Ayan

Primarily a boy's name · Unisex — 26% girls / 74% boys

Origin: Arabic

Ayan first appears in the data in 1996 and has been recorded in 17 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2016 with 125 babies (rank #372 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Ayan

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Ayan yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

5Destiny numberThe free spiritCurious, restless, energised by change.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
9Soul urgeThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
5PersonalityThe free spiritCurious, restless, energised by change.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

1,107

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

125

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1996	3	#2,959
1998	5	#2,113
2001	5	#2,256
2002	5	#2,301
2004	10	#1,607
2005	8	#2,011
2006	26	#918
2007	32	#823
2008	58	#570
2009	61	#553
2010	58	#584
2011	66	#528
2012	92	#429
2013	73	#509
2014	85	#463
2015	109	#390
2016	125	#372