girls:
806 births since 1984
#4910 (14th percentile)
boys:
3.5k births since 1975
#2122 (54th percentile)
overall:
4.3k births since 1975
#4188 (46th percentile)
The name Ayan is the #4,188 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,282 recorded births since 1975. This represents the 45.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 45.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,122 (53.7% percentile) for all time with 3,476 births since 1975. For girls, it ranks #4,910 (14.1% percentile) for all time with 806 births since 1984.
Ayan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1975 (1975 for boys and 1984 for girls). Birth data for Ayan is available in 37 out of the 49 years between 1975 and 2023 (34 years for girls and 33 years for boys). 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 Ayan has been given predominantly to boys, with 81.2% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 91.9% of babies named Ayan were boys.
For boys, Ayan reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 29.8% percentile (ranked #640) with 154 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 154 births per million (ranked 29.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1995, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Ayan is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #640 (29.8% percentile) with 154 births per million.
For girls, Ayan reached its peak popularity in 2010, achieving the 3.2% percentile (ranked #914) with 18 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 19 births per million (ranked 3.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Ayan ranks #927 for girls (2.1% percentile) with 14 births per million, which is 76.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ayan".
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Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Ayan. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 27.0% confident that Ayan is pronounced as AH-yahn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AH-yuhn, at 21.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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