# Ayyub (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ayyub/  
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 | Ayub, Ayoub, Ayoob, Ayyoub, Ayyoob |
| US babies named this | 475 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 475 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,103, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَيُّوب (ʔayyūb).

## 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 | 14 | 5,974 |
| 2012 | 13 | 6,350 |
| 2013 | 19 | 4,816 |
| 2014 | 19 | 4,890 |
| 2015 | 16 | 5,536 |
| 2016 | 26 | 4,002 |
| 2017 | 21 | 4,612 |
| 2018 | 26 | 4,002 |
| 2019 | 29 | 3,728 |
| 2020 | 30 | 3,580 |
| 2021 | 25 | 4,126 |
| 2022 | 28 | 3,893 |
| 2023 | 31 | 3,634 |
| 2024 | 49 | 2,676 |
| 2025 | 45 | 2,801 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 15 | 1,522 |
| 2012 | 32 | 927 |
| 2013 | 42 | 762 |
| 2014 | 31 | 935 |
| 2015 | 52 | 656 |
| 2016 | 44 | 758 |
| 2017 | 46 | 743 |
| 2018 | 57 | 629 |
| 2019 | 77 | 506 |
| 2020 | 73 | 513 |
| 2021 | 91 | 452 |
| 2022 | 78 | 500 |
| 2023 | 92 | 424 |
| 2024 | 110 | 379 |
| 2025 | 124 | 342 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: أَيُّوب
- Turkish: Eyyûb

## 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.