Rayyan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ray-YAN
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #212 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,008 for boys
Rayyan is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “well-watered, lush”. In 2025 it ranked 212th for boys in the UK (268 babies) and 1,008th for boys in the US (224 babies).
What does Rayyan mean?
Arabic
“well-watered, lush”
Al-Rayyan is the gate of Paradise through which, according to hadith, those who fast will enter.
Is Rayyan a girl's or a boy's name?
Rayyan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls and 268 boys in the UK and 8 girls and 224 boys in the US.
How popular is Rayyan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #212among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 268about 1 in 1,100 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.2%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 268 boys in the UK were named Rayyan, making it the 212th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 249th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 297 boys. 6 girls were also named Rayyan in 2025 (3,776th for girls).
2025 had more boys named Rayyan than any year since 2015.
Half of all the boys named Rayyan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 195th in England and Wales and 441st in Scotland.
Rayyan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 268 | #212 |
| 2024 | 227 | #239 |
| 2023 | 202 | #256 |
| 2022 | 212 | #249 |
| 2021 | 171 | #309 |
| 2020 | 219 | #249 |
| 2019 | 183 | #294 |
| 2018 | 171 | #317 |
| 2017 | 242 | #251 |
| 2016 | 250 | #246 |
| 2015 | 278 | #228 |
| 2014 | 297 | #219 |
| 2013 | 294 | #212 |
| 2012 | 289 | #215 |
| 2011 | 235 | #236 |
| 2010 | 253 | #223 |
| 2009 | 157 | #305 |
| 2008 | 170 | #281 |
| 2007 | 105 | #383 |
| 2006 | 81 | #444 |
| 2005 | 66 | #481 |
| 2004 | 63 | #475 |
| 2003 | 44 | #582 |
| 2002 | 44 | #541 |
| 2001 | 33 | #629 |
| 2000 | 16 | #1,021 |
| 1999 | 14 | #1,087 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,170 |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Rayyan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,008among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 224about 1 in 7,600 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 224 boys in the US were named Rayyan, making it the 1,008th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,374th. It first appears in the records in 1996. 8 girls were also named Rayyan in 2025 (10,913th for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Rayyan of any year since it first appeared, in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Rayyan in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3% of the babies named Rayyan in the US were girls.
Rayyan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 224 | #1,008 |
| 2024 | 147 | #1,318 |
| 2023 | 147 | #1,300 |
| 2022 | 156 | #1,250 |
| 2021 | 129 | #1,419 |
| 2020 | 128 | #1,374 |
| 2019 | 146 | #1,277 |
| 2018 | 143 | #1,282 |
| 2017 | 190 | #1,052 |
| 2016 | 187 | #1,055 |
| 2015 | 198 | #1,023 |
| 2014 | 186 | #1,062 |
| 2013 | 144 | #1,235 |
| 2012 | 162 | #1,130 |
| 2011 | 124 | #1,359 |
| 2010 | 121 | #1,383 |
| 2009 | 114 | #1,459 |
| 2008 | 125 | #1,361 |
| 2007 | 103 | #1,527 |
| 2006 | 59 | #2,175 |
| 2005 | 57 | #2,125 |
| 2004 | 71 | #1,760 |
| 2003 | 56 | #2,027 |
| 2002 | 25 | #3,445 |
| 2001 | 28 | #3,138 |
| 2000 | 22 | #3,634 |
| 1999 | 15 | #4,531 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
Names like Rayyan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zayan Zayd Musa Muhammad Zayaan Hamza Abdullah Ahmed Mustafa Umar Arham Amir
Other spellings of Rayyan
Names related to Rayyan
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amira Fatima Ali Yahya 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, “Rayyan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rayyan, updated 20 October 2026.