 | #695 |
| 2005 | 15 | #1,384 |
| 2004 | 17 | #1,183 |
| 2003 | 13 | #1,328 |
| 2002 | 11 | #1,384 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 1 | #4,018 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
How popular is Rayaan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,230among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 63about 1 in 27,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 63 boys in the US were named Rayaan, making it the 2,230th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,235th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 78 boys. It first appears in the records in 2000. 13 girls were also named Rayaan in 2025 (7,883rd for girls).
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the boys named Rayaan in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 594 boys in the US were given Rayaan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #508, up from #2,230 for this spelling alone.
In 2025, 17% of the babies named Rayaan in the US were girls.
Rayaan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 63 | #2,230 |
| 2024 | 64 | #2,236 |
| 2023 | 72 | #2,063 |
| 2022 | 78 | #1,964 |
| 2021 | 60 | #2,299 |
| 2020 | 61 | #2,235 |
| 2019 | 65 | #2,169 |
| 2018 | 56 | #2,354 |
| 2017 | 37 | #3,122 |
| 2016 | 45 | #2,688 |
| 2015 | 57 | #2,299 |
| 2014 | 69 | #2,043 |
| 2013 | 47 | #2,560 |
| 2012 | 58 | #2,237 |
| 2011 | 25 | #3,992 |
| 2010 | 37 | #3,071 |
| 2009 | 30 | #3,549 |
| 2008 | 26 | #3,918 |
| 2007 | 26 | #3,891 |
| 2006 | 35 | #3,082 |
| 2005 | 21 | #4,193 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 22 | #3,833 |
| 2002 | 15 | #4,913 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
Names like Rayaan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zayaan Rayyan Ayaan Zayan Muhammad Yahya Arham Azaan Musa Zayd Hamza Umar
Other spellings of Rayaan
Names related to Rayaan
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra 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, “Rayaan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rayaan, updated 20 October 2026.