NameTides

Ayyub

Ayyub was the #2,798 boys' name in the US in 2025 (45 babies), and #342 in England & Wales and #2,095 in Canada.

Ayyub as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Ayyub 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
Ayyub 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#2,798 (45)#342 (124)—#2,095 (9)
2024#2,674 (49)#379 (110)#535 (5)#1,583 (13)
2023#3,629 (31)#424 (92)—#2,336 (7)
2022#3,879 (28)#500 (78)——
2021#4,118 (25)#452 (91)—#2,812 (5)
2020#3,570 (30)#513 (73)——
2019#3,716 (29)#506 (77)—#2,756 (5)
2018#3,993 (26)#629 (57)——
2017#4,594 (21)#743 (46)—#2,439 (6)
2016#3,990 (26)#758 (44)—#2,718 (5)
2015#5,507 (16)#656 (52)——
2014#4,866 (19)#935 (31)——
2013#4,804 (19)#762 (42)——
2012#6,306 (13)#927 (32)——
2011#5,945 (14)#1,522 (15)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #2,674.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1993.

How common is it?

about 1 in 38,000 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 38,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 2,200uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 18,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Ayyub is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 30,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 23,000 to 1 in 38,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Ayyub by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #905MINew York: #1,297NYMassachusetts: 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: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,231PANew 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
Ayyub (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#1,3557

Ayyub (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
AyyubCanadaBoys#2,0959
AyyubEngland & WalesBoys#342124
AyyubScotlandBoys—too few
AyyubUSBoys#2,79845