girls:
207 births since 1995
#5509 (4th percentile)
boys:
7.6k births since 2000
#1350 (71st percentile)
overall:
7.9k births since 1995
#3047 (61st percentile)
The name Ayaan is the #3,047 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 7,854 recorded births since 1995. This represents the 60.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 60.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,350 (70.6% percentile) for all time with 7,647 births since 2000. For girls, it ranks #5,509 (3.6% percentile) for all time with 207 births since 1995.
Ayaan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1995 (1995 for girls and 2000 for boys). Birth data for Ayaan is available in 25 out of the 29 years between 1995 and 2023 (24 years for boys and 22 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Ayaan has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 97.4% of all recorded births being male. Interestingly, until around 2000, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1995 to 1999), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (97.4% boys from 2000 to 2023).
For boys, Ayaan reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 53.8% percentile (ranked #417) with 349 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 349 births per million (ranked 53.8% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Ayaan ranks #453 for boys (50.3% percentile) with 319 births per million, which is 91.6% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Ayaan reached its peak popularity in 2009, achieving the 1.4% percentile (ranked #946) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 2009, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Ayaan ranks #939 for girls (0.8% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 83.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ayaan".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Ayaan. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 31.7% confident that Ayaan is pronounced as AH-yahn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ah-YAHN, at 22.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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