# Nayan (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/nayan/  
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 | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 583 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 578 / 5 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 402, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit नयन (nayana).

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 5 | 19,622 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 25 | 4,072 |
| 2012 | 32 | 3,431 |
| 2013 | 25 | 4,029 |
| 2014 | 23 | 4,353 |
| 2015 | 27 | 3,957 |
| 2016 | 29 | 3,746 |
| 2017 | 28 | 3,861 |
| 2018 | 25 | 4,184 |
| 2019 | 22 | 4,593 |
| 2020 | 32 | 3,470 |
| 2021 | 19 | 5,060 |
| 2022 | 23 | 4,535 |
| 2023 | 22 | 4,695 |
| 2024 | 16 | 5,824 |
| 2025 | 28 | 3,919 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 20 | 1,251 |
| 2012 | 19 | 1,313 |
| 2013 | 21 | 1,183 |
| 2014 | 14 | 1,630 |
| 2015 | 19 | 1,327 |
| 2016 | 12 | 1,903 |
| 2017 | 15 | 1,627 |
| 2018 | 9 | 2,259 |
| 2019 | 17 | 1,439 |
| 2020 | 13 | 1,723 |
| 2021 | 10 | 2,125 |
| 2022 | 12 | 1,879 |
| 2023 | 14 | 1,701 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2,263 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2,664 |

## 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.