# Ayan (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ayan/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,942 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,091 / 851 (17% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3,020, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Meaning Eon in Arabic. May be related to the greek word Aeon.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 20 | 6,368 |
| 2012 | 32 | 4,509 |
| 2013 | 34 | 4,256 |
| 2014 | 29 | 4,790 |
| 2015 | 20 | 6,274 |
| 2016 | 35 | 4,172 |
| 2017 | 34 | 4,231 |
| 2018 | 27 | 4,904 |
| 2019 | 29 | 4,667 |
| 2020 | 33 | 4,187 |
| 2021 | 31 | 4,424 |
| 2022 | 18 | 6,496 |
| 2023 | 25 | 5,146 |
| 2024 | 22 | 5,644 |
| 2025 | 23 | 5,429 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 149 | 1,183 |
| 2012 | 118 | 1,408 |
| 2013 | 174 | 1,075 |
| 2014 | 207 | 996 |
| 2015 | 204 | 999 |
| 2016 | 176 | 1,110 |
| 2017 | 234 | 911 |
| 2018 | 183 | 1,079 |
| 2019 | 217 | 981 |
| 2020 | 246 | 907 |
| 2021 | 241 | 937 |
| 2022 | 282 | 857 |
| 2023 | 284 | 851 |
| 2024 | 275 | 877 |
| 2025 | 338 | 762 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 18 | 1,584 |
| 2011 | 10 | 2,432 |
| 2012 | 12 | 2,215 |
| 2013 | 11 | 2,313 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2,862 |
| 2015 | 15 | 1,865 |
| 2016 | 9 | 2,757 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,925 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2019 | 11 | 2,286 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4,634 |
| 2022 | 7 | 3,148 |
| 2023 | 7 | 3,218 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2,411 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,705 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 66 | 528 |
| 2012 | 92 | 429 |
| 2013 | 73 | 508 |
| 2014 | 85 | 463 |
| 2015 | 109 | 390 |
| 2016 | 125 | 372 |
| 2017 | 125 | 368 |
| 2018 | 136 | 337 |
| 2019 | 160 | 306 |
| 2020 | 203 | 235 |
| 2021 | 217 | 232 |
| 2022 | 267 | 193 |
| 2023 | 242 | 203 |
| 2024 | 251 | 200 |
| 2025 | 255 | 201 |

## People named Ayan

- Ayan Sadakov, Bulgarian footballer (1961–2017)
- Ayan Allahverdiyeva, Azerbaijani chess player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.