Ayaan
- #5,554 for girls in 2025, 22 births
- #465 for boys in 2025, 664 births
- Given to boys 97.3% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2020 · 645 births
- Debut · boys
- 18 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 8,903since 2000
Ayaan over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Ayaan has never cracked the top 400 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,554 | 22 | #465 | 664 |
| 2024 | #5,799 | 21 | #519 | 590 |
| 2023 | #8,055 | 13 | #512 | 586 |
| 2022 | #8,542 | 12 | #562 | 528 |
| 2021 | #7,250 | 15 | #514 | 570 |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 | #460 | 645 |
| 2019 | #11,356 | 8 | #516 | 553 |
| 2018 | #9,806 | 10 | #532 | 530 |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 | #551 | 503 |
| 2016 | #11,781 | 8 | #630 | 424 |
| 2015 | #10,866 | 9 | #637 | 416 |
| 2014 | #8,053 | 14 | #574 | 485 |
| 2013 | #10,235 | 10 | #638 | 388 |
| 2012 | #9,711 | 11 | #665 | 355 |
| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 | #710 | 322 |
| 2010 | #9,790 | 11 | #759 | 296 |
| 2009 | #7,066 | 18 | #827 | 265 |
| 2008 | #10,084 | 11 | #912 | 226 |
| 2007 | #11,630 | 9 | #1,031 | 182 |
| 2006 | #13,606 | 7 | #1,339 | 122 |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 | #2,237 | 53 |
| 2004 | #12,761 | 7 | #1,235 | 122 |
| 2003 | — | #3,528 | 25 | |
| 2002 | — | #4,322 | 18 | |
| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 | #4,476 | 17 |
| 2000 | — | #4,204 | 18 | |
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First appearance
2000
The first year at least five boys were named Ayaan! It came in at #4,204, and was given to 18 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2000–2003, when fewer than 26 boys a year got the name.
Where Ayaan is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Delaware#142 · 1 in 421
- New Jersey#231 · 1 in 970
- New York#260 · 1 in 1,141
- Illinois#289 · 1 in 1,339
- Virginia#329 · 1 in 1,490
Best ever in a state: #142 in Delaware, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware | #142 | 7 | 1 in 421 |
| New Jersey | #231 | 41 | 1 in 970 |
| New York | #260 | 74 | 1 in 1,141 |
| Illinois | #289 | 37 | 1 in 1,339 |
| Virginia | #329 | 25 | 1 in 1,490 |
| Maryland | #330 | 16 | 1 in 1,431 |
| Massachusetts | #347 | 15 | 1 in 1,801 |
| California | #349 | 100 | 1 in 1,755 |
| Pennsylvania | #363 | 30 | 1 in 1,742 |
| Washington | #382 | 19 | 1 in 1,726 |
| Ohio | #395 | 27 | 1 in 1,946 |
| Texas | #407 | 87 | 1 in 2,012 |
| Nebraska | #432 | 5 | 1 in 1,764 |
| Georgia | #452 | 24 | 1 in 2,093 |
| North Carolina | #485 | 21 | 1 in 2,451 |
| Arizona | #527 | 13 | 1 in 2,517 |
| Colorado | #535 | 10 | 1 in 2,685 |
| Florida | #569 | 30 | 1 in 3,184 |
| Indiana | #579 | 11 | 1 in 2,878 |
| Alabama | #622 | 7 | 1 in 3,074 |
| Minnesota | #640 | 7 | 1 in 3,500 |
| Michigan | #715 | 10 | 1 in 4,019 |
| Wisconsin | #785 | 5 | 1 in 4,686 |
| Missouri | #789 | 6 | 1 in 4,635 |
| Tennessee | #1,040 | 5 | 1 in 7,354 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 54 spots since 2024 (#519 → #465)
- 5 spots since 2020 (#460 → #465)
- 172 spots since 2015 (#637 → #465)
- Biggest jump: 119 spots in 2008
- Biggest drop: 63 spots in 2015
Rise & fade · boys
20 yrs to peak
- Debuted 2000
- Peaked 2020 at #460 (645 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 18 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 18 yrs · run 2008–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,572
- Highest: 1 in 2,572 boys born in 2025 were named Ayaan (0.04%)
- Its best rank, #460 in 2020, was only 1 in 2,676 (0.04%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 48.0% of all boys named Ayaan (4,272) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,048 | #827 (2009) | #2,411 |
| 2010s | 4,272 | #516 (2019) | #621 |
| 2020s | 3,583 | #460 (2020) | #505 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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