Rayyan
#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births · #1,008 for boys in 2025, 224 births
Given to boys 92.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 224 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,221since 1996
Rayyan over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,917 | 8 | #1,008 | 224 |
| 2024 | #11,122 | 8 | #1,318 | 147 |
| 2023 | #6,409 | 18 | #1,300 | 147 |
| 2022 | #7,631 | 14 | #1,250 | 156 |
| 2021 | #11,146 | 8 | #1,419 | 129 |
| 2020 | #8,953 | 11 | #1,374 | 128 |
| 2019 | #8,138 | 13 | #1,277 | 146 |
| 2018 | #11,427 | 8 | #1,282 | 143 |
| 2017 | #5,191 | 25 | #1,052 | 190 |
| 2016 | #7,230 | 16 | #1,055 | 187 |
| 2015 | #6,036 | 21 | #1,023 | 198 |
| 2014 | #8,966 | 12 | #1,062 | 186 |
| 2013 | #8,580 | 13 | #1,235 | 144 |
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 | #1,130 | 162 |
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 | #1,359 | 124 |
| 2010 | #12,276 | 8 | #1,383 | 121 |
| 2009 | — | #1,459 | 114 | |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | #1,361 | 125 |
| 2007 | #10,818 | 10 | #1,527 | 103 |
| 2006 | #11,417 | 9 | #2,176 | 59 |
| 2005 | — | #2,129 | 57 | |
| 2004 | #11,624 | 8 | #1,763 | 71 |
| 2003 | #10,425 | 9 | #2,031 | 56 |
| 2002 | — | #3,450 | 25 | |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 | #3,143 | 28 |
| 2000 | #10,745 | 8 | #3,640 | 22 |
| 1999 | — | #4,537 | 15 | |
| 1998 | — | #6,314 | 9 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Rayyan! It came in at #9,015, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1996–1997, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Rayyan is popular in 2018
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Connecticut#458 · 1 in 2,776
- New York#546 · 1 in 3,546
- New Jersey#644 · 1 in 4,463
- Maryland#699 · 1 in 4,398
- Illinois#741 · 1 in 4,973
Best ever in a state: #378 in New Jersey, 2014.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut | #458 | 5 | 1 in 2,776 |
| New York | #546 | 27 | 1 in 3,546 |
| New Jersey | #644 | 9 | 1 in 4,463 |
| Maryland | #699 | 6 | 1 in 4,398 |
| Illinois | #741 | 12 | 1 in 4,973 |
| Michigan | #801 | 8 | 1 in 5,737 |
| Texas | #1,008 | 20 | 1 in 8,744 |
| California | #1,045 | 20 | 1 in 10,326 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,093 | 6 | 1 in 9,544 |
| Georgia | #1,263 | 5 | 1 in 10,438 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Rayyan
- 310 spots since 2024 (#1,318 → #1,008)
- 366 spots since 2020 (#1,374 → #1,008)
- 15 spots since 2015 (#1,023 → #1,008)
- Debuted 1996
- Peaked 2025 at #1,008 (224 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 7,625 boys born in 2025 were named Rayyan (0.01%)
- 49.7% of all boys named Rayyan (1,601) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 29 | #4,537 (1999) | #6,622 |
| 2000s | 660 | #1,361 (2008) | #2,268 |
| 2010s | 1,601 | #1,023 (2015) | #1,186 |
| 2020s | 931 | #1,008 (2025) | #1,278 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Rayyan in 2018
Top girls' names in 2018
Top boys' names in 2018
More about 2018
girls
1,701,074 girls got a published name in 2018; 1 in 212,634 of them was named Rayyan, which outranked 37.0% of the 18,152 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #10,545Zyelle9
- #10,545Zyion9
- #10,545Zynique9
- #11,427Rayyan8
- #11,427Aada8
- #11,427Aadhvika8
- #11,427Aailyah8
- #12,464Aaisha7
- #12,464Aalana7
- #12,464Aaleah7
Tied with 1,036 names at #11,427; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,816,158 boys got a published name in 2018; 1 in 12,700 of them was named Rayyan, which outranked 90.9% of the 14,118 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,276Jahmir144
- #1,276Jamar144
- #1,276Zeus144
- #1,282Rayyan143
- #1,282Abdulrahman143
- #1,282Amar143
- #1,282Carver143
- #1,291Aditya142
- #1,291Aydan142
- #1,291Yoel142
Tied with 8 names at #1,282; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.