Nayan

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Peak · boys
#3,371
2012 · 32 births
Debut · boys
1990
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
578
since 1990

Nayan over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Nayan has never cracked the top 3,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #3,371, 2012boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025—#3,84828
2024—#5,65916
2023—#4,61022
2022—#4,44223
2021—#4,93619
2020—#3,41832
2019—#4,48022
2018—#4,09425
2017—#3,78128
2016—#3,68129
2015—#3,88227
2014—#4,26323
2013—#3,96425
2012—#3,37132
2011—#3,99425
2010—#4,67820
2009—#3,91926
2008#17,5045#4,14524
2007—#4,12724
2006—#4,22322
2005—#5,27815
2004—#6,97610
2003—#4,42618
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2000—#6,8399
1999—#7,8747
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First appearance
1990

The first year at least five boys were named Nayan! It came in at #8,117, and was given to 5 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1990–1992, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Nayan is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Nayan, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Nayan, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Nayan, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Nayan, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Nayan, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Nayan, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Nayan, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Nayan, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Nayan, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Nayan, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Nayan, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Nayan, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Nayan, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Nayan, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Nayan, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Nayan, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Nayan, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Nayan, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Nayan, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Nayan, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Nayan, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Nayan, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Nayan, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Nayan, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Nayan, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,998 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 25,068 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Nayan, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Nayan, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Nayan, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Nayan, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Nayan, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Nayan, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Nayan, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Nayan, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Nayan, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Nayan, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Nayan, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Nayan, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Nayan, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Nayan, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Nayan, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Nayan, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Nayan, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Nayan, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Nayan, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Nayan, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Nayan, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Nayan, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Nayan, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Nayan, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Nayan, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. California#1,998 · 1 in 25,068

Best ever in a state: #1,227 in Illinois, 2003.

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See more about Nayan
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 1,811 spots since 2024 (#5,659 → #3,848)
  • 430 spots since 2020 (#3,418 → #3,848)
  • 34 spots since 2015 (#3,882 → #3,848)
Rise & fade · boys
22 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1990
  • Peaked 2012 at #3,371 (32 births)
  • Births halved by 2024, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 53,940
  • Highest: 1 in 53,940 boys born in 2020 were named Nayan (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 61,003 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #3,371 in 2012, was only 1 in 59,280 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 44.3% of all boys named Nayan (256) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s28#5,360 (1993)#7,286
2000s154#3,919 (2009)#5,464
2010s256#3,371 (2012)#4,019
2020s140#3,418 (2020)#4,486

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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