Rayyaan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ray-YAN
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,742 for boys
Rayyaan is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “well-watered, lush”. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies).
What does Rayyaan 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 Rayyaan a girl's or a boy's name?
Rayyaan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rayyaan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,742nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Rayyaan, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,733rd. Its busiest year was 2015, with 17 boys.
Half of all the boys named Rayyaan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 276 boys in the UK were given Rayyaan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #213, up from #2,742 for this spelling alone.
- Rayyan 268
- Rayyaan 8
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Rayyaan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 8 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,279 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,100 |
| 2020 | 14 | #1,733 |
| 2019 | 15 | #1,683 |
| 2018 | 17 | #1,555 |
| 2017 | 17 | #1,563 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2015 | 17 | #1,535 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,054 |
| 2013 | 16 | #1,560 |
| 2012 | 12 | #1,956 |
| 2011 | 15 | #1,619 |
| 2010 | 14 | #1,724 |
| 2009 | 13 | #1,760 |
| 2008 | 14 | #1,599 |
| 2007 | 16 | #1,458 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,386 |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 8 | #1,880 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
Names like Rayyaan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Zayaan, Zayan, Ahmed, Abdullah, Musa, Mustafa, Zayd, Azaan, Ibrahim, Raheem, Zayyan
Other spellings of Rayyaan
Names related to Rayyaan
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Rayyaan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rayyaan, updated 20 October 2026.