Rayen
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- RAY-en
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,613 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Rayen is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “well-watered, lush”. In 2025 it ranked 1,613th for boys in the UK (17 babies) and 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Rayen mean?
Arabic: French-style spelling of Rayan, common in Tunisia
“well-watered, lush”
In Islamic tradition Al-Rayyan is the gate of Paradise for those who fast; separately, Rayen is a Mapuche girls' name meaning flower.
Is Rayen a girl's or a boy's name?
Rayen is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 boys in the UK and 5 girls in the US.
How popular is Rayen in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,613th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17 about 1 in 18,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the UK were named Rayen, making it the 1,613th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd.
2025 had the most boys named Rayen of any year since it first appeared, in 2004.
Half of all the boys named Rayen in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,537th in England and Wales.
Rayen in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #1,613 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 12 | #1,969 |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,231 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,388 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,037 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,425 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,334 |
| 2012 | 8 | #2,595 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 1 | #6,016 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
How popular is Rayen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 14,937th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Rayen, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 2015, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 2004.
Half of all the girls named Rayen in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rayen in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,610 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
Names like Rayen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finn, Ronan, Kayden, Rowan, Brody, Aiden, Kian, Lochlan, Caelan, Rogan, Conan, Raiden
Names related to Rayen
Ryan, Rayan, Rayyan, Rayaan, Rayne, Rayhan, Reyaan, Rayn, Rayna, Raena
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra
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, “Rayen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rayen, updated 20 October 2026.