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Rayan

#588 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Plump, fleshy, through رَيَّان

Rayan has been given to 9,953 babies in the U.S. since 1973. In 2025 it ranked #588 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2023, with 518 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 89% boys, 11% girls all-time.

Babies named Rayan, 2025

1 in 6,640

Rayan over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020040060018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Rayan over time

In 2025, Rayan went to 7% girls and 93% boys.

19732025

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.

Rayan: meaning, origin, and history

Plump, fleshy, through رَيَّان

Arabic

What Rayan means

Rayan belongs to the name family reached through Rayan → رَيَّان. Its meaning is “plump, fleshy”.

Origin, language, and formation

Rayan is used in English. Its origins include Arabic.

Rayan comes through Arabic رَيَّان.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include رَيَّان.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 8,895 boys were recorded with the name Rayan between 1973 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 518 in 2023; its best national rank was #561 in 2016.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #617 in 2020 to #588 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #584 in 2015 to #588 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,058 girls were recorded with the name Rayan between 1988 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 61 in 2015; its best national rank was #2,882 in 2015.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #4,421 in 2020 to #4,149 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,882 in 2015 to #4,149 in 2025.

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 Rayan?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 6,640
499 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 3,420
0.03% of boys
Rank, 2025
#588
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
4,606 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Rayan 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 1001%
School of 5007%

Put another way: gather 4,606 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Rayan. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Rayans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Rayan was born before 2016 — so the typical Rayan is around 9 today.

Median birth year
2016
About 9 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
47.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
94.6%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
8,895
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2010s — 47.4% of all recorded uses (4,216).

Is Rayan 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
−9
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+29
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
−4
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
1.05×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
96.3%
Peak was 2023 (518)
Years since peak
2
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
10.6% average annual change
Best rank ever
#561
2016

Spellings of Rayan

Rayan is not the most common spelling — Ryan is, with 38.0% against Rayan's 0.35%.

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 Rayan is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Rayan was most concentrated in New York — about 1 in 1,389 boys, against 1 in 3,179 across all states with data. It was least common in Alabama (1 in 50,000).

272 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New York1 in 1,389
  2. 2Virginia1 in 1,408
  3. 3New Jersey1 in 1,471
  4. 4Massachusetts1 in 1,667
  5. 5District of Columbia1 in 2,041
  6. 6Connecticut1 in 2,083
  7. 7Illinois1 in 2,083
  8. 8Michigan1 in 2,273

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.

Geographically, Rayan is one of the more regionally concentrated names in the country — more concentrated than 82% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Where Rayan is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Rayan was most concentrated in Minnesota — about 1 in 14,286 girls, against 1 in 176,581 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in —).

07 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Minnesota1 in 14,286
  2. 2Michigan1 in 100,000
  3. 3Ohio1 in 100,000
  4. 4California1 in —
  5. 5New York1 in —
  6. 6Texas1 in —
  7. 7Washington1 in —

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. Rayan has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Rayan around the world

Where Rayan 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 & Wales
    1996–2025
    #178
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2005–2025
    #253
    in 2025
  • Northern Ireland
    2018–2022
    #352
    in 2022
  • Ireland
    2005–2025
    #272
    in 2025
  • France
    1980–2025
    #58
    in 2025
  • Norway
    1880–2025
    #155
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #150
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1994–2013
    #499
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Norway, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, SSB, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Rayan

People whose public names include Rayan, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Rayan by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#588
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 29
Best rank ever
#561
2016
Peak year
2023
518 that year
First recorded
1973
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
8,895
Count in 2025
499

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#4,149
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 272
Best rank ever
#2,882
2015
Peak year
2015
61 that year
First recorded
1988
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,058
Count in 2025
35

Names similar to Rayan

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

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Names with a curve like Rayan

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Rayan, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

LennonAbdielJasiahMakaiMemphisNikolaiKasenDeaconSorenFinneganZekeCasen

Sibling names for Rayan

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

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