# Ayub (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ayub/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,634 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,634 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,524, 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 | 68 | 2,003 |
| 2012 | 66 | 2,070 |
| 2013 | 57 | 2,253 |
| 2014 | 77 | 1,885 |
| 2015 | 74 | 1,957 |
| 2016 | 83 | 1,815 |
| 2017 | 89 | 1,737 |
| 2018 | 94 | 1,681 |
| 2019 | 74 | 1,975 |
| 2020 | 74 | 1,948 |
| 2021 | 49 | 2,629 |
| 2022 | 63 | 2,272 |
| 2023 | 72 | 2,065 |
| 2024 | 67 | 2,170 |
| 2025 | 85 | 1,854 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 53 | 631 |
| 2012 | 70 | 526 |
| 2013 | 62 | 570 |
| 2014 | 61 | 583 |
| 2015 | 55 | 633 |
| 2016 | 69 | 554 |
| 2017 | 80 | 498 |
| 2018 | 65 | 572 |
| 2019 | 72 | 526 |
| 2020 | 57 | 619 |
| 2021 | 76 | 514 |
| 2022 | 78 | 500 |
| 2023 | 82 | 487 |
| 2024 | 78 | 500 |
| 2025 | 76 | 507 |

## People named Ayub

- Ayub Shah Durrani, Emir of Afghanistan Ayub Shah in 1819 to 1823
- Ayub K. Ommaya, American neurosurgeon (1930-2008)
- Ayub Bachchu, Bangladeshi musician, singer, and songwriter (1962-2018)
- Ayyub al-Sakhtiyani

## 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.