# Ayoub (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ayoub/  
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 | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,073 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,073 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 727, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 27 | 3,801 |
| 2012 | 41 | 2,872 |
| 2013 | 39 | 2,897 |
| 2014 | 55 | 2,346 |
| 2015 | 39 | 2,970 |
| 2016 | 38 | 3,064 |
| 2017 | 59 | 2,242 |
| 2018 | 39 | 2,998 |
| 2019 | 55 | 2,426 |
| 2020 | 45 | 2,730 |
| 2021 | 51 | 2,553 |
| 2022 | 50 | 2,650 |
| 2023 | 57 | 2,390 |
| 2024 | 63 | 2,264 |
| 2025 | 63 | 2,232 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 28 | 976 |
| 2012 | 26 | 1,051 |
| 2013 | 31 | 931 |
| 2014 | 36 | 837 |
| 2015 | 41 | 779 |
| 2016 | 26 | 1,081 |
| 2017 | 30 | 996 |
| 2018 | 40 | 801 |
| 2019 | 40 | 787 |
| 2020 | 30 | 944 |
| 2021 | 34 | 888 |
| 2022 | 31 | 967 |
| 2023 | 25 | 1,139 |
| 2024 | 40 | 814 |
| 2025 | 36 | 873 |

## People named Ayoub

- Ayoub Oufkir, Dutch association football player
- Ayoub Assal, English footballer
- Ayyoub Allach, Belgian association football 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.