Bayan
#2,106 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Bayan has been given to 1,267 babies in the U.S. since 1988. In 2025 it ranked #2,106 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 89 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 91% girls, 9% boys all-time.
Babies named Bayan, 2025
1 in 37,200
Bayan over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Bayan over time
In 2025, Bayan went to 100% girls and 0% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Bayan?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 37,200
- 89 of 3,315,165 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 18,100
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 2025
- #2,106
- of 17,293 girls’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 25,820 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Bayan sits on the popularity scale
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.
Put another way: gather 25,820 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Bayan. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Bayans were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Bayan was born before 2016 — so the typical Bayan is around 9 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2020s
- 34.6% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 83.2%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 1,152
- People you could plausibly meet
2020s — 34.6% of all recorded uses (399).
Is Bayan 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
- +244
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- +313
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- +1,973
- Places climbed
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 2.47×
- More babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 100.0%
- Peak was 2025 (89)
- Years since peak
- Peaking now
- At its all-time high
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 31.2% average annual change
Spellings of Bayan
Bayan is not the most common spelling — Maya is, with 34.5% against Bayan's 0.32%.
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.
Where Bayan is used — girls
Across 2016–2025, Bayan was most concentrated in Michigan — about 1 in 3,333 girls, against 1 in 16,727 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in 100,000).
Most concentrated
- 1Michigan1 in 3,333
- 2New York1 in 7,143
- 3California1 in 25,000
- 4Illinois1 in 33,333
- 5New Jersey1 in 50,000
- 6Florida1 in 100,000
- 7North Carolina1 in 100,000
- 8Virginia1 in 100,000
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.
Where Bayan is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Bayan was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 3,486,540 across all states with data.
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Bayan has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Bayan around the world
Where Bayan ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- England & Wales1996–2025#1,512in 2025
- France2008–2025#1,001in 2025
- Canada2003–2024#1,709in 2024
- South Australia1968–2012#871in 2012
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Bayan by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Bayan
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Bayan
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.