Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Ayaan

Gender

Male

Origin

African
Gift of God.

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2025 (rank #465, 664 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2025 (rank #5554, 22 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
202566422
202458921
202358613
202252812
202157015
20206456
20195538
201853010
20175036
20164248

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2014 (rank #104, 586 births); most recent 2025 (rank #118, 443 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2007 (rank #2408, 9 births); most recent 2021 (rank #4633, 4 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoysGirls
2025443–
2024440–
2023356–
2022364–
20213904
20204184
20194223
2018453–
2017452–
20165074

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2023 (rank #430, 115 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2006 (rank #5097, 3 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoysGirls
2023115–
202266–
202149–
202040–
201944–
201850–
201736–
201629–
201522–
201433–

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2020 (rank #299, 14 births); most recent 2025 (rank #307, 13 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2024 (rank #869, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearBoysGirls
202513–
2024133
20237–
202210–
20213–
202014–
201910–
20187–
20177–
20167–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Boys: peak in 2011 (rank #208, 23 births); most recent 2025 (rank #198, 21 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearBoys
202521
202410
20239
202211
202116
202021
201912
201813
201716
201621

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Northern Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2025 (rank #314, 5 births)
Births by year in Northern Ireland
YearBoys
20255
2024–
2023–
2022–
20213
20203
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Northern Ireland (2025)

Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Baby Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1997 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Boys: peak in 2019 (rank #156, 29 births); most recent 2023 (rank #218, 16 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoys
202316
202215
202116
202025
201929
201819
201714
201617
201517
201410

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence