Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Ayaan isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1995. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ayaan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 9,154
- 8,903 boys · 251 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 686 babies
- 2025
- 686
- #465 for boys · #5,583 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +12%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 664 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 465 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 10.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 22 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (100). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 5,093 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
People named Ayaan
- Ayaan Hirsi AliDutch-American political activist and authorborn 1969
- Ayaan Ali BangashIndian classical musician (born 1979)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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