Shayaan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- shy-AAN
- Origin
- Persian
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,133 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,606 for boys
Shayaan is a boys' name of Persian origin, meaning “worthy, deserving”. In 2025 it ranked 1,133rd for boys in the UK (28 babies) and 5,606th for boys in the US (16 babies).
What does Shayaan mean?
Persian: spelling of Shayan
“worthy, deserving”
A spelling of Shayan, from Persian shayan, worthy or deserving.
Is Shayaan a girl's or a boy's name?
Shayaan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 28 boys in the UK and 16 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shayaan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,133rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 28 about 1 in 11,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 28 boys in the UK were named Shayaan, making it the 1,133rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,105th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 58 boys.
2025 had more boys named Shayaan than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Shayaan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 84 boys in the UK were given Shayaan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #493, up from #1,133 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,066th in England and Wales.
Shayaan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #1,133 |
| 2024 | 20 | #1,397 |
| 2023 | 22 | #1,322 |
| 2022 | 23 | #1,270 |
| 2021 | 23 | #1,265 |
| 2020 | 27 | #1,105 |
| 2019 | 41 | #829 |
| 2018 | 33 | #980 |
| 2017 | 29 | #1,092 |
| 2016 | 44 | #806 |
| 2015 | 39 | #871 |
| 2014 | 35 | #925 |
| 2013 | 56 | #664 |
| 2012 | 57 | #670 |
| 2011 | 51 | #701 |
| 2010 | 58 | #632 |
| 2009 | 53 | #664 |
| 2008 | 25 | #1,102 |
| 2007 | 29 | #953 |
| 2006 | 14 | #1,487 |
| 2005 | 25 | #972 |
| 2004 | 11 | #1,583 |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,106 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 6 | #1,941 |
How popular is Shayaan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,606th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the US were named Shayaan, making it the 5,606th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,137th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 60 boys. It first appears in the records in 1995.
Half of all the boys named Shayaan in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 83 boys in the US were given Shayaan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,646, up from #5,606 for this spelling alone.
- Shayan 67
- Shayaan 16
Shayaan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #5,606 |
| 2024 | 16 | #5,655 |
| 2023 | 21 | #4,738 |
| 2022 | 16 | #5,629 |
| 2021 | 32 | #3,494 |
| 2020 | 24 | #4,137 |
| 2019 | 23 | #4,333 |
| 2018 | 36 | #3,168 |
| 2017 | 27 | #3,885 |
| 2016 | 48 | #2,586 |
| 2015 | 33 | #3,364 |
| 2014 | 40 | #2,883 |
| 2013 | 54 | #2,335 |
| 2012 | 55 | #2,325 |
| 2011 | 60 | #2,172 |
| 2010 | 47 | #2,578 |
| 2009 | 38 | #3,044 |
| 2008 | 38 | #3,056 |
| 2007 | 36 | #3,133 |
| 2006 | 21 | #4,366 |
| 2005 | 24 | #3,811 |
| 2004 | 31 | #3,154 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
Names like Shayaan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ayaan, Aarav, Vihaan, Shivansh, Yahya, Zayaan, Ishaan, Armaan, Rayyan, Yuvraj, Avyaan, Arjan
Other spellings of Shayaan
Shayan, Shayen
Names related to Shayaan
More Persian names
Jasper, Esther, Jasmine, Casper, Cyrus, Yasmin, Darius, Zorawar, Kiyan, Rumi, Yasmine, Kasper, Mahnoor, Dario, Arian, Arman
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, “Shayaan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shayaan, updated 20 October 2026.