# Rayan (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/rayan/  
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 and girls |
| Origin | Arabic |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Rayane |
| US babies named this | 9,953 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 8,895 / 1,058 (11% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 5,634, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Arabic رَيَّان (rayyān)

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 40 | 3,825 |
| 2012 | 51 | 3,253 |
| 2013 | 45 | 3,509 |
| 2014 | 53 | 3,133 |
| 2015 | 61 | 2,882 |
| 2016 | 55 | 3,048 |
| 2017 | 52 | 3,129 |
| 2018 | 53 | 3,096 |
| 2019 | 56 | 2,953 |
| 2020 | 31 | 4,423 |
| 2021 | 34 | 4,222 |
| 2022 | 44 | 3,583 |
| 2023 | 20 | 6,113 |
| 2024 | 21 | 5,924 |
| 2025 | 35 | 4,150 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 309 | 734 |
| 2012 | 362 | 657 |
| 2013 | 359 | 673 |
| 2014 | 440 | 608 |
| 2015 | 476 | 584 |
| 2016 | 513 | 561 |
| 2017 | 476 | 574 |
| 2018 | 489 | 564 |
| 2019 | 497 | 563 |
| 2020 | 442 | 617 |
| 2021 | 407 | 665 |
| 2022 | 445 | 628 |
| 2023 | 518 | 562 |
| 2024 | 493 | 579 |
| 2025 | 499 | 588 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 42 | 858 |
| 2012 | 27 | 1,210 |
| 2013 | 32 | 1,098 |
| 2014 | 28 | 1,204 |
| 2015 | 29 | 1,168 |
| 2016 | 22 | 1,472 |
| 2017 | 18 | 1,681 |
| 2018 | 19 | 1,586 |
| 2019 | 11 | 2,286 |
| 2020 | 23 | 1,352 |
| 2021 | 9 | 2,711 |
| 2022 | 16 | 1,767 |
| 2023 | 10 | 2,504 |
| 2024 | 15 | 1,894 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2,788 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 192 | 252 |
| 2012 | 223 | 232 |
| 2013 | 229 | 228 |
| 2014 | 257 | 221 |
| 2015 | 310 | 184 |
| 2016 | 326 | 175 |
| 2017 | 291 | 186 |
| 2018 | 280 | 190 |
| 2019 | 275 | 190 |
| 2020 | 275 | 188 |
| 2021 | 264 | 205 |
| 2022 | 260 | 197 |
| 2023 | 260 | 191 |
| 2024 | 267 | 188 |
| 2025 | 291 | 178 |

## People named Rayan

- Rayan Cherki, French footballer (born 2003)
- Rayan Aït-Nouri, Algerian-French footballer (born 2001)
- Rayan, Brazilian footballer (born 2006)
- Rayan Helal, French cyclist
- Rayan Rupert, French basketball player (born 2004)
- Rayan Yaslam, association football player
- Rayan Philippe, French footballer
- Rayan Rebbadj, French rugby union player
- Abd-ar-Rahman III, final Emir of Córdoba (r. 912–929); founder and 1st Caliph of Córdoba (r. 929–961)
- Nayel Mehssatou, 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.