first name
RAYAN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 6,891 people named Rayan, 47.6% reported their origin as White, 25.7% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 14.6% as Black. 85.3% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Rayan peaked in 2016, when 568 babies got the name.
At least 9,953 babies have been given the name since 1973. 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.
Rayan by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,173. The largest share of babies named Rayan, 66.5%, 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 Rayan is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Rayan has been most common in Virginia (2.9×), New Jersey (2.2×), and New York (2×), and least common in Missouri (0.17×).
7,886 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 Rayan
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Rayan, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Rayan ranks #46,865 of 156,621, with 489 people. See Rayan as a last name
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