Rayyan

maleStatistical record

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

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

Rayyan: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #197 in 2013, and it stood at #468 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
67times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#197highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2001–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2001	#3998
2003	#4373
2004	#3197
2005	#3970
2006	#2781
2007	#3218
2008	#3860
2009	#2535
2010	#2843
2011	#3549
2012	#3285
2013	#3160
2014	#2203
2015	#2328
2016	#2233
2017	#2502
2018	#3985
2019	#3541
2020	#4535
2021	#4634
2023	#2927
2024	#5891

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

In 2024: #226 among boys in England and Wales, #404 among boys in Scotland, #430 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2863 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: #197 among boys in England and Wales, in 2013 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #468 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Rayyan appears in 3 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 4,165 births with the name.

Rayyan across 3 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.

Rayyan'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	#2863 (1996)	#197 (2013)	#226 (2024)	29 of 29	4,165 (1996–2024)	283 (2014)
England and Wales · Girls	#3998 (2001)	#2203 (2014)	#5891 (2024)	22 of 24	145 (2001–2024)	12 (2014)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#701 (2009)	#387 (2011)	#468 (2025)	14 of 17	78 (2009–2025)	10 (2011)

Rayyan 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 Rayyan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	24	4 of 10	6
2000s	750	10 of 10	75
2010sbusiest	2,394	10 of 10	239
2020s	997	5 of 10	199

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 239 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2009 and 2010, when recorded births rose by 92, from 151 to 243.

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

Rayyan 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 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #197 in England and Wales in 2013.

Rayyan'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	#5891	3	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#226	219	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2927	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#244	195	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#235	205	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#4634	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#283	165	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#4535	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#228	213	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3541	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#279	175	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3985	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#292	167	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2502	10	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#230	235	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2233	12	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#231	244	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2328	11	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#214	265	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2203	12	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#204	283	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#197	282	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3285	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#199	276	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3549	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#220	224	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#209	243	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2535	9	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#284	151	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3860	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#269	162	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3218	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#366	100	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2781	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#421	79	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#442	64	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3197	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#452	60	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#537	43	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#502	43	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#576	33	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1002	15	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1027	14	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2419	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2859	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	3	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#398	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#468	7	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#430	8	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#660	4	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#657	4	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#498	6	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#637	4	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#466	7	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#635	4	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#547	5	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#541	5	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#503	6	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#550	5	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#387	10	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#701	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#404	8	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 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #197, first reached in 2013.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 283 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.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2009, 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 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.

Sky · #197, 29y
Vienna · #197, 29y
Syeda · #199, 30y
Zander · #199, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Sky · #197, 29y
Vienna · #197, 29y
Liadh · #196, 30y
Barnaby · #195, 29y

Rayyan was ranked #197 in England and Wales · Boys in 2013. 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.

Rayyan 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 Rayyan without appearing here.

Rayyan moved ahead of

Helene Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3285 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2203 and #5691.
Martine Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3218 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #2843 and #5707.
Tracey Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4535 and #4535 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2927 and #5687.
Nicola Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2863 and #2863 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #502 and #3225.

Moved ahead of Rayyan

Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2927 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #5891 and #1743.
Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3541 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #4535 and #1939.
Freddie Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2927 and #4056 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #5891 and #3318.
Cooper Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2927 and #4709 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #5891 and #3695.

Moved the opposite way to Rayyan

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rayyan went from #2863 to #226 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rayyan went from #2863 to #226 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rayyan went from #2863 to #226 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rayyan went from #2863 to #226 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Rayyan

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rayyan went from #2863 to #226 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rayyan went from #2863 to #226 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rayyan went from #2863 to #226 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rayyan went from #2863 to #226 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 4 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #197 in England and Wales in 2013. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Rayyan

Rayyan at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Rayyan across 3 official records

Rayyan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Rayyan across 3 official records

Rayyan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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