# Ayman (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ayman/  
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 |
| Origin | Arabic |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Aiman, Aimen, Aymen, Aymenn, Eiman, Eymen |
| US babies named this | 2,931 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,880 / 51 (2% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,958, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَيْمَن (ʔayman).

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 6 | 12,641 |
| 2003 | 6 | 14,096 |
| 2004 | 5 | 16,450 |
| 2006 | 6 | 15,410 |
| 2014 | 5 | 16,918 |
| 2017 | 5 | 16,244 |
| 2020 | 5 | 15,441 |
| 2022 | 7 | 12,419 |
| 2025 | 6 | 13,432 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 72 | 1,928 |
| 2012 | 85 | 1,758 |
| 2013 | 75 | 1,880 |
| 2014 | 83 | 1,795 |
| 2015 | 77 | 1,895 |
| 2016 | 75 | 1,940 |
| 2017 | 93 | 1,695 |
| 2018 | 111 | 1,530 |
| 2019 | 130 | 1,372 |
| 2020 | 112 | 1,504 |
| 2021 | 124 | 1,454 |
| 2022 | 147 | 1,296 |
| 2023 | 160 | 1,231 |
| 2024 | 175 | 1,181 |
| 2025 | 196 | 1,095 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 6 | 3,533 |
| 2011 | 7 | 3,185 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3,681 |
| 2013 | 8 | 2,887 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,615 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2017 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,985 |
| 2019 | 8 | 2,869 |
| 2020 | 4 | 4,535 |
| 2021 | 7 | 3,192 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,598 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,843 |
| 2025 | 8 | 3,035 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 107 | 375 |
| 2012 | 95 | 419 |
| 2013 | 97 | 420 |
| 2014 | 110 | 372 |
| 2015 | 93 | 438 |
| 2016 | 108 | 399 |
| 2017 | 102 | 427 |
| 2018 | 98 | 427 |
| 2019 | 116 | 374 |
| 2020 | 116 | 374 |
| 2021 | 105 | 407 |
| 2022 | 115 | 366 |
| 2023 | 169 | 277 |
| 2024 | 209 | 233 |
| 2025 | 203 | 241 |

## People named Ayman

- Ayman al-Zawahiri, al-Qaeda terrorist leader (1951–2022), Muslim jurist and theologian (Sunni), surgeon
- Ayman ibn Abd ar-Rahman, Algerian politician
- Ayman Odeh, Arab-Israeli lawyer and member of the Knesset
- Ayman Ashraf, Egyptian association football player
- Ayman Nour, Egyptian politician
- Ayman Azhil, German-Moroccan association football player
- Ayman Shawky, Egyptian footballer
- Ayman Taher, Egyptian footballer
- Ayman Abdelaziz, Egyptian association football player
- Ayman Asfari, businessperson
- Ayman Younes, footballer
- Ayman Mohyeldin, American journalist

## 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.