Ayan
Ayan is a name with multiple cultural origins: Bengali, Azerbaijani, Kazakh, Somali.
- Bengali
- Azerbaijani
- Kazakh
- Somali
Meaning & Origin of Ayan
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ayan is a name with multiple cultural origins: Bengali, Azerbaijani, Kazakh, Somali.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Bengali
- Azerbaijani
- Kazakh
- Somali
The Story of Ayan
As a girl name
Ayan first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1984, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2010: 35 births, good for #4,180 nationwide. About 34% of every Ayan on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Ayan ranks #6,287 for girls with 18 births, falling sharply (-33%). All told, over 866 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Ayan first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1975, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2026: 292 births, good for #841 nationwide. About 44% of every Ayan on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Ayan ranks #841 for boys with 292 births, rising sharply (+27% over the past five years). All told, over 4K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Ayan
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Ayan. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Ayan
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About the name Ayan
Ayan is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1975 and has accumulated 4K births in the dataset. Ayan's peak popularity came in 2026 when it ranked #841. Use the chart and map above to compare Ayan's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.