Rayhan
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- ray-HAN
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,686 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,207 for boys
Rayhan is a name of Arabic origin, meaning “sweet basil, fragrant herb”. In 2025 it ranked 1,686th for boys in the UK (16 babies) and 5,207th for boys in the US (18 babies).
What does Rayhan mean?
Arabic
“sweet basil, fragrant herb”
Rayhan, a fragrant plant often identified with sweet basil, is mentioned in the Quran.
Is Rayhan a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Rayhan has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls and 16 boys in the UK and 13 girls and 18 boys in the US.
How popular is Rayhan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,686among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 19,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the UK were named Rayhan, making it the 1,686th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,462nd. Its busiest year was 2007, with 106 boys. 7 girls were also named Rayhan in 2025 (3,409th for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Rayhan than any year since 2000.
Half of all the boys named Rayhan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 25 boys in the UK were given Rayhan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,076, up from #1,686 for this spelling alone.
In 2025, 30% of the babies named Rayhan in the UK were girls.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,612th in England and Wales.
Rayhan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #1,686 |
| 2024 | 19 | #1,470 |
| 2023 | 19 | #1,454 |
| 2022 | 19 | #1,452 |
| 2021 | 28 | #1,110 |
| 2020 | 18 | #1,462 |
| 2019 | 34 | #951 |
| 2018 | 26 | #1,142 |
| 2017 | 35 | #961 |
| 2016 | 30 | #1,056 |
| 2015 | 34 | #964 |
| 2014 | 43 | #807 |
| 2013 | 46 | #768 |
| 2012 | 65 | #610 |
| 2011 | 73 | #543 |
| 2010 | 93 | #450 |
| 2009 | 103 | #414 |
| 2008 | 93 | #444 |
| 2007 | 106 | #377 |
| 2006 | 65 | #521 |
| 2005 | 44 | #658 |
| 2004 | 42 | #644 |
| 2003 | 37 | #660 |
| 2002 | 35 | #625 |
| 2001 | 23 | #818 |
| 2000 | 14 | #1,113 |
| 1999 | 13 | #1,142 |
| 1998 | 15 | #1,016 |
| 1997 | 12 | #1,174 |
| 1996 | 12 | #1,146 |
How popular is Rayhan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,207among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 95,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 18 boys in the US were named Rayhan, making it the 5,207th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,851st. Its busiest year was 2011, with 59 boys. It first appears in the records in 1995. 13 girls were also named Rayhan in 2025 (7,883rd for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Rayhan than any year since 2002.
Half of all the boys named Rayhan in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 14% of the babies named Rayhan in the US in 2016, and 42% in 2025.
Rayhan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #5,207 |
| 2024 | 27 | #3,984 |
| 2023 | 36 | #3,291 |
| 2022 | 27 | #3,992 |
| 2021 | 24 | #4,243 |
| 2020 | 19 | #4,851 |
| 2019 | 25 | #4,110 |
| 2018 | 29 | #3,704 |
| 2017 | 25 | #4,101 |
| 2016 | 32 | #3,440 |
| 2015 | 30 | #3,590 |
| 2014 | 26 | #3,888 |
| 2013 | 47 | #2,560 |
| 2012 | 33 | #3,294 |
| 2011 | 59 | #2,202 |
| 2010 | 51 | #2,428 |
| 2009 | 49 | #2,559 |
| 2008 | 43 | #2,787 |
| 2007 | 58 | #2,257 |
| 2006 | 29 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 32 | #3,168 |
| 2004 | 24 | #3,731 |
| 2003 | 20 | #4,109 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 20 | #3,968 |
| 2000 | 19 | #4,060 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 12 | #5,153 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
Names like Rayhan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Rayyan Muhammad Hamza Zayan Zayaan Ahmed Abdullah Musa Faizan Azaan Abdulrahman Zayd
Other spellings of Rayhan
Names related to Rayhan
Rayan Rayaan Rayna Rayne Raiyan Rayen Rayhana Rhyan Rayn Rayana
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, “Rayhan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rayhan, updated 20 October 2026.