NameTides

Nayan

Nayan was the #3,848 boys' name in the US in 2025 (28 babies), and #2,664 in England & Wales.

Nayan as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Nayan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUS
Nayan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2025#3,848 (28)#2,664 (8)—
2024#5,659 (16)#2,264 (10)#2,439 (7)
2023#4,610 (22)#1,701 (14)#2,614 (6)
2022#4,442 (23)#1,880 (12)#2,810 (5)
2021#4,936 (19)#2,125 (10)#2,812 (5)
2020#3,418 (32)#1,723 (13)#2,197 (7)
2019#4,480 (22)#1,439 (17)#2,440 (6)
2018#4,094 (25)#2,259 (9)—
2017#3,781 (28)#1,627 (15)#2,439 (6)
2016#3,681 (29)#1,903 (12)—
2015#3,882 (27)#1,327 (19)—
2014#4,263 (23)#1,630 (14)#1,465 (12)
2013#3,964 (25)#1,183 (21)#1,771 (9)
2012#3,371 (32)#1,313 (19)#1,971 (8)
2011#3,994 (25)#1,251 (20)#2,629 (5)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2020 at #3,418.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1990.

How common is it?

about 1 in 63,000 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 63,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 34,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Nayan is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 73,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 46,000 to 1 in 120,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Nayan 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: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: 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: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,998CAUtah: 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
Nayan (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
NayanCanadaBoys—too few
NayanEngland & WalesBoys#2,6648
NayanNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
NayanUSGirls—too few
NayanUSBoys#3,84828