Rayyan

What Rayyan means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Rayyan yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #195 vs #1,008 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Rayyan?

US: Steady: #1023 in 2015, #1008 now. England & Wales: Steady: #214 in 2015, #195 now.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 224 boys got the name (#1008 that year). First in the US records in 1996.

How common

• About 1 in 7,625 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,042 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 NY (0.46 per 1,000 boys), NJ (0.35 per 1,000 boys), MD (0.31 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Rayyan is #1008 in the US and #195 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 96.6% of US babies named Rayyan were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Ryan3,532 US · 374 E&W
• Rayan499 US · 291 E&W
• Riyan85 US · 38 E&W
• Reyan42 US · 29 E&W
• Raiyan25 US · 34 E&W
• Rayen0 US · 17 E&W
• Ryaan7 US · 7 E&W
• Royan11 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.

If you like Rayyan

Boys

• Owen#31Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #31 vs #170 in 2025
• Zion#142Editor’s note Up from #227 in 2015 to #142 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 680 US boys in the 2025 records
• Xander#259Diminutive of Alexander, meaning “to defend + man”^*
• Simon#230“sixpence coin”^*
• Ronan#247Irish, meaning “little seal”^*
• Carter#45“son of Arthur”^*

For a sister

• Lily#18Diminutive of Lilian, possibly meaning “lily”^*
• Serenity#129Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #129 vs #997 in 2025
• Sofia#9“wisdom, especially divine wisdom”^*
• Mia#6Editor’s note Steady in the US: #6 in 2015 and #6 in 2025. About 1 in 150 US girls in the 2025 records
• Sophia#5“wisdom”^*
• Madelyn#70Editor’s note Down from #59 in 2015 to #70 in 2025 in the US

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Rayyan’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.