Ayaan

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Ayaan: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Ayaan: Recorded since 1997, it reached #104 in 2014, and it stood at #317 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
66times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#104highest recorded position
14groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2021

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#3174
1999	#1805
2001	#2023
2002	#2105
2003	#3099
2004	#2802
2005	#2438
2006	#3548
2007	#2410
2008	#3397
2009	#3031
2010	#3533
2011	#4049
2012	#5876
2013	#4050
2015	#3615
2016	#4763
2019	#5591
2020	#4535
2021	#4634

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 20 of the 25 years from 1997 to 2021.

In 2024: #123 among boys in England and Wales, #302 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #352 among boys in Scotland.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1997–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #3174 among girls in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2001–2024
Highest recorded position: #104 among boys in England and Wales, in 2014 (recorded 2001–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #317 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Ayaan appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 24 ranked years and 8,156 births registered; the earliest is England and Wales · Girls, from 1997.

Ayaan across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Ayaan's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#3174 (1997)	#1805 (1999)	#4634 (2021)	20 of 25	115 (1997–2021)	9 (1999)
England and Wales · Boys	#1467 (2001)	#104 (2014)	#123 (2024)	24 of 24	8,156 (2001–2024)	586 (2014)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#473 (2007)	#302 (2024)	#317 (2025)	18 of 19	135 (2007–2025)	14 (2020)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#392 (2020)	#392 (2020)	#433 (2021)	2 of 2	6 (2020–2021)	3 (2020)

Ayaan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Ayaan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	1,208	9 of 10	134
2010sbusiest	4,980	10 of 10	498
2020s	1,968	5 of 10	394

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 498 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2010 and 2011, when recorded births rose by 126, from 421 to 547.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Ayaan appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1997 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #104 in England and Wales in 2014.

Ayaan's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#123	440	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#149	356	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#147	364	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#4634	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#146	390	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#4535	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#132	418	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#133	422	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#127	453	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#131	452	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#122	507	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3615	6	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#125	514	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#104	586	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4050	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#115	523	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#115	555	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4049	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#117	547	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#143	421	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3031	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#149	388	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3397	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#167	301	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2410	9	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#210	219	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3548	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#266	137	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2438	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#493	56	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2802	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#408	68	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3099	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1011	18	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2105	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1253	12	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2023	8	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1467	9	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1805	9	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3174	4	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#433	3	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#392	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#317	13	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#898	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#302	13	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	7	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#380	10	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#755	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#307	14	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#370	10	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#471	7	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#443	7	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#448	7	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#421	8	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#508	6	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#534	5	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#548	5	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#540	5	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#491	6	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#473	5	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#352	10	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1997 and 2025, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #104, first reached in 2014.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 586 births, registered in England and Wales in 2014.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2007, and 27 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Ayaana · #729, 20y
Ayaat · #682, 19y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Amaya · #104, 29y
Seren · #104, 30y
Caiden · #103, 29y
Esmae · #102, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Alesha · #104, 29y
Amaya · #104, 29y
Seren · #104, 30y
Caiden · #103, 29y

Ayaan was ranked #104 in England and Wales · Boys in 2014. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Ayaan and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Ayaan without appearing here.

Ayaan moved ahead of

Rian Compare
In 2014 they stood at #5876 and #4838 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #3615 and #5730.
Kelly Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1467 and #1467 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1253 and #3225.
Shannon Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1467 and #1467 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1253 and #3225.
Lynette Compare
In 2012 they stood at #5876 and #5876 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #4050 and #5742.

Moved ahead of Ayaan

Malin Compare
In 2015 they stood at #4050 and #4739 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #4763 and #2120.
Meabh Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3615 and #4103 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #4763 and #2233.
Ezra Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4050 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #3615 and #1279.
Rory Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3615 and #5730 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #5591 and #4001.

Moved the opposite way to Ayaan

Ada Compare
Between 1997 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Ayaan went from #3174 to #4634 while Ada went from #1543 to #44.
Alma Compare
Between 1997 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Ayaan went from #3174 to #4634 while Alma went from #2411 to #267.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1997 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Ayaan went from #3174 to #4634 while Alyssa went from #506 to #211.
Amalie Compare
Between 1997 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Ayaan went from #3174 to #4634 while Amalie went from #3824 to #1102.

Moved the same way as Ayaan

Abigail Compare
Between 1997 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Ayaan went from #3174 to #4634 and Abigail from #24 to #105.
Aimee Compare
Between 1997 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Ayaan went from #3174 to #4634 and Aimee from #61 to #1195.
Aisling Compare
Between 1997 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Ayaan went from #3174 to #4634 and Aisling from #496 to #1569.
Alex Compare
Between 1997 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Ayaan went from #3174 to #4634 and Alex from #179 to #1866.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1997 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #104 in England and Wales in 2014. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ayaan

Ayaan at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ayaan across 4 official records

Ayaan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Ayaan appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Ayaan at a glance

Ayaan across 4 official records

Ayaan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Ayaan and the names beside it

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