Ayal

#10,832 in 2025Boys' name

Stag, male deer

Ayal has been given to 45 babies in the U.S. since 1974. In 2025 it ranked #10,832 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1989, with 8 recorded.

Babies named Ayal, 2025

1 in 553,000

Ayal over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Ayal: meaning, origin, and history

Stag, male deer

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Ayal means

Ayal means “stag, male deer”.

Origin, language, and formation

Ayal is used in Turkish.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 45 boys were recorded with the name Ayal between 1974 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1989; its best national rank was #4,682 in 1974.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Ayal?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 553,000; 6 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 285,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #10,832; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 382,984 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Ayal sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 382,984 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ayal. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ayals were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ayal was born before 1983 — so the typical Ayal is around 42 today.

Median birth year: 1983; About 42 years old
Biggest decade: 1980s; 44.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 31.1%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 45; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1980s — 44.4% of all recorded uses (20).

Is Ayal rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 75.0%; Peak was 1989 (8)
Years since peak: 36; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #4,682; 1974

Spellings of Ayal

Ayal is not the most common spelling — Ryan is, with 40.1% against Ayal's <0.01%.

Ryan40.1%964,123
Adam24.1%580,378
Alan15.1%363,313
Axel3.0%72,459
Abel2.7%66,037
Neal2.3%55,048
Jamal1.4%33,235
Adan1.3%31,478

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Ayal by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #10,832
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: New entry
Best rank ever: #4,682; 1974
Peak year: 1989; 8 that year
First recorded: 1974
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 45
Count in 2025: 6

Names similar to Ayal

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Ayaaz Ayad Ayaad Ayat Ayaz Ayash Ayato Ayann Kyal Aroyal Ayah Nyal Eyal Lyal Ayaat Ayanle Lloyal Ayana Hoyal Ayan Coyal Ayansh Ayaansh Daryal

Sibling names for Ayal

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Kristian Kala Jessika Kandace Kacy Shantel Breonna Casandra

For a brother

Elizabeth Derrell Garrick Coty Kelsey Bradly Laron Brandan

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