NameTides

Rayaan

Rayaan was the #2,230 boys' name in the US in 2025 (63 babies), and #517 in England & Wales and #1,443 in Canada.

Rayaan as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Rayaan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaUS
Rayaan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, 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 & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#2,230 (63)#517 (75)——#1,443 (16)
2024#2,236 (64)#388 (107)#619 (4)#785 (3)#802 (32)
2023#2,064 (72)#472 (85)——#986 (24)
2022#1,965 (78)#463 (87)#703 (3)—#989 (23)
2021#2,300 (60)#520 (75)——#1,109 (20)
2020#2,235 (61)#456 (86)#599 (4)—#967 (23)
2019#2,170 (65)#568 (66)#701 (3)—#1,029 (21)
2018#2,355 (56)#610 (59)#595 (4)—#1,175 (17)
2017#3,123 (37)#563 (69)——#1,038 (21)
2016#2,689 (45)#457 (89)—#713 (3)#1,000 (22)
2015#2,300 (57)#601 (61)#686 (3)—#1,266 (15)
2014#2,044 (69)#624 (55)——#1,311 (14)
2013#2,562 (47)#621 (55)#590 (4)—#1,028 (20)
2012#2,238 (58)#534 (69)#568 (4)—#1,781 (9)
2011#3,994 (25)#546 (64)——#1,802 (9)

Rayaan as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Rayaan as a girl’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
Rayaan as a girl’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#7,885 (13)#4,201 (5)—
2024—#3,696 (6)—
2023#13,462 (6)#5,688 (3)#2,900 (6)
2022#7,631 (14)#3,534 (6)—
2021#8,978 (11)#5,581 (3)—
2020#11,090 (8)#5,493 (3)—
2019#9,736 (10)#2,458 (10)—
2018#9,806 (10)#3,518 (6)—
2017#7,840 (14)#2,925 (8)—
2016#10,113 (10)#2,367 (11)—
2015#5,653 (23)#2,195 (12)—
2014#10,955 (9)#1,702 (17)—
2013#7,031 (17)#1,956 (14)—
2012#9,711 (11)#2,521 (10)#3,334 (5)
2011#16,764 (5)#1,729 (16)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #1,965.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 2000.
  • In 2025, 17% of US babies named Rayaan were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 27,000 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 27,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 3,600uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 9,900uncommon
USGirls2025about 1 in 130,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 50,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Rayaan is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 26,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 20,000 to 1 in 33,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Rayaan 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: #1,119NYMassachusetts: 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: 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: #971VAMaryland: #809MDDelaware: 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: #2,285TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Rayaan (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#54222

Rayaan (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
RayaanCanadaGirls—too few
RayaanCanadaBoys#1,44316
RayaanEngland & WalesGirls#4,2015
RayaanEngland & WalesBoys#51775
RayaanIrelandBoys—too few
RayaanNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
RayaanScotlandBoys—too few
RayaanUSGirls#7,88513
RayaanUSBoys#2,23063