Shayan
Boy · shy-AAN · Persian
Shayan is a boys' name of Persian origin, meaning “worthy, deserving”. In 2025 it ranked 731st for boys in the UK (53 babies) and 2,145th for boys in the US (67 babies).
What does Shayan mean?
Persian
“worthy, deserving”
From Persian shayan, worthy or deserving, used in Iranian and South Asian families.
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Is Shayan a girl's or a boy's name?
Shayan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 53 boys in the UK and 67 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shayan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #731among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 53about 1 in 5,700 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 53 boys in the UK were named Shayan, making it the 731st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 642nd. Its busiest year was 2010, with 82 boys.
Half of all the boys named Shayan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 84 boys in the UK were given Shayan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #493, up from #731 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 21% of the babies named Shayan in the UK in 1998, and 4% in 2013.
Among boys in 2025, it was 702nd in England and Wales and 762nd in Scotland.
Shayan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 53 | #731 |
| 2024 | 47 | #790 |
| 2023 | 45 | #807 |
| 2022 | 61 | #655 |
| 2021 | 51 | #754 |
| 2020 | 61 | #642 |
| 2019 | 63 | #641 |
| 2018 | 45 | #796 |
| 2017 | 60 | #657 |
| 2016 | 72 | #585 |
| 2015 | 64 | #621 |
| 2014 | 57 | #660 |
| 2013 | 68 | #582 |
| 2012 | 66 | #601 |
| 2011 | 80 | #506 |
| 2010 | 82 | #488 |
| 2009 | 69 | #547 |
| 2008 | 49 | #689 |
| 2007 | 57 | #597 |
| 2006 | 48 | #652 |
| 2005 | 31 | #844 |
| 2004 | 27 | #864 |
| 2003 | 36 | #668 |
| 2002 | 21 | #918 |
| 2001 | 15 | #1,103 |
| 2000 | 11 | #1,308 |
| 1999 | 11 | #1,267 |
| 1998 | 11 | #1,259 |
| 1997 | 8 | #1,532 |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Shayan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,145among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 67about 1 in 25,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 67 boys in the US were named Shayan, making it the 2,145th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,766th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 94 boys. It first appears in the records in 1982.
2025 had fewer boys named Shayan than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Shayan in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 83 boys in the US were given Shayan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,646, up from #2,145 for this spelling alone.
- Shayan 67
- Shayaan 16
Shayan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 67 | #2,145 |
| 2024 | 94 | #1,752 |
| 2023 | 84 | #1,875 |
| 2022 | 84 | #1,874 |
| 2021 | 73 | #2,025 |
| 2020 | 86 | #1,766 |
| 2019 | 73 | #2,000 |
| 2018 | 67 | #2,100 |
| 2017 | 60 | #2,216 |
| 2016 | 64 | #2,145 |
| 2015 | 74 | #1,955 |
| 2014 | 78 | #1,872 |
| 2013 | 69 | #1,988 |
| 2012 | 63 | #2,131 |
| 2011 | 56 | #2,283 |
| 2010 | 56 | #2,286 |
| 2009 | 74 | #1,924 |
| 2008 | 63 | #2,139 |
| 2007 | 63 | #2,139 |
| 2006 | 65 | #2,036 |
| 2005 | 67 | #1,885 |
| 2004 | 52 | #2,204 |
| 2003 | 59 | #1,958 |
| 2002 | 57 | #1,939 |
| 2001 | 55 | #1,956 |
| 2000 | 57 | #1,844 |
| 1999 | 64 | #1,652 |
| 1998 | 48 | #1,984 |
| 1997 | 55 | #1,750 |
| 1996 | 52 | #1,760 |
| 1995 | 51 | #1,731 |
| 1994 | 50 | #1,748 |
| 1993 | 40 | #2,002 |
| 1992 | 39 | #1,997 |
| 1991 | 33 | #2,184 |
| 1990 | 25 | #2,623 |
| 1989 | 20 | #2,983 |
| 1988 | 18 | #2,956 |
| 1987 | 13 | #3,516 |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,126 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
Names like Shayan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav Vihaan Shivansh Armaan Ayaan Yuvraj Rayan Avi Ishaan Arjan Avyaan Krishiv
Other spellings of Shayan
Shayaan Shayen
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