Ayyub

maleStatistical record

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

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

Ayyub: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #379, reached in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#379highest recorded position
8groupings 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	#2337
1998	#2419
2000	#2501
2001	#1746
2002	#2636
2003	#2189
2004	#1732
2005	#1716
2006	#1545
2007	#1252
2008	#1828
2009	#1302
2010	#1055
2011	#1522
2012	#927
2013	#762
2014	#935
2015	#656
2016	#758
2017	#743
2018	#629
2019	#506
2020	#513
2021	#452
2022	#500
2023	#424
2024	#379

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: #379 among boys in England and Wales, #535 among boys in Scotland.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · 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
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #379 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #379 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Ayyub 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 Ayyub in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	14	3 of 10	5
2000s	99	10 of 10	10
2010s	422	10 of 10	42
2020sbusiest	444	5 of 10	89

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 89 births a year.

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

Ayyub 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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #379 in England and Wales in 2024.

Ayyub'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	#379	110	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#424	92	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#500	78	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#452	91	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#513	73	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#506	77	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#629	57	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#743	46	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#758	44	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#656	52	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#935	31	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#762	42	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#927	32	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1522	15	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1055	26	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1302	18	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1828	11	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1252	18	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1545	12	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1716	10	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1732	9	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2189	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2636	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1746	7	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2501	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2419	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2337	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1765	6	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#535	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #379, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 110 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

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

A second registrar first ranked it in 2024, 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 2 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.

Agatha · #380, 33y
Elysia · #380, 29y
Estella · #380, 30y
Michaella · #380, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Aamir · #379, 29y
Auryn · #379, 18y
Kishan · #379, 29y
Olin · #379, 11y

Ayyub was ranked #379 in England and Wales · 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.

Ayyub 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 Ayyub without appearing here.

Ayyub moved ahead of

Leif Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1716 and #1617 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1545 and #4052.
Isak Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2636 and #2636 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #2189 and #3467.
Graeme Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2189 and #2189 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1732 and #3009.
Lars Compare
In 2011 they stood at #1522 and #1522 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #927 and #2117.

Moved ahead of Ayyub

Hudson Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1765 and #2863 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #2337 and #1761.
Hunter Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1545 and #1643 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #1252 and #926.

Moved the opposite way to Ayyub

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ayyub went from #1765 to #379 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ayyub went from #1765 to #379 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ayyub went from #1765 to #379 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ayyub went from #1765 to #379 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Ayyub

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ayyub went from #1765 to #379 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ayyub went from #1765 to #379 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ayyub went from #1765 to #379 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ayyub went from #1765 to #379 and Archie from #192 to #10.

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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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #379 in England and Wales in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Ayyub at a glance

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Ayyub by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Ayyub by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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