Rayhaan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ray-HAN
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Rayhaan is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “sweet basil, fragrant herb”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Rayhaan mean?
Arabic: spelling of Rayhan
“sweet basil, fragrant herb”
Rayhan, a fragrant plant often identified with sweet basil, is mentioned in the Quran.
Meaning borrowed from Rayhan.
Is Rayhaan a girl's or a boy's name?
Rayhaan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rayhaan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 45% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Rayhaan, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2007, with 39 boys.
Half of all the boys named Rayhaan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 25 boys in the UK were given Rayhaan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,076, up from #5,065 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Rayhaan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 13 | #1,917 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,100 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 12 | #1,974 |
| 2018 | 17 | #1,555 |
| 2017 | 15 | #1,738 |
| 2016 | 13 | #1,909 |
| 2015 | 17 | #1,535 |
| 2014 | 24 | #1,196 |
| 2013 | 19 | #1,398 |
| 2012 | 12 | #1,956 |
| 2011 | 21 | #1,293 |
| 2010 | 19 | #1,385 |
| 2009 | 32 | #937 |
| 2008 | 39 | #806 |
| 2007 | 39 | #779 |
| 2006 | 22 | #1,096 |
| 2005 | 17 | #1,267 |
| 2004 | 10 | #1,688 |
| 2003 | 16 | #1,163 |
| 2002 | 9 | #1,594 |
| 2001 | 12 | #1,283 |
| 2000 | 7 | #1,775 |
| 1999 | 7 | #1,749 |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 7 | #1,678 |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Rayhaan in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 12 boys. It first appears in the records in 2006.
Half of all the boys named Rayhaan in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rayhaan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
Names like Rayhaan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zayaan Azaan Rayyan Zayan Muhammad Hamza Musa Ahmed Zayd Abdullah Zayyan Umar
Other spellings of Rayhaan
Names related to Rayhaan
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, “Rayhaan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rayhaan, updated 20 October 2026.