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How popular is the name Shayaan?

Births per year, rank history and how many Shayaans are alive today.

Shayaan (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 1066th in 2025 and given to 28 babies. The name peaked in 2010, when 56 babies were given the name, the 598th most popular that year.

The Shayaan you are most likely to meet is around 15 years old. Half of all Shayaans born in England and Wales are between 8 and 17, and there are at least 770 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Shayaan - on average, only one in every 394 such rooms contains a Shayaan.

How many babies are named Shayaan each year?

02040200020201999: 62000: 42001: 52002: 62003: 42004: 112005: 252006: 142007: 282008: 242009: 482010: 562011: 492012: 562013: 552014: 342015: 372016: 412017: 282018: 332019: 412020: 272021: 232022: 232023: 202024: 202025: 28actual

Where does Shayaan rank among boys' names?

1101001,0005,000200020201999: ranked 1,8502000: ranked 2,5012001: ranked 2,2202002: ranked 2,0052003: ranked 2,8572004: ranked 1,4982005: ranked 8912006: ranked 1,4012007: ranked 9022008: ranked 1,0482009: ranked 6542010: ranked 5982011: ranked 6622012: ranked 6252013: ranked 6212014: ranked 8662015: ranked 8332016: ranked 7902017: ranked 1,0422018: ranked 8972019: ranked 7682020: ranked 1,0192021: ranked 1,1842022: ranked 1,1792023: ranked 1,3092024: ranked 1,3222025: ranked 1,066

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Shayaan per year in England and Wales, 1999 to 2025, peaking at about 56 in 2010
Shayaan: births per year in England and Wales, 1999-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Shayaan most popular?

Shayaan peaked in 2010, when 56 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Shayaan?

At least 770 people named Shayaan born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Shayaan?

Most living Shayaans are between 8 and 17; the most common age is about 15.

Is Shayaan becoming more or less popular?

Broadly steady in recent years.






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