How rare is the name Ayaan?

5,093 people in the United States have the first name Ayaan, about 1 in 59,303. It ranks #3,861 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

AYAAN

#3,861

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,093
About
1 in 59,303
This common or more
83.2%
Who bears it

Of the 5,093 people named Ayaan, 84% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 7.6% as Black and 3.3% as two or more races. 95.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Ayaan peaked in 2025, when 686 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19952025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
686
In 2025*
686
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 9,154 babies have been given the name since 1995. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Ayaan by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,006. The largest share of babies named Ayaan, 76.9%, were born in 2013 or later.

1990s#39,1505
2000s#3,0891,112
2010s#1,2624,365
2020s#1,0063,672
Millennials 1981–960.1%
Generation Z 1997–1223.1%
2013 and later76.9%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Ayaan is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ayaan has been most common in New Jersey (3.3×), Virginia (2.4×), and Maryland (1.9×), and least common in Wisconsin (0.23×).

8,023 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Ayaan

#3,857 Qi · 5,102#3,860 Gabino · 5,099#3,862 Milana · 5,092#3,863 Yamilet · 5,089

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ayaan, most common first.

#4,154 Ayan · 4,622#29,690 Ayhan · 297

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