Viyan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- VEE-yan
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,613 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,657 for boys
Viyan is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 1,613th for boys in the UK (17 babies) and 3,657th for boys in the US (30 babies).
Where does Viyan come from?
Possibly a spelling of Viyaan; also found as a Kurdish name
Is Viyan a girl's or a boy's name?
Viyan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 boys in the UK and 30 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Viyan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,613among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 18,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the UK were named Viyan, making it the 1,613th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 19 boys.
Half of all the boys named Viyan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 42% of the babies named Viyan in the UK in 2014, and 20% in 2018.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,537th in England and Wales.
Viyan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #1,613 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 14 | #1,812 |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 19 | #1,422 |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 12 | #1,981 |
| 2017 | 8 | #2,656 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 8 | #2,541 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
How popular is Viyan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,657among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 30about 1 in 57,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 30 boys in the US were named Viyan, making it the 3,657th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,495th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 43 boys. It first appears in the records in 2012.
2025 had fewer boys named Viyan than any year since 2016.
Half of all the boys named Viyan in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Viyan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | #3,657 |
| 2024 | 38 | #3,159 |
| 2023 | 36 | #3,291 |
| 2022 | 39 | #3,098 |
| 2021 | 32 | #3,494 |
| 2020 | 31 | #3,495 |
| 2019 | 43 | #2,850 |
| 2018 | 40 | #2,942 |
| 2017 | 33 | #3,376 |
| 2016 | 22 | #4,469 |
| 2015 | 30 | #3,590 |
| 2014 | 19 | #4,862 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
Names like Viyan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Vihaan Aarav Avyaan Vivaan Shivansh Krishiv Ivaan Veer Viraj Gurbaaz Aviraj Advik
Names related to Viyan
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, “Viyan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/viyan, updated 20 October 2026.