Zayaan
Zayaan is a name with a single cultural origin: Arabic.
- Arabic
Meaning & Origin of Zayaan
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Zayaan is a name with a single cultural origin: Arabic.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
The Story of Zayaan
American parents first put Zayaan on the record books as a baby boy name in 2004, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2019, when 56 Zayaans were born — ranking #2,394 that year. The 2020s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 52% of all recorded Zayaans. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #2,771 among baby boy names with 47 births, gradually rising (+7%). In total, more than 660 Zayaans have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 2000s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Zayaan
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About the name Zayaan
Zayaan is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2004 and has accumulated 660 births in the dataset. Zayaan's peak popularity came in 2019 when it ranked #2,391. Use the chart and map above to compare Zayaan'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.