Rayyan
- #10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births
- #1,008 for boys in 2025, 224 births
- Given to boys 92.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 224 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,221since 1996
Rayyan over time
girlsboys
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | #10,917 | 8 | #1,008 | 224 |
| 2024 | #11,122 | 8 | #1,318 | 147 |
| 2023 | #6,409 | 18 | #1,300 | 147 |
| 2022 | #7,631 | 14 | #1,250 | 156 |
| 2021 | #11,146 | 8 | #1,419 | 129 |
| 2020 | #8,953 | 11 | #1,374 | 128 |
| 2019 | #8,138 | 13 | #1,277 | 146 |
| 2018 | #11,427 | 8 | #1,282 | 143 |
| 2017 | #5,191 | 25 | #1,052 | 190 |
| 2016 | #7,230 | 16 | #1,055 | 187 |
| 2015 | #6,036 | 21 | #1,023 | 198 |
| 2014 | #8,966 | 12 | #1,062 | 186 |
| 2013 | #8,580 | 13 | #1,235 | 144 |
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 | #1,130 | 162 |
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 | #1,359 | 124 |
| 2010 | #12,276 | 8 | #1,383 | 121 |
| 2009 | — | #1,459 | 114 | |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | #1,361 | 125 |
| 2007 | #10,818 | 10 | #1,527 | 103 |
| 2006 | #11,417 | 9 | #2,176 | 59 |
| 2005 | — | #2,129 | 57 | |
| 2004 | #11,624 | 8 | #1,763 | 71 |
| 2003 | #10,425 | 9 | #2,031 | 56 |
| 2002 | — | #3,450 | 25 | |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 | #3,143 | 28 |
| 2000 | #10,745 | 8 | #3,640 | 22 |
| 1999 | — | #4,537 | 15 | |
| 1998 | — | #6,314 | 9 | |
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| 1996 | — | #9,015 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1996
The first year at least five boys were named Rayyan! It came in at #9,015, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1996–1997, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Rayyan 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
- New York#434 · 1 in 2,165
- New Jersey#523 · 1 in 2,840
- Maryland#634 · 1 in 3,271
- Michigan#641 · 1 in 3,350
- Illinois#677 · 1 in 3,812
Best ever in a state: #378 in New Jersey, 2014.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | #434 | 39 | 1 in 2,165 |
| New Jersey | #523 | 14 | 1 in 2,840 |
| Maryland | #634 | 7 | 1 in 3,271 |
| Michigan | #641 | 12 | 1 in 3,350 |
| Illinois | #677 | 13 | 1 in 3,812 |
| Virginia | #727 | 9 | 1 in 4,139 |
| Massachusetts | #789 | 5 | 1 in 5,404 |
| Texas | #845 | 31 | 1 in 5,647 |
| Ohio | #855 | 9 | 1 in 5,837 |
| California | #884 | 26 | 1 in 6,749 |
| Arizona | #927 | 5 | 1 in 6,545 |
| North Carolina | #1,144 | 6 | 1 in 8,578 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,231 | 5 | 1 in 10,452 |
| Florida | #1,256 | 9 | 1 in 10,615 |
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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.
See more about Rayyan
Momentum · boys
Rising
- 366 spots since 2020 (#1,374 → #1,008)
Rise & fade · boys
29 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1996
- Peaked 2025 at #1,008 (224 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
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 7,625
- Highest: 1 in 7,625 boys born in 2025 were named Rayyan (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 49.7% of all boys named Rayyan (1,601) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 29 | #4,537 (1999) | #6,622 |
| 2000s | 660 | #1,361 (2008) | #2,268 |
| 2010s | 1,601 | #1,023 (2015) | #1,186 |
| 2020s | 931 | #1,008 (2025) | #1,278 |
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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