Zayan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ZAY-an
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #220 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,015 for boys
Zayan is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “handsome, adorned”. In 2025 it ranked 220th for boys in the UK (253 babies) and 1,015th for boys in the US (221 babies).
What does Zayan mean?
Arabic: from the root of zayn, beauty
“handsome, adorned”
From the same Arabic root as Zain, meaning beauty or adornment.
Is Zayan a girl's or a boy's name?
Zayan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 253 boys in the UK and 221 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zayan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 220th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 253 about 1 in 1,200 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 45% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.2% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 253 boys in the UK were named Zayan, making it the 220th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 269th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 255 boys.
Half of all the boys named Zayan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 209th in England and Wales and 278th in Scotland.
Zayan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 253 | #220 |
| 2024 | 255 | #220 |
| 2023 | 191 | #272 |
| 2022 | 184 | #284 |
| 2021 | 175 | #297 |
| 2020 | 193 | #269 |
| 2019 | 156 | #335 |
| 2018 | 132 | #376 |
| 2017 | 120 | #409 |
| 2016 | 126 | #401 |
| 2015 | 95 | #479 |
| 2014 | 110 | #418 |
| 2013 | 100 | #455 |
| 2012 | 128 | #380 |
| 2011 | 85 | #483 |
| 2010 | 77 | #506 |
| 2009 | 76 | #512 |
| 2008 | 60 | #602 |
| 2007 | 30 | #935 |
| 2006 | 35 | #798 |
| 2005 | 24 | #997 |
| 2004 | 12 | #1,494 |
| 2003 | 8 | #1,880 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 7 | #1,775 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
How popular is Zayan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,015th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 221 about 1 in 7,700 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 221 boys in the US were named Zayan, making it the 1,015th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,095th. It first appears in the records in 1999.
2025 had the most boys named Zayan of any year since it first appeared, in 1999.
Half of all the boys named Zayan in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 282 boys in the US were given Zayan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #801, up from #1,015 for this spelling alone.
Zayan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 221 | #1,015 |
| 2024 | 188 | #1,129 |
| 2023 | 189 | #1,118 |
| 2022 | 194 | #1,103 |
| 2021 | 165 | #1,188 |
| 2020 | 181 | #1,095 |
| 2019 | 151 | #1,244 |
| 2018 | 105 | #1,584 |
| 2017 | 106 | #1,541 |
| 2016 | 72 | #1,991 |
| 2015 | 70 | #2,036 |
| 2014 | 94 | #1,641 |
| 2013 | 93 | #1,635 |
| 2012 | 78 | #1,862 |
| 2011 | 80 | #1,794 |
| 2010 | 68 | #2,009 |
| 2009 | 40 | #2,945 |
| 2008 | 47 | #2,631 |
| 2007 | 29 | #3,589 |
| 2006 | 34 | #3,152 |
| 2005 | 18 | #4,626 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
Names like Zayan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zayd, Musa, Muhammad, Rayyan, Abdullah, Hamza, Arham, Umar, Zayn, Mustafa, Ahmed, Azaan
Other spellings of Zayan
Names related to Zayan
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, “Zayan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zayan, updated 20 October 2026.