Rayan

maleStatistical record

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

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

Rayan: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #145, and it stood at #158 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
105times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#145highest recorded position
15groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#3824
1998	#3848
1999	#1970
2001	#1238
2002	#1245
2003	#1083
2004	#948
2005	#1082
2006	#1153
2007	#963
2008	#1176
2009	#932
2010	#709
2011	#858
2012	#1210
2013	#1098
2014	#1204
2015	#1168
2016	#1472
2017	#1681
2018	#1586
2019	#2286
2020	#1352
2021	#2711
2022	#1767
2023	#2504
2024	#1894

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 boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #790 among girls in Scotland, #1894 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2357 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 recorded2002–2025
Highest recorded position: #145 among boys in Norway, in 2023 (recorded 2002–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #158 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Rayan appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 4,750 births with the name.

Rayan across 5 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.

Rayan'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	#2357 (1996)	#175 (2016)	#188 (2024)	29 of 29	4,750 (1996–2024)	326 (2016)
England and Wales · Girls	#3824 (1997)	#709 (2010)	#1894 (2024)	27 of 28	584 (1997–2024)	52 (2010)
Norway · Boys	#450 (2002)	#145 (2023)	#158 (2025)	23 of 24	461 (2002–2025)	39 (2023)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#518 (2005)	#263 (2017)	#272 (2025)	21 of 21	203 (2005–2025)	18 (2017)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#365 (2018)	#352 (2022)	#352 (2022)	3 of 5	12 (2018–2022)	4 (2018)

Rayan 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 Rayan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	34	4 of 10	9
2000s	829	10 of 10	83
2010s	2,561	10 of 10	256
2020sbusiest	1,326	5 of 10	265

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 265 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2008 and 2009, when recorded births rose by 58, from 157 to 215.

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

Rayan 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 5 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #145 in Norway in 2023.

Rayan'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	#1894	15	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#188	267	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2504	10	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#191	260	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1767	16	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#197	260	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2711	9	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#205	264	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1352	23	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#188	275	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2286	11	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#190	275	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1586	19	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#190	280	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1681	18	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#186	291	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1472	22	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#175	326	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1168	29	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#184	310	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1204	28	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#221	257	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1098	32	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#228	229	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1210	27	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#232	223	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#858	42	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#252	192	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#709	52	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#263	178	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#932	35	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#212	215	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1176	25	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#274	157	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#963	31	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#276	145	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1153	23	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#317	110	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1082	23	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#426	68	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#948	27	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#510	51	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1083	21	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#761	27	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1245	16	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#824	22	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1238	16	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#842	20	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1048	14	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1970	8	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#906	17	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1485	8	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2022	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2357	4	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#352	4	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#365	4	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#365	4	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#158	34	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#166	30	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#145	39	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#192	25	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#203	22	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#167	27	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#206	24	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#226	22	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#295	15	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#244	21	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#198	29	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#217	25	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#234	22	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#209	26	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#371	10	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#318	14	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#254	20	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#298	15	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#336	12	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#414	8	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#352	10	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#526	5	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#450	6	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#272	16	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#302	13	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#268	16	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#349	12	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#336	12	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#342	12	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#466	7	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#291	15	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#263	18	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#412	8	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#459	7	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#364	11	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#404	9	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#430	8	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#490	6	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#422	8	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#532	5	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#404	7	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#384	6	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#518	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#790	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#278	14	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
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 5 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #145, first reached in 2023.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 326 births, registered in England and Wales in 2016.

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.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2002, 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.

Rayaan · #388, 25y
Rayah · #328, 22y
Rayana · #2721, 19y
Rayanne · #576, 18y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 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.

Zain · #137, 30y
Aya · #154, 35y
Aila · #135, 27y
Maksymilian · #157, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Ariel · #146, 31y
Keeva · #144, 32y
Layton · #144, 30y
Paisley · #146, 30y

Rayan was ranked #145 in Norway · Boys in 2023. 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.

Rayan 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 Rayan without appearing here.

Rayan moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2286 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1352 and #5493.
Denise Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2286 and #2040 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1352 and #4535.
Cameron Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2504 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1894 and #4843.
Levi Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2286 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1352 and #3899.

Moved ahead of Rayan

Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1352 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2711 and #1286.
Rory Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1352 and #1939 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2711 and #2201.
Elias Compare
In 2018 they stood at #291 and #350 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2019 that had become #466 and #268.
Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2504 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1894 and #1743.

Moved the opposite way to Rayan

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rayan went from #2357 to #188 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rayan went from #2357 to #188 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rayan went from #2357 to #188 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alexander Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rayan went from #2357 to #188 while Alexander went from #14 to #36.

Moved the same way as Rayan

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rayan went from #2357 to #188 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rayan went from #2357 to #188 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rayan went from #2357 to #188 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rayan went from #2357 to #188 and Archie from #192 to #10.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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 5 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #145 in Norway in 2023. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Rayan

Rayan at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Rayan across 5 official records

Rayan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Rayan appears in

Popularity data

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Rayan across 5 official records

Rayan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Rayan

Rayan and the names beside it

Rayan moved ahead of

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