girls:
234 births since 2000
#5482 (4th percentile)
boys:
2.8k births since 1996
#2357 (49th percentile)
overall:
3.1k births since 1996
#4895 (37th percentile)
The name Rayyan is the #4,895 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,083 recorded births since 1996. This represents the 36.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 36.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,357 (48.6% percentile) for all time with 2,849 births since 1996. For girls, it ranks #5,482 (4.1% percentile) for all time with 234 births since 2000.
Rayyan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1996 (1996 for boys and 2000 for girls). Birth data for Rayyan is available in 27 out of the 28 years between 1996 and 2023 (27 years for boys and 21 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 Rayyan has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 92.4% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 89.0% of babies named Rayyan were boys.
For boys, Rayyan reached its peak popularity in 2015, achieving the 21.3% percentile (ranked #712) with 97 births per million. The name was most common in 2015, with 97 births per million (ranked 21.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2018, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Rayyan ranks #770 for boys (15.5% percentile) with 80 births per million, which is 82.3% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Rayyan reached its peak popularity in 2017, achieving the 2.1% percentile (ranked #929) with 13 births per million. The name was most common in 2017, with 13 births per million (ranked 2.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2017, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Rayyan ranks #934 for girls (1.4% percentile) with 10 births per million, which is 77.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Rayyan".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Rayyan. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 43.6% confident that Rayyan is pronounced as RAY-yuhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is RAY-uhn, at 23.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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