Sayan
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,342 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,856 for boys
Sayan is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,342nd for boys in the UK (10 babies) and 4,856th for boys in the US (20 babies).
What does Sayan mean?
Sanskrit
A male given name from Sanskrit.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Sayan a girl's or a boy's name?
Sayan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the UK and 20 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sayan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,342among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 30,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 58% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the UK were named Sayan, making it the 2,342nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 11 boys.
Half of all the boys named Sayan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,265th in England and Wales.
Sayan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,342 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,149 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,457 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,434 |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 7 | #2,792 |
| 2012 | 8 | #2,595 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
How popular is Sayan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,856among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 85,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 44% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 20 boys in the US were named Sayan, making it the 4,856th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 22 boys. It first appears in the records in 1995.
Half of all the boys named Sayan in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sayan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #4,856 |
| 2024 | 18 | #5,237 |
| 2023 | 21 | #4,738 |
| 2022 | 22 | #4,566 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,102 |
| 2017 | 17 | #5,293 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 15 | #5,729 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
Names like Sayan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zayan Musa Zayaan Muhammad Rayyan Zayd Ayaan Arham Azaan Hamza Yahya Umar
Names related to Sayan
More Sanskrit names
Maya Bodhi Arya Lila Arjun Aarav Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Arjan Vihaan Aadhya Avyaan Ishaan Siya
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, “Sayan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sayan, updated 20 October 2026.