Boys' name · since 1993
Ayyub
475 babies named Ayyub in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,143 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,818 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 475
- born since 1993
- 2020s
- peak decade
475 babies have been named Ayyub since 1993, making it today's #2818 boys' name.
Ayyub has 475 recorded births among boys since 1993, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2818 as of the latest data, more common than 80% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1993 to 2025.
- #8,143 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #2,818 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 475 born since 1993
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ayyub ranks #8,143 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,818 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 475 born since 1993, peaking in the 2020s.
- #8,143 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,818 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 475
- born since 1993
- 2020s
- peak decade
Ayyub's 475 recorded births place it above 82.08% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Pennsylvania.
How Ayyub compares
475 Top 45% higher than 55% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Ayyub's all-time total is 29% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ayyub | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 475 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 49 | 34 | 22,252 |
Ayyub's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ayyub splits its recorded history at 2013: 77% of all births land in the more recent half, 23% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1993 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 49 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ayyub popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 49
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Ayyub by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (208 births, 44% of the file).
2020s was Ayyub's strongest decade.
208 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Ayyub births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
- 2000s 63
2000s
63 births
- 2010s
2010s
194 births
- 2020s
2020s
208 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 208 births (44% of all-time use).
Ayyub by state
Where Ayyub concentrates geographically, total births since 1993
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 37 | 7.8% |
| #2 | New York | | 26 | 5.5% |
| #3 | Michigan | | 7 | 1.5% |
| #4 | Texas | | 6 | 1.3% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 5 | 1.1% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 5 | 1.1% |
37 of 475 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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- Pennsylvania records the most Ayyubs (37 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Pennsylvania names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ayyub: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~32 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1993–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Ayyub draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.