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UnisexOrigin: of mixed originIn Israel: steady

RayanIn Hebrew: ריאן · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: רַיַּאן

Rayan (Hebrew: ריאן) is a unisex name of mixed origin. 5,548 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 188 boys and ranked #105. Its peak year was 2006, with 361 babies.

People in Israel
5,548
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
188
rank #105
Peak year
2006
361 babies
USA, 2025
499
rank #588

Writing and saying Rayan

In Hebrew letters the name is ריאן, read right to left. Rayan is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Rayan by year: Israel and abroad

How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Rayan: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Rayan in English-speaking countries

Rayan in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States2025499#5882023 (518)
United Kingdom2025307#1842016 (337)
England and Wales2025291#1782016 (326)
Scotland202516#2532025 (16)
Ireland202516#2642017 (18)
British Columbia202310#3182021 (17)
Alberta202516#2962024 (26)
Quebec2025100#692015 (151)

Counts for boys. The Hebrew page for Rayan has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Rayan

How do you write Rayan in Hebrew?

Rayan is written ריאן in Hebrew (with vowel points: רַיַּאן). Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Rayan?

5,548 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name ריאן: 1,598 women and 3,950 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Rayan a boy's or a girl's name?

Both. In Israel 29% of the people named ריאן are women and 71% are men, so we count it as unisex (our threshold: at least 20% of the less common sex).

Is Rayan used outside Israel?

The name Rayan appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 499 boys were given it in 2025 (#588), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 307 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.