Bayan

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Bayan: Recorded since 1996, it reached #1,773 in 2020, and it stood at #2,115 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
22times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1773highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
1998	#3142
2002	#3409
2003	#3594
2006	#3116
2007	#4294
2010	#5707
2011	#3549
2012	#5876
2013	#4739
2014	#4684
2015	#2195
2016	#3214
2017	#2090
2018	#2187
2019	#1854
2020	#1773
2021	#1962
2022	#2058
2023	#1863
2024	#2115

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 · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 21 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3795 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1773 among girls in England and Wales, in 2020 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2115 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Bayan by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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 Bayan in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	7	2 of 10	4
2000s	18	4 of 10	5
2010s	79	10 of 10	8
2020sbusiest	71	5 of 10	14

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 14 births a year.

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

Bayan appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1773 in England and Wales in 2020.

Bayan'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	female	#2115	13	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1863	15	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2058	13	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1962	14	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3990	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1773	16	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1854	15	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2187	12	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2090	13	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3214	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2195	12	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4739	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3549	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#4294	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3116	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3594	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#3409	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 21 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,773, first reached in 2020.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 16 births, registered in England and Wales in 2020.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
15 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
5separate stretches the record falls into5 separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#2,115position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
16births registered in its largest year, 2020Under 25 births →

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.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Mishka · #1773, 21y
Adea · #1774, 18y
Amala · #1774, 17y
Ezzah · #1774, 18y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Morgana · #1774, 24y
Rafaella · #1774, 24y
Aasim · #1771, 26y
Ademola · #1771, 24y

Bayan 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 Bayan without appearing here.

Bayan moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2187 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1854 and #5591.
Debra Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4684 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1773 and #5493.
Finley Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4684 and #2862 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #2195 and #5730.
Tyler Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4684 and #3160 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #2195 and #5730.

Moved ahead of Bayan

Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4739 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4684 and #1628.
Harper Compare
In 2005 they stood at #3594 and #4373 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #3116 and #2137.
Fiadh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2090 and #2502 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2187 and #1436.
Blake Compare
In 2010 they stood at #4294 and #5201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #3549 and #2893.

Moved the opposite way to Bayan

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Bayan went from #3795 to #2115 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Bayan went from #3795 to #2115 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Bayan went from #3795 to #2115 while Aisling went from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Bayan went from #3795 to #2115 while Alex went from #161 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Bayan

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Bayan went from #3795 to #2115 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Bayan went from #3795 to #2115 and Alma from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Bayan went from #3795 to #2115 and Alyssa from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Bayan went from #3795 to #2115 and Amalie from #2096 to #1128.

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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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1773 in England and Wales in 2020. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Bayan

Bayan at a glance

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Popularity journey

Bayan by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Bayan at a glance

Bayan by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Bayan and the names beside it

Bayan moved ahead of

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