Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1993. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ayyub through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 475
- 475 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 49 babies
- 2025
- 45
- #2,801 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +35%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 45 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,801 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 34.8% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (8). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 291 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.
Ayyub’s family of names
In English usage, Ayyub has a related form in AYOUB. In Indonesian usage, Ayyub has a conventional equivalent in the German form Ijob. In English usage, Ayyub as a surname has a related form in AYUB.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ayyub
- Ayyub al-Sakhtiyani687–748
- Ayyub GuliyevAzerbaijani astrophysicistborn 1954
- Ayyub ibn Sharhabilgovernor of Egypt601–701
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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