Boys' name · since 2011
Raayan
Raayan has 63 recorded births since 2011 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2019 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #20,585 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,368 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 63
- born since 2011
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Raayan is the #10368 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 63 recorded since 2011.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Raayan has been recorded 63 times among boys since 2011, currently ranked #10368 nationally and more common than 26% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2011 to 2025.
- #20,585 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,368 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 63 born since 2011
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Raayan ranks #20,585 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,368 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 63 born since 2011, peaking in the 2020s.
- #20,585 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,368 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 63
- born since 2011
- 2020s
- peak decade
Raayan's 63 recorded births place it above 54.68% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Raayan compares
63 19th percentile among 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
Raayan's all-time total is 83% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Raayan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 63 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 34 | 22,252 |
Raayan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Raayan splits its recorded history at 2020: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2011 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2019 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Raayan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Raayan by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (32 births, 51% of the file).
2020s was Raayan's strongest decade.
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Raayan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
31 births
- 2020s
2020s
32 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 32 births (51% of all-time use).
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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, 2011–2025 (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 Raayan 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.