Zayaan

maleStatistical record

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

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

Zayaan: Recorded since 2001, its highest recorded position is #264, reached in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
24times a registrar ranked it
24years from first to last
#264highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2001–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2001	#3134
2002	#3225
2004	#1596
2005	#1991
2006	#1643
2007	#1756
2008	#1511
2009	#1133
2010	#854
2011	#743
2012	#901
2013	#589
2014	#527
2015	#493
2016	#369
2017	#409
2018	#380
2019	#369
2020	#327
2021	#297
2022	#305
2023	#310
2024	#264

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 23 of the 24 years from 2001 to 2024.

In 2024: #264 among boys in England and Wales, #432 among boys in Scotland.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2001–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2001
First recorded at #3134 among boys in England and Wales in 2001 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2001–2024
Highest recorded position: #264 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024 (recorded 2001–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #264 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Zayaan 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 Zayaan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	82	8 of 10	10
2010s	787	10 of 10	79
2020sbusiest	767	5 of 10	153

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 153 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2015 and 2016, when recorded births rose by 47, from 79 to 126.

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

Zayaan 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 2001 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #264 in England and Wales in 2024.

Zayaan'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	#264	177	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#310	142	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#305	147	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#297	160	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#327	141	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#369	119	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#380	115	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#409	107	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#369	126	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#493	79	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#527	72	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#589	60	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#901	33	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#743	42	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#854	34	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1133	22	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1511	14	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1756	11	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1643	11	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1991	8	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1596	10	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#3225	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#432	7	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 2001 and 2024, ranked in 23 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #264, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 177 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 23 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.

Zaviyar · #287, 15y
Zaya · #556, 14y
Zayah · #1325, 12y
Zayan · #208, 27y

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.

Madelene · #264, 28y
Osian · #264, 28y
Antoin · #263, 20y
Christen · #265, 22y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Aronas · #264, 19y
Maddox · #264, 22y
Winter · #263, 21y
Alaia · #262, 20y

Zayaan was ranked #264 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.

Zayaan 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 Zayaan without appearing here.

Zayaan moved ahead of

Brent Compare
In 2007 they stood at #1756 and #1756 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #1511 and #3687.
Isak Compare
In 2007 they stood at #1756 and #1440 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #1511 and #3687.
Leif Compare
In 2007 they stood at #1756 and #1578 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #1511 and #3687.
Hans Compare
In 2008 they stood at #1511 and #1511 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #1133 and #3227.

Moved the opposite way to Zayaan

Aaron Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zayaan went from #3134 to #264 while Aaron went from #40 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zayaan went from #3134 to #264 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zayaan went from #3134 to #264 while Alan went from #270 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zayaan went from #3134 to #264 while Alex went from #45 to #171.

Moved the same way as Zayaan

Albie Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zayaan went from #3134 to #264 and Albie from #728 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zayaan went from #3134 to #264 and Alfie from #54 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zayaan went from #3134 to #264 and Alfred from #149 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zayaan went from #3134 to #264 and Archie from #60 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 2 regions, from 2001 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #264 in England and Wales in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Zayaan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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