Ayaan

Where Ayaan comes from

The dictionaries list Ayaan as a given name — a male given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1969
    Ayaan Hirsi Ali born
    Dutch-American political activist and author
  2. 1979
    Ayaan Ali Khan born
    Indian classical musician
  3. 2000
    First appearance
    #4,204 among boys, 18 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 2000
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  5. 2020
    Peak, #460
    645 babies named Ayaan — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Ayaan Hirsi Ali · Dutch-American political activist and author, born 1969
  • Ayaan Ali Khan · Indian classical musician, born 1979

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.