NameTides

Ayub

Ayub was the #1,852 boys' name in the US in 2025 (85 babies), and #507 in England & Wales and #1,500 in Canada.

Ayub as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Ayub as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaUS
Ayub as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#1,852 (85)#507 (76)—#1,500 (15)
2024#2,169 (67)#500 (78)—#1,306 (17)
2023#2,064 (72)#487 (82)—#1,192 (18)
2022#2,269 (63)#500 (78)#703 (3)#1,350 (15)
2021#2,623 (49)#514 (76)—#1,342 (15)
2020#1,946 (74)#619 (57)—#1,129 (19)
2019#1,974 (74)#526 (72)—#1,375 (14)
2018#1,679 (94)#572 (65)—#1,093 (19)
2017#1,735 (89)#498 (80)—#1,074 (20)
2016#1,811 (83)#554 (69)—#1,234 (16)
2015#1,955 (74)#633 (55)—#1,266 (15)
2014#1,884 (77)#583 (61)—#2,133 (7)
2013#2,250 (57)#570 (62)—#1,312 (14)
2012#2,066 (66)#526 (70)#568 (4)#1,971 (8)
2011#1,999 (68)#631 (53)—#958 (22)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2018 at #1,679.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1996.

How common is it?

about 1 in 20,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 20,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 3,600uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 11,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Ayub is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 18,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 15,000 to 1 in 22,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Ayub by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #801WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #213MNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,202NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,267OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Ayub (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#90712

Ayub (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AyubCanadaBoys#1,50015
AyubEngland & WalesBoys#50776
AyubNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
AyubScotlandBoys—too few
AyubUSBoys#1,85285