Rayan
- #4,067 for girls in 2025, 35 births
- #588 for boys in 2025, 499 births
- Given to boys 89.4% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2023 · 518 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 8,895since 1973
Rayan over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | #4,067 | 35 | #588 | 499 |
| 2024 | #5,799 | 21 | #578 | 493 |
| 2023 | #5,960 | 20 | #561 | 518 |
| 2022 | #3,536 | 44 | #627 | 445 |
| 2021 | #4,167 | 34 | #665 | 407 |
| 2020 | #4,358 | 31 | #617 | 442 |
| 2019 | #2,923 | 56 | #562 | 497 |
| 2018 | #3,050 | 53 | #563 | 489 |
| 2017 | #3,091 | 52 | #574 | 476 |
| 2016 | #3,010 | 55 | #561 | 513 |
| 2015 | #2,846 | 61 | #584 | 476 |
| 2014 | #3,112 | 53 | #608 | 440 |
| 2013 | #3,465 | 45 | #673 | 359 |
| 2012 | #3,213 | 51 | #656 | 362 |
| 2011 | #3,781 | 40 | #734 | 309 |
| 2010 | #3,816 | 40 | #761 | 295 |
| 2009 | #4,013 | 38 | #798 | 279 |
| 2008 | #4,006 | 39 | #872 | 243 |
| 2007 | #4,944 | 29 | #906 | 220 |
| 2006 | #6,592 | 19 | #1,008 | 182 |
| 2005 | #4,118 | 34 | #1,191 | 134 |
| 2004 | #4,707 | 28 | #1,425 | 99 |
| 2003 | #4,804 | 26 | #1,310 | 106 |
| 2002 | #6,392 | 17 | #1,571 | 78 |
| 2001 | #4,564 | 26 | #2,027 | 52 |
| 2000 | #5,705 | 19 | #1,993 | 51 |
| 1999 | #4,576 | 24 | #2,023 | 47 |
| 1998 | #10,122 | 8 | #2,711 | 30 |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 | #2,903 | 26 |
| 1996 | #7,574 | 11 | #2,747 | 27 |
| 1995 | #8,079 | 10 | #2,762 | 26 |
| 1994 | #7,097 | 12 | #2,951 | 24 |
| 1993 | — | #3,246 | 20 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,909 | 23 | |
| 1991 | #9,336 | 8 | #2,683 | 25 |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | #3,058 | 20 |
| 1989 | — | #3,205 | 18 | |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 | #2,765 | 20 |
| 1987 | — | #3,959 | 11 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,360 | 23 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,216 | 14 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,459 | 12 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,884 | 10 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,282 | 13 | |
| 1981 | — | #4,509 | 8 | |
| 1980 | — | #5,525 | 6 | |
| 1979 | — | #3,810 | 10 | |
| 1978 | — | #4,554 | 7 | |
| 1977 | — | #5,845 | 5 | |
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| 1973 | — | #4,505 | 6 | |
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First appearance
1973
The first year at least five boys were named Rayan! It came in at #4,505, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1974–1977, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Rayan 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
- District of Columbia#139 · 1 in 421
- Virginia#296 · 1 in 1,330
- Illinois#316 · 1 in 1,457
- New Jersey#363 · 1 in 1,808
- New York#367 · 1 in 1,759
Best ever in a state: #139 in District of Columbia, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | #139 | 6 | 1 in 421 |
| Virginia | #296 | 28 | 1 in 1,330 |
| Illinois | #316 | 34 | 1 in 1,457 |
| New Jersey | #363 | 22 | 1 in 1,808 |
| New York | #367 | 48 | 1 in 1,759 |
| Massachusetts | #378 | 13 | 1 in 2,079 |
| Maryland | #389 | 13 | 1 in 1,761 |
| California | #448 | 71 | 1 in 2,471 |
| Connecticut | #498 | 5 | 1 in 2,641 |
| Ohio | #500 | 21 | 1 in 2,502 |
| Colorado | #501 | 11 | 1 in 2,441 |
| Washington | #529 | 13 | 1 in 2,523 |
| North Carolina | #539 | 18 | 1 in 2,859 |
| Michigan | #540 | 15 | 1 in 2,680 |
| Indiana | #545 | 12 | 1 in 2,639 |
| Wisconsin | #570 | 8 | 1 in 2,929 |
| Iowa | #571 | 5 | 1 in 2,766 |
| Florida | #585 | 29 | 1 in 3,294 |
| Oregon | #604 | 5 | 1 in 3,012 |
| Texas | #612 | 50 | 1 in 3,501 |
| Pennsylvania | #631 | 14 | 1 in 3,733 |
| Louisiana | #672 | 6 | 1 in 3,188 |
| Kentucky | #708 | 5 | 1 in 4,107 |
| Minnesota | #807 | 5 | 1 in 4,900 |
| Missouri | #869 | 5 | 1 in 5,562 |
| Georgia | #1,096 | 7 | 1 in 7,174 |
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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
- 10 spots since 2024 (#578 → #588)
- 29 spots since 2020 (#617 → #588)
- 4 spots since 2015 (#584 → #588)
- Biggest jump: 102 spots in 2007
- Biggest drop: 55 spots in 2020
Rise & fade · boys
50 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1973
- Peaked 2023 at #561 (518 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 19 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 19 yrs · run 2007–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,302
- Highest: 1 in 3,302 boys born in 2023 were named Rayan (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 3,423 boys born in 2025 (0.03%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 47.4% of all boys named Rayan (4,216) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 28 | #3,810 (1979) | #4,679 |
| 1980s | 135 | #2,360 (1986) | #3,616 |
| 1990s | 268 | #2,023 (1999) | #2,799 |
| 2000s | 1,444 | #798 (2009) | #1,310 |
| 2010s | 4,216 | #561 (2016) | #628 |
| 2020s | 2,804 | #561 (2023) | #606 |
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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