Shreyan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SHRAY-an
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,964 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,948 for boys
Shreyan is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “excellence, good fortune”. In 2025 it ranked 1,964th for boys in the UK (13 babies) and 3,948th for boys in the US (27 babies).
What does Shreyan mean?
Sanskrit: modern name linked to Sanskrit shreyas
“excellence, good fortune”
Linked to the Sanskrit shreyas, meaning better or more excellent, which also gives the names Shreya and Shreyas.
Is Shreyan a girl's or a boy's name?
Shreyan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the UK and 27 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shreyan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,964among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 23,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the UK were named Shreyan, making it the 1,964th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,185th.
2025 had the most boys named Shreyan of any year since it first appeared, in 1999.
Half of all the boys named Shreyan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 17 boys in the UK were given Shreyan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,396, up from #1,964 for this spelling alone.
- Shreyan 13
- Shreyaan 4
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,894th in England and Wales.
Shreyan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 8 | #2,619 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,185 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,088 |
| 2017 | 8 | #2,656 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,287 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 8 | #2,541 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 1 | #4,138 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
How popular is Shreyan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,948among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 27about 1 in 63,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 27 boys in the US were named Shreyan, making it the 3,948th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,885th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 48 boys. It first appears in the records in 2004.
Half of all the boys named Shreyan in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shreyan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #3,948 |
| 2024 | 23 | #4,430 |
| 2023 | 26 | #4,109 |
| 2022 | 28 | #3,876 |
| 2021 | 29 | #3,736 |
| 2020 | 41 | #2,885 |
| 2019 | 48 | #2,655 |
| 2018 | 44 | #2,747 |
| 2017 | 43 | #2,797 |
| 2016 | 37 | #3,110 |
| 2015 | 40 | #2,918 |
| 2014 | 38 | #2,983 |
| 2013 | 30 | #3,495 |
| 2012 | 28 | #3,711 |
| 2011 | 21 | #4,507 |
| 2010 | 21 | #4,516 |
| 2009 | 25 | #4,033 |
| 2008 | 17 | #5,244 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
Names like Shreyan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Shivansh Aarav Vihaan Avyaan Yuvraj Aviraj Arjan Krishiv Shivay Veer Nirvaan Shiv
Names related to Shreyan
More Sanskrit names
Maya Bodhi Arya Lila Arjun Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Aadhya Ishaan Siya Leena Veda India Avani
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, “Shreyan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shreyan, updated 20 October 2026.