first name
AYAN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 4,622 people named Ayan, 45.7% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 40.7% as Black and 6.6% as White. 57.9% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Ayan peaked in 2025, when 361 babies got the name.
At least 4,942 babies have been given the name since 1975. 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.
Ayan by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,682. The largest share of babies named Ayan, 69.2%, were born in 2013 or later.
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 Ayan is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ayan has been most common in Minnesota (3×), New Jersey (2.9×), and Virginia (2.1×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.62×).
3,402 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.
Exactly as common as Ayan
2 other first names also have 4,622 people.
Either side of Ayan
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ayan, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Ayan ranks #65,511 of 156,621, with 327 people. See Ayan as a last name
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