Ayoub

maleStatistical record

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

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

Ayoub: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #727, and it stood at #829 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
33times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#727highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1765
1997	#1174
1999	#1505
2000	#1167
2001	#1467
2002	#907
2003	#1513
2004	#875
2005	#1135
2006	#1016
2007	#1053
2008	#1156
2009	#1265
2010	#918
2011	#976
2012	#1051
2013	#931
2014	#837
2015	#779
2016	#1081
2017	#996
2018	#801
2019	#787
2020	#944
2021	#888
2022	#967
2023	#1139
2024	#814

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 28 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #727 among boys in Scotland, #814 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1765 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #829 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Ayoub appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 28 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 691 births with the name.

Ayoub across 2 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.

Ayoub'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 · Boys	#1765 (1996)	#779 (2015)	#814 (2024)	28 of 29	691 (1996–2024)	41 (2015)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#755 (2021)	#755 (2021)	#829 (2025)	4 of 5	12 (2021–2025)	3 (2021)

Ayoub 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 Ayoub in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	25	3 of 10	8
2000s	177	10 of 10	18
2010sbusiest	329	10 of 10	33
2020s	160	5 of 10	32

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 33 births a year.

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

Ayoub 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 3 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #727 in Scotland in 2024.

Ayoub'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	#814	40	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1139	25	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#967	31	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#888	34	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#944	30	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#787	40	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#801	40	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#996	30	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1081	26	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#779	41	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#837	36	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#931	31	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1051	26	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#976	28	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#918	31	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1265	19	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1156	21	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1053	23	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1016	22	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1135	18	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#875	24	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1513	10	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#907	19	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1467	9	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1167	12	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1505	8	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1174	11	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1765	6	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#829	3	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#770	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#779	3	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#755	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#727	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 3 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #727, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 41 births, registered in England and Wales in 2015.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2021, and 28 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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A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Burhan · #727, 28y
Haiden · #727, 29y
Massimo · #727, 29y
Ilaria · #700, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Aditi · #727, 30y
Afnan · #727, 27y
Arsalan · #727, 29y
Bleu · #727, 23y

Ayoub was ranked #727 in Scotland · Boys in 2024. 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.

Ayoub 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 Ayoub without appearing here.

Ayoub moved ahead of

Shannon Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1467 and #1467 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #907 and #3225.
Robyn Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1765 and #1765 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #1167 and #3036.
Brent Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1135 and #1095 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1016 and #2538.
Kim Compare
In 1998 they stood at #1174 and #1174 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #1505 and #2943.

Moved ahead of Ayoub

Theodor Compare
In 2015 they stood at #779 and #873 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #1081 and #774.
Kasper Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1016 and #1168 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #1053 and #820.
Hudson Compare
In 2004 they stood at #875 and #1160 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #1135 and #982.
Hunter Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1016 and #1643 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #1053 and #926.

Moved the opposite way to Ayoub

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ayoub went from #1765 to #814 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ayoub went from #1765 to #814 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ayoub went from #1765 to #814 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ayoub went from #1765 to #814 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Ayoub

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ayoub went from #1765 to #814 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ayoub went from #1765 to #814 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ayoub went from #1765 to #814 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ayoub went from #1765 to #814 and Archie from #192 to #10.

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 3 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #727 in Scotland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ayoub

Ayoub at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ayoub across 2 official records

Ayoub by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Ayoub at a glance

Ayoub across 2 official records

Ayoub by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Ayoub

Ayoub and the names beside it

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