Zayaan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- zay-AHN
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #279 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,207 for boys
Zayaan is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “handsome, adorned”. In 2025 it ranked 279th for boys in the UK (184 babies) and 2,207th for boys in the US (64 babies).
What does Zayaan mean?
Arabic: spelling of Zayan, from the root of zayn, beauty
“handsome, adorned”
From the same Arabic root as Zain, meaning beauty or adornment.
Is Zayaan a girl's or a boy's name?
Zayaan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 184 boys in the UK and 64 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zayaan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 279th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 184 about 1 in 1,600 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 184 boys in the UK were named Zayaan, making it the 279th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 342nd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 184 boys.
Half of all the boys named Zayaan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 198 boys in the UK were given Zayaan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #270, up from #279 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 255th in England and Wales and 647th in Scotland.
Zayaan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 184 | #279 |
| 2024 | 184 | #281 |
| 2023 | 149 | #331 |
| 2022 | 148 | #343 |
| 2021 | 167 | #315 |
| 2020 | 147 | #342 |
| 2019 | 122 | #403 |
| 2018 | 119 | #405 |
| 2017 | 108 | #443 |
| 2016 | 128 | #393 |
| 2015 | 80 | #542 |
| 2014 | 77 | #551 |
| 2013 | 62 | #625 |
| 2012 | 37 | #905 |
| 2011 | 44 | #793 |
| 2010 | 35 | #911 |
| 2009 | 22 | #1,214 |
| 2008 | 15 | #1,547 |
| 2007 | 11 | #1,848 |
| 2006 | 11 | #1,742 |
| 2005 | 9 | #1,957 |
| 2004 | 10 | #1,688 |
| 2003 | 1 | #4,616 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
How popular is Zayaan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,207th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 64 about 1 in 27,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 64 boys in the US were named Zayaan, making it the 2,207th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,391st. It first appears in the records in 2004.
2025 had the most boys named Zayaan of any year since it first appeared, in 2004.
Half of all the boys named Zayaan in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 72 boys in the US were given Zayaan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,784, up from #2,207 for this spelling alone.
- Zayaan 64
- Zaiyan 8
Zayaan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 64 | #2,207 |
| 2024 | 54 | #2,502 |
| 2023 | 35 | #3,345 |
| 2022 | 54 | #2,516 |
| 2021 | 49 | #2,622 |
| 2020 | 55 | #2,391 |
| 2019 | 56 | #2,393 |
| 2018 | 24 | #4,222 |
| 2017 | 38 | #3,070 |
| 2016 | 25 | #4,097 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 27 | #3,784 |
| 2013 | 25 | #3,962 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 22 | #4,354 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,090 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
Names like Zayaan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zayd, Musa, Muhammad, Rayyan, Azaan, Umar, Zayyan, Abdullah, Hamza, Arham, Zayn, Mustafa
Other spellings of Zayaan
Zaiyan, Zeyan, Zaiyaan
Names related to Zayaan
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo, Safa
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, “Zayaan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zayaan, updated 20 October 2026.