Baby Name Popularity Profile

Ayan

Data-driven SSA statistics, rankings, and historical trends for Ayan.

✦ Path, time, or gift of God 🌍 Sanskrit, Arabic, Turkish Spiritual Traditional
National Rank (2025) #762
All-Time Peak Rank #762 Achieved 2025
Total U.S. Births 4,091 since 1880
Unisex Distribution 87.2% Boy / 12.8% Girl Leans Male
Girl Rank (2025) Unranked rare/no Girl usage
First Recorded 1975 Data through: 2025
Peak Decade 2010s 338 births in 2025
💡 The Ayan Vibe: Considered a Rising Star. A high-velocity modern choice demonstrating rapid, sustained growth in recent registries.

🌍 Meaning & Etymology

Primary Meaning Path, time, or gift of God
Language Origin Sanskrit, Arabic, Turkish
Origin Type multiple
Ayan has multiple independent origins. In Sanskrit, it means 'path' or 'course'. In Arabic, it means 'time' or 'era'. In Turkish, it means 'bright' or 'clear'.
Alternative Spellings
Ayaan Ayyan
Pronunciation: AH-yahn
Themes & Categories
Spiritual Traditional
Etymology confidence: Medium · Under review

📊 Popularity Over Time (1880 – 2025)

Annual registration volume (number of births) for Ayan across 146 years of SSA data.

Historical Timeline (1880 - 2025)
18801920196020002025
Recent Decade (2015 - 2025)
5-Year Trend (2020–2025) +37.4%
10-Year Trend (2015–2025) +65.7%
2015: 204 births 204 2016: 176 births 2017: 234 births 2018: 183 births 2019: 217 births 2020: 246 births 246 2021: 241 births 2022: 282 births 2023: 284 births 2024: 275 births 2025: 338 births 338
2015 2020 2025

📈 Popularity Milestones

Busiest Year on Record 338 births in 2025
Years in Top 100 0 yrs
Years in Top 500 0 yrs
Longest Streak 30 yrs
Decade-by-Decade Registration Volumes
1880s: 0
1890s: 0
1900s: 0
1910s: 0
1920s: 0
1930s: 0
1940s: 0
1950s: 0
1960s: 0
1970s: 5
1980s: 5
1990s: 47
2000s: 561
2010s: 1,807
2020s: 1,666

📐 Sound & Spelling Structure

Phonetic Syllables A-yn
Letter Count 4 letters
Spelling Complexity Easy
Length Percentile Longer than 1.4% of names
Linguistic Profile: Longer than 1.4% of SSA names. Starts with A, a letter used by only 10.8% of SSA names.

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📍 Authentic State & Regional Rankings

Highest Ranking State New Jersey
Top States New Jersey, Virginia, New York, California, Texas
States with Data 23
State 2025 Rank Total Births Peak Year 5-Yr Velocity
New Jersey #489 280 2014 Insufficient historical volume
Virginia #352 165 2025 Insufficient historical volume
New York #455 521 2013 +5.7% Growth
California #602 597 2025 +14.0% Growth
Texas #751 405 2023 +20.0% Growth
Georgia #675 137 2022 Insufficient historical volume
Illinois #515 234 2022 Insufficient historical volume
Maryland #477 70 2025 Insufficient historical volume
Florida #1063 151 2024 Insufficient historical volume
Massachusetts #627 91 2022 Insufficient historical volume
Washington #693 57 2024 Insufficient historical volume
North Carolina #946 73 2024 Insufficient historical volume
Michigan #447 96 2025 Insufficient historical volume
Connecticut Unranked 26 2023 Insufficient historical volume
Pennsylvania #608 115 2025 Insufficient historical volume
Ohio #755 88 2017 Insufficient historical volume
Nevada Unranked 5 2021 Insufficient historical volume
Arizona Unranked 11 2022 Insufficient historical volume
Tennessee #1050 16 2021 Insufficient historical volume
Missouri Unranked 13 2022 Insufficient historical volume
Wisconsin Unranked 10 2017 Insufficient historical volume
South Carolina Unranked 5 2020 Insufficient historical volume
Kentucky #716 5 2025 Insufficient historical volume

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