Rayaan
#2,247 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Rayaan has been given to 1,286 babies in the U.S. since 2000. In 2025 it ranked #2,247 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2022, with 78 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 85% boys, 15% girls all-time.
Babies named Rayaan, 2025
1 in 52,600
Rayaan 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Rayaan over time
In 2025, Rayaan went to 17% girls and 83% 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 Rayaan?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 52,600
- 63 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 27,100
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #2,247
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 36,476 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Rayaan 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 36,476 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Rayaan. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Rayaans were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Rayaan was born before 2017 — so the typical Rayaan is around 8 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2010s
- 45.3% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 99.3%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 1,094
- People you could plausibly meet
2010s — 45.3% of all recorded uses (496).
Is Rayaan 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
- +6
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- +9
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- +74
- Places climbed
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 1.11×
- More babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 80.8%
- Peak was 2022 (78)
- Years since peak
- 3
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 27.2% average annual change
Spellings of Rayaan
Rayaan is not the most common spelling — Ryan is, with 84.4% against Rayaan's 0.10%.
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 Rayaan is used — boys
Across 2016–2025, Rayaan was most concentrated in New York — about 1 in 10,000 boys, against 1 in 27,441 across all states with data. It was least common in Georgia (1 in 100,000).
Most concentrated
- 1New York1 in 10,000
- 2Virginia1 in 16,667
- 3New Jersey1 in 25,000
- 4California1 in 33,333
- 5Illinois1 in 33,333
- 6Texas1 in 33,333
- 7Florida1 in 50,000
- 8Maryland1 in 50,000
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.
Where Rayaan is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Rayaan was most concentrated in Minnesota — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 164,538 across all states with data.
Most concentrated
- 1Minnesota1 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. Rayaan has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Rayaan around the world
Where Rayaan 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 & Wales1998–2025#517in 2025
- Scotland2007–2024#619in 2024
- Ireland2016–2024#785in 2024
- France2004–2025#3,153in 2025
- Canada2004–2024#831in 2024
- South Australia2005–2011#784in 2011
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Rayaan by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Rayaan
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Rayaan
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.