Zayyan

maleStatistical record

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

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

Zayyan: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #442, reached in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#442highest 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	#2020
1998	#1821
1999	#1850
2000	#3036
2001	#2220
2002	#2005
2003	#2189
2004	#1410
2005	#1851
2006	#1347
2007	#2435
2008	#1706
2009	#1859
2010	#1801
2011	#2613
2012	#3039
2013	#1001
2014	#754
2015	#646
2016	#531
2017	#587
2018	#504
2019	#582
2020	#623
2021	#509
2022	#561
2023	#625
2024	#442

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: #442 among boys in England and Wales, #619 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 #2020 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: #442 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #442 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Zayyan 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 Zayyan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	17	3 of 10	6
2000s	86	10 of 10	9
2010s	426	10 of 10	43
2020sbusiest	348	5 of 10	70

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 70 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2023 and 2024, when recorded births rose by 34, from 57 to 91.

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

Zayyan 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: #442 in England and Wales in 2024.

Zayyan'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	#442	91	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#625	57	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#561	67	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#509	77	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#623	56	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#582	64	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#504	77	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#587	64	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#531	73	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#646	53	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#754	42	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1001	28	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3039	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2613	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1801	12	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1859	11	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1706	12	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2435	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1347	15	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1851	9	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1410	12	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2189	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2005	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2220	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1850	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1821	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2020	5	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#619	4	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 #442, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 91 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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Zayne · #334, 26y
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Ze · #629, 14y

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.

Bodie · #442, 24y
Joelle · #442, 31y
Christiana · #443, 29y
Emanuela · #443, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Bodie · #442, 24y
Christiana · #443, 29y
Emanuela · #443, 26y
Eniola · #441, 28y

Zayyan was ranked #442 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.

Zayyan 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 Zayyan without appearing here.

Zayyan moved ahead of

Morten Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2613 and #2390 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #754 and #4632.
Brent Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3039 and #2458 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1001 and #3822.
Roger Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3039 and #1962 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1001 and #3822.
Andrea Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3039 and #1756 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1001 and #3315.

Moved ahead of Zayyan

Hunter Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1347 and #1643 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #2435 and #926.
Arlo Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1850 and #2943 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #3036 and #2142.
Tadhg Compare
In 2022 they stood at #561 and #600 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #625 and #419.
Hudson Compare
In 1998 they stood at #1821 and #2419 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #1850 and #1850.

Moved the opposite way to Zayyan

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zayyan went from #2020 to #442 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zayyan went from #2020 to #442 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zayyan went from #2020 to #442 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zayyan went from #2020 to #442 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Zayyan

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zayyan went from #2020 to #442 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zayyan went from #2020 to #442 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zayyan went from #2020 to #442 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zayyan went from #2020 to #442 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: #442 in England and Wales in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Zayyan

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Zayyan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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