Ayman
Meaning not yet sourced
Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #241 vs #1,095 in 2025
Boy’s name · Arabic
What Ayman means
Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Ayman yet, and we don’t write our own.
Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #241 vs #1,095 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.
How popular is Ayman?
▲ 86 vs 2024
▼ 8 vs 2024
▲ 94 vs 2024
US: Rising: up from #1895 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #438 in 2015.
Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 196 boys got the name (#1095 that year). First in the US records in 1975.
How common
- About 1 in 8,715 baby boys in the US in 2025
- About 1 in 1,340 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
- About 1 in 2,806 baby boys in Scotland in 2025
“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.
Where in the US
Most popular in MN (1.76 per 1,000 boys), NY (0.31 per 1,000 boys), WA (0.3 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.
SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.
US vs UK
Ayman is #1095 in the US and #241 in England & Wales (2025).
| Rank 2025 | Babies | How common | Rank 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | #1095 | 196 | 1 in 8,715 | #1895 |
| England & Wales | #241 | 203 | 1 in 1,340 | #438 |
| Scotland | #441 | 7 | 1 in 2,806 | – |
Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).
Boy or girl?
In 2025, 97.0% of US babies named Ayman were boys.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| US 2025 | 6 | 196 |
| England & Wales 2025 | 8 | 203 |
| US all years since 1880 | 51 | 2,880 |
| England & Wales since 1996 | 204 | 2,754 |
Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.
Other spellings
Other spellings parents chose in 2025
- Amin106 US · 31 E&W
- Iman89 US · 19 E&W
- Amen73 US · 15 E&W
- Aman61 US · 23 E&W
- Amaan21 US · 39 E&W
- Ammon45 US
- Aymen27 US · 15 E&W
- Amon40 US
Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.
Spelling variants on Wiktionary
- Aiman
- Aimen
- Aymen
- Aymenn
- Eiman
- Eymen
Listed as alternative forms on Wiktionary.
If you like Ayman
Boys
- Zahir#738Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1973, with 7 babies
- Laith#893Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #254 vs #893 in 2025
- Zaid#675Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1969, with 5 babies
- Zayd#632Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #181 vs #632 in 2025
- Ibrahim#351Editor’s note Up from #436 in 2015 to #351 in 2025 in the US
- Mustafa#760“the chosen one”*
For a sister
- Noor#659“light”*
- Amira#132“princess”*
- Amirah#490Variant of Amira, meaning “princess”*
- Maryam#351Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #52 vs #351 in 2025
- Zahra#538Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1973, with 8 babies
- Salem#435Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,425 in 2015, #435 in 2025
Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Arabic, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Ayman’s. Rank is US 2025.
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